HC Labs / Founding team

Three founders. One long-term R&D thesis.

HC Labs combines company building, cybersecurity architecture and a shared commitment to sovereign enterprise AI.

01 / Founders

The people accountable for the company.

SS01

Stanislav Shevchenko

Founder / Lead Architect

Product and security architecture across sovereign AI, private knowledge systems and autonomous agents.

DS02

Denis Bystruev

Co-founder / Technology Lead

AI product engineering, multimodal and agentic systems, and startup CTO execution.

AN03

Aleksandr Nayman (Baku)

Co-founder / Operations

Company operations and coordination across investment, grant and partnership programs.

02 / Deep expertise

Security experience earned in critical environments.

Stanislav Shevchenko brings more than 25 years across international cybersecurity, exchange infrastructure, banking security and enterprise AI R&D.

11 yearsKaspersky Lab
8 yearsExchange Information Center
6 yearsSberbank ATM security
3 yearsPerimetrix
5+ yearsAI systems R&D

03 / Shared mandate

What the founders are building together.

01

Capital

A disciplined investment case around ownable enterprise AI infrastructure.

02

Grants

A research agenda suited to sovereign AI, privacy and cybersecurity programs.

03

Product

Protected multi-agent systems that remain under the customer’s control.

04

Partnerships

Strategic pilots and market access with enterprise and infrastructure partners.

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See how the team’s experience becomes a capital-efficient company and grant-ready R&D program.

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