San Francisco, CA

Zhirayr Gumruyan

CEO & Co-Founder of Elixion

Building the AI-native workspace where humans and intelligent agents collaborate on the same sprints, same goals, same codebase.

10+ Years in Tech
5 Ventures Built
2 Publications
5.9K Followers
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Zhirayr Gumruyan

About

From materials science to building the future of work

My journey started in a research lab, publishing papers on combustion synthesis and materials science. That rigorous, first-principles thinking is what I bring to everything I build.

I transitioned into software engineering, working at companies like Connexity and eLocal, before the pull of entrepreneurship became impossible to ignore. I've since co-founded multiple ventures across different industries.

Today, as CEO of Elixion, I'm solving the problem I kept seeing everywhere: AI tools that work in isolation, disconnected from real engineering workflows. Elixion is where human engineers and AI agents work side by side, with full visibility, shared context, and unified goals.

MBA

National Academy of Sciences

Published Researcher

Materials Science & Engineering

Software Engineer

Full-stack, 10+ years experience

Serial Entrepreneur

5 ventures, multiple exits

Journey

A decade of building at the intersection of science and software

2009

Published Research

X International Symposium on SHS

Published peer-reviewed research on combustion synthesis and materials science, establishing a foundation in rigorous scientific methodology.

2012-14

MBA, National Academy of Sciences

Business, Management & Marketing

Earned an MBA with focus on business management, complementing technical expertise with strategic business thinking.

2019-21

Software Engineer

Connexity · eLocal.com

Built complex web applications at scale, honing full-stack engineering skills across adtech and lead generation platforms.

2022

Co-Founded Career Scoops & CanaSale

Los Angeles, CA

Launched two ventures focused on public speaking, startup development, and business growth strategies.

2025

CEO & Co-Founder, Elixion

San Francisco, CA

Leading the development of an AI-native workspace for hybrid human-AI engineering teams. Building the future of collaborative software development.

Ventures

What I'm building

Current Focus

Elixion

CEO & Co-Founder

The AI-native workspace where human engineers and AI agents collaborate on the same board, same sprints, same codebase. Elixion brings Engineering Intelligence to the enterprise level — where developers, AI agents, and your own custom agents work together for one vision.

  • Hybrid human + AI engineering teams on unified boards
  • BYOA (Bring Your Own Agent) support for external agents
  • Real-time observability — see exactly what AI agents are doing
  • Automated planning, QA, and reporting workflows
AI/ML Enterprise SaaS Human-AI Collaboration DevTools
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Xavier Framework

Open Source

Enterprise SCRUM framework powered by AI agents for test-driven development. Automates engineering workflows from sprint planning to deployment.

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MayIMeetYou

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Research

Peer-reviewed publications

Before entering the startup world, I contributed to materials science research. This scientific rigor — hypothesis-driven thinking, systematic experimentation, peer review — is the foundation of how I approach building products.

Conference Paper

Effect of carbon (organic polymer) additions on the combustion laws for MoO3-Mg thermite-type reaction

X International Symposium on SHS · July 2009

Co-authored with 4 researchers

Journal Article

Self-sustaining reduction of MoO3 by Mg + C mixture

Materials Science and Engineering B, Volume 172, pp. 267-271

Peer-reviewed journal publication

“I'm currently building my own product using Elixion. Its agentic AI runs the entire development lifecycle — implementation, testing, and deployment — in minutes. It's been a real game changer.”
Yulya Mkhitaryan IT Program Manager · Entrepreneur · Investor
“2.5 years of outstanding collaboration, professional level of coding. Zhirayr proved himself to be a dependable employee and a hard worker with solid problem solving and technical skills.”
Bella Galoyan Software Engineer · Former Manager

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Let's build something together

Whether you're exploring AI collaboration for your engineering team, looking for a co-building opportunity, or want to discuss the future of human-AI work — I'd love to hear from you.

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