Alexey Taktarov
| Alexey Taktarov | |
| Occupation | Software engineer, entrepreneur |
|---|---|
| Known for | Co-founder and CTO of Fira |
| Education | Southern Federal University (MSc, Applied Mathematics and Computer Science) |
Alexey Taktarov is a Russian-born software engineer and entrepreneur based in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is the co-founder and chief technology officer of Fira, an artificial intelligence-powered financial research platform for investment firms, which was part of Y Combinator's Winter 2025 batch.[1][2]
Career
Taktarov holds a Master's degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from Southern Federal University in Russia. He also studied as an exchange student in Intelligent and Embedded Systems at Halmstad University (Högskolan i Halmstad) in Sweden. His combined academic background in applied mathematics and embedded systems informed his later work at the intersection of software engineering and data-intensive applications.
Taktarov has worked as a full-stack web engineer and engineering leader for over 15 years. During that time he has maintained open-source software projects, including wouter, a minimalist router library for React and Preact. The library has accumulated over 5,000 stars on GitHub[3] and is available as a package on the npm registry.[4] He has also spoken at technology conferences.
In 2016, Taktarov co-founded resume.io, an online platform for job seekers that grew into one of the leading CV builder applications, with more than 35 million resumes created on the platform.[5] He served as head of engineering, where he was responsible for designing the product's technical architecture and assembling its engineering department. Resume.io was acquired by Talent Inc. in 2021,[6] and Taktarov continued with the company until September 2022.
In November 2024, Taktarov co-founded Fira, which he describes as an "agentic AI analyst" for financial research. The platform is designed to allow professionals at investment firms to delegate financial research tasks to an AI system. Fira provides capabilities including trading comparables analysis, equity value-to-enterprise value bridge calculations, and cross-referencing of financial data against SEC filings and earnings releases. The platform comes preloaded with market data and public filings and can connect to cloud storage services such as Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, SharePoint, and Box. It is built to process complex financial documents, Excel files, and charts.[7] Fira was accepted into Y Combinator's Winter 2025 (W25) cohort, placing it among a competitive international group of early-stage startups selected for the accelerator programme that year.[8]
References
- ↑ "Fira – Y Combinator". 'Y Combinator}'. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- ↑ "Fira". 'Fira}'. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- ↑ "wouter – GitHub repository". 'GitHub}'. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- ↑ "wouter – npm". 'npm}'. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- ↑ "Resume.io". 'Resume.io}'. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- ↑ "Talent Inc. Acquires Resume.io". 'Talent Inc.}'. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- ↑ "Fira". 'Fira}'. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- ↑ "Fira – Y Combinator". 'Y Combinator}'. Retrieved 2026-03-19.