Draft:Danil Khasanshin

Khasanshin was born in Udachny, a mining town in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia.{{cite web |title=Udachny |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udachny |website=Wikipedia |access-date=25 April 2025}}{{Circular reference|date=May 2025}} He is of Tatar ethnicity and a native Tatar speaker. He moved to Kazan to pursue higher education and graduated from Kazan State University with a bachelor's degree in programming technologies.

At age 24, Khasanshin sold the entertainment blog Webpark.ru, which had 70,000 daily active users, to Independent Media Sanoma Magazines (Sanoma) after three years of development.{{cite web |title=Independent Media Acquires Webpark.ru |url=https://www.sanoma.com/en/news/2008/wp/independent-media-acquires-webpark.ru |website=Sanoma |date=2008 |access-date=25 April 2025}} He then held management and digital leadership roles at companies including Sanoma Magazines and Hearst Shkulev Media.

From 2016 to 2020, Khasanshin served as chief executive officer of Komitet, a startup-focused media outlet in the CIS region.{{cite web |title=Komitet — vc.ru |url=https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vc.ru |website=Wikipedia |access-date=25 April 2025}}{{Circular reference|date=May 2025}}

In 2021, Khasanshin co-founded Laoshi, an educational platform focused on Mandarin Chinese language learning. Laoshi raised a $570,000 angel round for its language-learning app targeted at Chinese tutors and students, as featured in TechCrunch.{{cite web |title=Pitch Deck Teardown: Laoshi's $570K angel deck |url=https://techcrunch.com/tag/ec-edtech/ |website=TechCrunch |date=2 February 2023 |access-date=25 April 2025}} In 2025, TechCrunch reported a 216% spike in US Mandarin learners, a trend mirrored by Laoshi’s user growth.{{cite web |title=Mandarin is trending! TechCrunch reports a 216% spike in US Mandarin learners on Duolingo |url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dkhasanshin_mandarin-is-trending-techcrunch-reports-activity-7285665277902487552-THvB |website=LinkedIn |date=16 January 2025 |access-date=25 April 2025}} He became CEO in October 2023.{{cite web |title=Danil Khasanshin - Chief Executive Officer at Laoshi |url=https://theorg.com/org/laoshi/org-chart/danil-khasanshin |website=The Org |access-date=25 April 2025}} Laoshi received the Red Dot Design Award in 2021 for brands and communication design,{{cite web |title=Red Dot Celebration 2021 - Red Dot Design Award |url=https://www.red-dot.org/magazine/red-dot-celebration-2021 |website=Red Dot |date=21 October 2024 |access-date=25 April 2025}} and has been recognized for its innovative approach to language learning.{{cite web |title=Offering Statement for Laoshi Inc. ("Laoshi") |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1946357/000194635722000001/offering_laoshi.pdf |website=SEC.gov |access-date=25 April 2025}}

Khasanshin is also a co-founder and director of Amazy Education Limited, an EdTech startup incorporated in the UK in 2020.{{cite web |title=Amazy.uk — workspace for modern educators |url=https://amazy.uk |website=Amazy.uk |access-date=25 April 2025}} Amazy’s approach to empowering educators and leveraging AI for content creation was discussed by co-founder Kate Bodrova on the TESOL Pop podcast.{{cite web |title=How EdTech is Transforming Teaching – Amazy |url=https://tesolpop.com/listen-tesolpop-podcast/s11e3-how-edtech-is-transforming-teaching-amazy-kate-bodrova |website=TESOL Pop |date=26 February 2025 |access-date=25 April 2025}} In 2024, Amazy.uk was named the Best EdTech Startup in Europe at the EdTechX Awards, an event recognizing leading companies in the digitisation of education.{{cite web |title=2024 EdTechX Awards - ImpactX2050 |url=https://impactx2050.com/edtechx/awards-photos2024 |website=ImpactX2050 |date=10 June 2024 |access-date=25 April 2025}}{{cite web |title=Edtech companies take centre stage at London awards night |url=https://thepienews.com/edtech-companies-take-centre-stage-at-london-awards-night/ |website=The PIE News |date=2 July 2024 |access-date=25 April 2025}} By the end of 2024, Amazy.uk supported over 12,000 active content creators and had expanded its user base to include schools and B2B clients.{{cite web |title=Kate Bodrova's Post - LinkedIn |url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ekaterina-bodrova_2024-has-been-transformational-for-both-amazyuk-activity-7275492548918280192-tcqv |website=LinkedIn |date=19 December 2024 |access-date=25 April 2025}}

File:Khasanshin is married to Ekaterina Bodrova.jpg

Khasanshin is married to Ekaterina Bodrova (Kate Bodrova), who is also a co-founder and CEO of Amazy. The couple resides in the United Kingdom.

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Outside of his professional career, Khasanshin is an avid ultra runner and has completed the Comrades Marathon in South Africa.{{cite web |title=Danil Khasanshin - Race Results |url=https://www.athlinks.com/athletes/378604506 |website=Athlinks |access-date=25 April 2025}} He is fluent in Tatar and Russian, and has professional proficiency in English.

• Red Dot Design Award for Brands & Communication Design (Laoshi, 2021)
• EdTechX Europe Award, Best EdTech Startup (Amazy.uk, 2024)

• [https://laoshi.io Official Laoshi website]
• [https://amazy.uk Official Amazy website]
• [https://kmtt.io Official Komitet website]
• [https://www.linkedin.com/in/dkhasanshin/ Danil Khasanshin on LinkedIn]
• [https://www.athlinks.com/athletes/378604506 Danil Khasanshin on Athlinks]

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