Ilya is co-founder and CTO of Safest Way, a London-based, Geovation-backed startup developing a journey planner that helps people navigate cities more safely, day or night. He is also a PhD researcher in Spatial AI at University College London, where his work explores how large language models can reason and be adapted for geospatial data and navigation. Before academia, Ilya spent five years in industry as a full-stack developer and location planner in the US and the UK.
