Vasily Zakiev is an entrepreneur, educator and mentor who helps business leaders move from scattered AI experiments to practical, well-governed transformation. With more than 20 years of experience in management and IT, and over five years focused on AI, he works with executives to identify promising business processes, assess potential impact, launch pilots and prepare teams to use AI effectively.

His services include executive strategy sessions, process assessments, implementation roadmaps, team training and guidance on secure AI environments, including options for organizations with data-protection requirements. Zakiev is the founder of Iskra, an AI platform offering chat, agents, coding, automation and business workflows, and 2030ai.ru, a school and methodology for AI adoption. He also leads 42apps, a portfolio of AI-powered mobile products that includes CalZen, which estimates nutrition information from photos, and WhyNote, an AI meeting assistant and knowledge tool.

A lecturer at Innopolis University, Zakiev also provides startup education. His programs and sessions have served corporate teams, executives and public-sector organizations, with a focus on turning AI adoption into measurable, responsible business practice.