About Vladimir Sotnikov

Vinny L.

13 May 2025 — 3 min read

Founder & AI Researcher at Alphakek AI

One of the earliest AI researchers to combine large language models with real-time blockchain data. Presented at NVIDIA GTC. Cited by OpenAI. Now building the universal substrate for hyperfinancial agentic commerce.

Summary

Vladimir Sotnikov is a data scientist, published researcher, entrepreneur, and pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, whose work spans astrophysics, computer vision, LLMs, knowledge graphs, code analysis, data mining, generative graphics, and digital assets.

He’s spoken at NVIDIA’s flagship AI conference, published foundational work with OpenAI, and led development at JetBrains and JetBrains Research before founding Alphakek AI, a hyperfinancial AI network that interconnects agents, ecosystems, frameworks, and specialised crypto tools for AI agents.

Career Highlights

Vladimir was one of the first to adapt large language models for astrophysics, helping define what LLMs could do before GPT-4. His research was published in peer-reviewed scientific journals and cited by tens of AI research labs across the world.

Author and presenter at NVIDIA GTC (3x):

AI for Computer Graphics (2021)
AI for Astrophysics (2022)
Knowledge Graph Construction for AI Models (2025)

Featured on OpenAI's website as a Development Lead of the JetBrains Research Astroparticle Physics Lab for early work on embeddings during the closed private beta:

OpenAI Research: Introduction to Embeddings (2022)

Built one of the very first LLM tools for astronomy (pre-GPT-4):

Language Models for Multimessenger Astronomy (2023)

Trained 300+ generative image models over a decade of generative graphics research:

JetBrains AI Graphics Case Study (2023)

Led AI analysis on 10 million GitHub-hosted Jupyter Notebooks

ACM Article, ArXiv preprint (2022)
Winner of ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award (2022)

Speaker at multiple AI conferences:

"From Pixels to Galaxies" at PyData & Cyprus Data & Exness (2023)
"Art of Code" at Palta & Cyprus Designers (2023)
"The Story of AI Graphics" at AWS User Group Cyprus (2024)

Alphakek AI's research published on NVIDIA website.

Why Crypto + AI and Alphakek AI

“I saw AI models getting smarter but more expensive to run, and Web 2.0 getting increasingly less accessible, and it just clicked. I knew this was where AI could truly evolve.” -Vladimir

Saw the potential for transparent, high-value data + AI → the foundation of Alphakek AI
Powering AI for blue chip projects like Brett, Pudgy Penguins, Virtuals Protocol, and other partners
The next evolution of Alphakek AI is its Magic Gateway Protocol, a universal substrate connecting crypto agents, ecosystems, frameworks, memecoins, and all of crypto
Pioneering the convergence of memes, DeFi, and AI workflows for the agentic internet

Public Presence

Vladimir currently informs an audience of 16,000+ followers. His Instagram delivers viral tech memes, while his Telegram channel and Twitter page feature original commentary on the present and the future of AI and hyperfinance.

Instagram (14k followers)
Telegram Channel (2k subscribers)
Twitter
Vertical AI: “The Man Behind the Meme” (Interview)

About Alphakek AI

AIKEK is the universal substrate for hyperfinancial agentic commerce. Featuring crypto-aware AI models and an NVIDIA-recognized knowledge layer, it powers crypto's biggest names. Integrate zeroslop AI infra everywhere: agents, ecosystems, frameworks, apps, and more.