Managing Partner at Mindrock · AI safety researcher · Los Altos, CA
I invest in and build AI systems — from venture checks to Lean proofs to running code. Previously GM Consumer & Online (Russia) at Microsoft, Country Manager Russia/CIS at Adobe and Siebel. PhD in Computer Science.
- hackt.com — a self-sustaining service for people and agents who build
- CVE University — hands-on cybersecurity education: formal methods, labs, real hardware
- Protocol Phi / xHTTP — open mandate & payment protocol for AI agents (x402 family: x401/x402/x404)
- Ontology Proof System — formal verification engineering in Lean 4 + mathlib
Sovereign agent infrastructure · MCP/A2A · agent economies · formal methods · cybersecurity
- Email: minutta@gmail.com
- X: @p_cherkashin
- LinkedIn: cherkashin
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