Victor Shaburov

Victor Shaburov (Russian: Виктор Валентинович Шабуров; born March 9, 1977 Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast) is a Cypriot Russian entrepreneur, investor and one of the founders of AI Factory Inc, Looksery Inc., Handster Inc., and SPB Software.

Victor Shaburov
Born (1977-03-09) March 9, 1977
Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia.
NationalityRussian, Cypriot
EducationSaint Petersburg State University
Occupation
  • Businessman
  • investor
EmployerSnapchat and Opera Software
Known forFounding Looksery, SPB Software, AI Factory and Handster

Biography

Victor was born and raised in Yekaterinburg, Russia. He studied at the Specialized School of the Ural Federal University, where he successfully participated in the Olympiads in mathematics. In 1999, he graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics of St. Petersburg State University with a master's degree.

In September 1999, Victor Shaburov became one of the founders of SPB Software, where he has been working until November. From 2001 to 2008, he worked as a researcher at SAP company. During his work, he created 12 patents.[1]

In October 2004, he founded Handster Inc., which was subsequently acquired by Opera Software.[2]

From September 2011 to May 2014, he was overtaking the position of the vice president of Opera Software. At that time, based on the Handster platform, he created the Opera Mobile Store with monthly visits of 100 million users.[3]

In May 2014, Victor founded the company Looksery Inc. After launch, the startup took first places on the App Store charts in many countries. Looksery is included in Vogue's list of the best apps of 2014.[4]

Since October 2015, after Snapchat's acquisition of Looksery for $150 million, he worked at Snapchat as Director of Engineering.[5]

In October 2018, he founded AI Factory Inc. The start-up, among other things, developed the Cameo function, which made a short video out of a selfie with the imposition of various effects and stickers. Snapchat was an investor and co-owner of a startup.[6]

In November 2019, Snapchat bought out the remaining shares of the owners for $166 million, evaluating the entire company at $200 million. Snapchat added the Cameo function to the application in early December 2019.[7][8]

Victor supports Programming contests in Eastern Europe (such as Codeforces, ACM ICPC and Open Class Programming Competition) as well as math schools and universities privately or through his Botan Investments foundation.[1][9]

References
  1. Sychikova, Yuliya; Degeler, Andrii; Sysoyev, Yevgen; Henni, Adrien. "Entrepreneur stories" (PDF). The DEALBOOK: 95–96.
  2. "Opera Acquires Mobile App Store Handster". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  3. "Opera Mobile Store surpass 100 million users". www.fonearena.com. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  4. Sargent, Felicity. "From Face-Morphing to Speed-Reading, the 10 Best Apps of 2014". Vogue. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  5. "Snapchat buys Looksery in reported $150 million deal, making it biggest acquisition of Ukraine tech player - Sep. 16, 2015". KyivPost. 2015-09-16. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  6. "Snap Quietly Acquires Augmented Reality Startup AI Factory". WeRSM - We are Social Media. 2020-01-06. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  7. "Snap Acquires AI Factory for $166 Million | Los Angeles Business Journal". labusinessjournal.com. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  8. "Snap acquires Ukrainian startup AI Factory for $166M". AIN.UA. 2019-12-26. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  9. "Botan Investments". botaninvestments.com. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
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