# Vladislav Chernyshov

> Vladislav Chernyshov, also known publicly as Vlad Chernyshov, is the New York-based co-founder and CEO of Dasha. A Novosibirsk State Technical University graduate with earlier ventures in construction and mobile software, he writes about conversational AI, developer platforms and the practical work of making machine interactions natural.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Dasha
- **Organizations:** Dasha, Dedal, Genome, Novosibirsk State Technical University
- **Education:** B.S. in computer science with honors (self-reported); university identifies the Automation and Computer Engineering department, Novosibirsk State Technical University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Dasha with fellow NSTU graduate Ilya Stupakov., Led Dasha when it received its documented $2 million seed investment in 2019., Dasha was named a 2020 Gartner Cool Vendor in Conversational AI Platforms.

## Career timeline

- **2008** — Graduated from NSTU; his later autobiographical account says he began a home renovation company and also founded Genome.
- **2016** — Published his account of Dedal, an on-demand licensed contractor service; announced its admission to Facebook’s FbStart Bootstrap track.
- **2017** — Developed conversational AI for a construction company’s dealer-network work.
- **2018** — Dasha formally founded in October with Ilya Stupakov; university reporting distinguishes incorporation from earlier development.
- **2019** — Dasha received $2 million from RTP Global; Chernyshov demonstrated the product at NVIDIA GTC.
- **2020** — Published essays about AI platforms and language generation; Dasha announced Gartner Cool Vendor recognition.
- **2021** — Dasha released its browser Playground in December.
- **2026** — His GitHub account created the public sprites-skill repository in July.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Dasha with fellow NSTU graduate Ilya Stupakov.
- Led Dasha when it received its documented $2 million seed investment in 2019.
- Dasha was named a 2020 Gartner Cool Vendor in Conversational AI Platforms.
- Demonstrated Dasha at NVIDIA GTC in 2019.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Created the public sprites-skill GitHub repository, documenting tooling for Fly.io Sprites and coding agents.
- **2026-10** — Research snapshot: Dasha’s public website advertises 30+ languages, multiple language models and human-agent transfers; these are current company descriptions, not a dated product launch.

## Links

- Website: https://dasha.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vladislavchernyshov
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/vladchers
- GitHub: https://github.com/bloodcarter

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Last updated: 2026-10-14