Taras Filatov
Co-founder & Product at Ascend Technologies Ltd.
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolTaras Filatov is a serial founder and AI product leader with 11+ years building production ML, computer vision and conversational AI platforms from London. He co-founded DeepX (computer vision, LLMs and AI agents) and Ethora (chat and agent engines) after scaling QuickBlox from an R&D project into a $2M ARR communication SaaS, blending deep research instincts with product-driven execution. His background includes a PhD in computer science and hands-on experience across Python, Erlang, Solidity and web3 standards, which he applied to novel use cases like digital passports and land-claim workflows. Comfortable shipping both research prototypes and resilient cloud services, he also advises health and blockchain projects and has a track record of turning complex, regulated problems into practical AI-enabled products.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Computer science (search engine technologies, evolutionary algorithms, self organizing web portals), PhD, Computer science (search engine technologies, evolutionary algorithms, self organizing web portals) at University of WalesMPhil, International Master Degree Programme in Information Systems, Data Mining & Knowledge Discovery, MPhil, International Master Degree Programme in Information Systems, Data Mining & Knowledge Discovery at Wessex Institute of TechnologyMSc, Computer systems and networks, MSc, Computer systems and networks at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics
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Github Skills (71)
messaging10
quickblox10
low-code10
chat10
ejabberd10
wallet10
ai-agent10
monorepo10
developer-tools10
chatbot10
xmpp10
ai-chat10
dedicated-server10
react-native10
open-source10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
dappros/ethora
Jun 2021 - Sep 2022
SDK monorepo for Ethora chat / messaging platform. (1) Pick an SDK for your frontend stack. (2) Integrate manually or using ethora-setup. (3) Optionally configure app settings, deploy AI agents etc. Server: ethora.com cloud [free]. Dedicated server + SLA option for enterprise customers.
Contributions:3 releases, 278 commits, 4 PRs in 1 year 3 months
ai-agentdedicated-serverfrontendmonorepowallet
dappros/ethora-bots
Feb 2025 - Jun 2026
🤖 Bots framework and sample chatbots for Ethora. Structured as a monorepo with a reusable bot framework. Features: • Modular bot framework for easy bot development • OpenAI GPT integration • Real-time XMPP messaging • TypeScript support • Easy deployment. Tech: TypeScript, XMPP, OpenAI API
Contributions:1 PR, 33 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
bot-frameworkbots-frameworkgptmonorepoopenai
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