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  "markdown": "CTO.\n\nIgor Pikovets is chief technology officer of Ahrefs and, by the company's account, one of the first people to join Dmytro Gerasymenko in building it. He designs the core of Ahrefs' storage and crawler systems and guides all of its backend development.\n\n## What Igor builds\n\n- [Ahrefs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ahrefs.md), graded D, 50/100, in SEO \u0026 search visibility. Ahrefs is an SEO data platform covering backlinks, keywords, search results, rank tracking, site audits and traffic estimates. Outside agents reach it through the REST API v3 with an API key, or through a hosted MCP server. CTO, researched 2026-10-29.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Dmytro Gerasymenko](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dmytro-gerasymenko/), Founder and CEO\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Igor Pikovets?\n\nIgor Pikovets is chief technology officer of Ahrefs and, by the company's account, one of the first people to join Dmytro Gerasymenko in building it. He designs the core of Ahrefs' storage and crawler systems and guides all of its backend development.\n\n### What does Ahrefs Pte. Ltd. make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Ahrefs from Ahrefs Pte. Ltd.. Ahrefs is an SEO data platform covering backlinks, keywords, search results, rank tracking, site audits and traffic estimates. Outside agents reach it through the REST API v3 with an API key, or through a hosted MCP server.\n\n### How are Igor's tools graded?\n\nAhrefs is graded D, 50 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://ahrefs.com/team\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmytrogerasymenko/\n- https://x.com/botsbreeder\n- https://ahrefs.com/\n- https://ahrefs.com\n- https://help.ahrefs.com/en/articles/2161762-how-can-i-update-my-personal-particulars-within-ahrefs-interface\n- https://help.ahrefs.com\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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