Nikolay Kobyshev

Nikolay Kobyshev is the Co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Cerrion, an enterprise artificial intelligence startup based in Zurich, Switzerland. In his current executive role, he directly oversees product development and customer success initiatives for the manufacturing automation firm. The company, which participated in the Y Combinator Summer 2022 batch, employs a team of approximately nine professionals and develops video AI technology for industrial process optimization. Prior to launching Cerrion, Kobyshev operated as a serial entrepreneur who built Spectando, a platform generating photorealistic 3D real estate models, and Assaia, a business-to-business computer vision software provider focused on airport operations. He holds both a Doctor of Philosophy and a Master of Science in Computer Vision from ETH Zurich. His professional background centers on applying advanced computer vision technologies to automate complex industrial and commercial environments.