We build AI that works.
What Sets Us Apart
What Drives Us
We’re not here to chase hype. We’re here to solve problems that matter, with the kind of AI that doesn’t break when conditions change.
Driving Innovation Through Education
We believe in growing talent, not just hiring it. The AI Trainee Program is our way of
preparing the next generation of AI engineers through real projects, mentorship and real
results.
What the Program Offers:
- 2-month intensive track focused on computer vision, GenAI, Audio AI, Edge AI
- Mentorship from AI engineers with deep production experience
- Proven career impact, with many graduates joining It-Jim
* The program runs several times a year and is open to talented students and engineers who are ready to level up fast.
Meet Our Leadership
Our leadership team brings together academic expertise, real-world engineering experience, and a deep understanding of how to build AI that works in practice, not just on paper.
Ievgen Gorovyi, PhD
Ievgen founded It-Jim in 2015 after several years in academic research. He holds a PhD in image and signal processing and has led the company through more than 200 AI projects. Today, he continues to guide the team and remains actively involved in solving advanced R&D challenges.
Oleg Ponomaryov
Oleg leads the design and development of our AI systems. He has extensive experience in system architecture and algorithm optimization and ensures that every product we deliver is technically sound, scalable, and production-ready.
Serge Yerin, PhD
Serge oversees company operations, finance, and legal processes. He builds the structure that allows our team to move fast without sacrificing reliability. His focus is on stability, efficiency, and long-term growth.
Yurij Gapon
Yuriy works closely with clients from first contact through delivery. He helps shape AI solutions that solve real business problems and ensures every engagement is grounded in shared goals and clear outcomes.
Our Journey
From academic roots to real-world impact. Here’s how It-Jim became the AI development company it is today.
Our Journey
The story of It-Jim began when Ievgen Gorovyi was pursuing his PhD in signal processing. Alongside academic research, he started taking on freelance projects that explored how computer vision and machine learning could be applied to real-world challenges. These early experiments laid the foundation for what would later become It-Jim.
While collaborating with colleagues, the name “It-Jim” was casually created as a placeholder during a project. It was meant to be temporary, but it stuck and eventually became the name of a growing team focused on solving applied AI problems.
The company was officially founded. What had started as independent work evolved into a structured, long-term vision. The goal was clear: build AI systems that could handle real conditions, not just controlled environments or academic benchmarks.
The team remained focused on deep technical work, including classical computer vision, signal processing, and mobile AI applications. A hands-on engineering culture was established, with direct mentorship, close collaboration, and a strong commitment to quality. It-Jim launched its first internships which brought in aspiring engineers for hands-on learning. This experience became the foundation for what would later grow into the AI Trainee Program.
As the company matured, it introduced formal delivery processes and dedicated technical project managers to structure execution across an expanding portfolio of projects. These changes improved planning, risk management, and cross-team coordination, enabling the company to scale operations without sacrificing delivery quality. At the same time, the organization preserved its research-driven mindset and high technical standards, ensuring that innovation, experimentation, and engineering rigor remained central as the team grew.
It-Jim continued to grow its technical focus. The team expanded into new areas, including NLP, text-to-image, and text-to-video solutions, complementing its long-standing expertise in vision and signal processing. The AI Trainee Program also ran twice that year, attracting over 2,000 applicants and adding six new engineers to the team, reflecting a rigorous selection process with an exclusive acceptance rate of just 0.3%.
Today, It-Jim operates from four cities in Ukraine – Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, and Vinnytsia – with a team of more than 30 engineers and researchers. The company continues to deliver high-impact AI systems across vision, audio, and generative domains, while investing in internal R&D, education, and the development of future in-house products.
