User:David Osipov
This is my Wikidata user page, not a biographical Wikidata item. It describes my editing interests, contributions and relevant background.
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| David Zurabovich Osipov | |
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| Also known as David Osipov Давид Зурабович Осипов · დავით ოსიპოვი | |
| David Osipov is a B2B Product Leader and independent security researcher working at the intersection of cybersecurity, AI, open Internet infrastructure, and machine-readable trust. He is credited for discovering and reporting CVE-2026-14440, a Cloudflare Universal SSL / CAA / RFC 8657 vulnerability. | |
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| Professional roles | B2B Product Leader, Business Consultant & Independent Security Researcher |
| Experience | 7+ years of professional experience across strategy consulting, mobility, enterprise software and cybersecurity. |
| Fields | Cybersecurity, enterprise SaaS, internet infrastructure, open data |
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| Birthplace | Orkhevi, Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Based in | Tbilisi, Georgia |
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Bachelor's degree in International Relations,
School of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University |
| Competencies | Product management, Data analysis, Agile |
| Languages | Russian, English, Georgian, French, German, Armenian. See the Babel box for my self-assessed proficiency, including basic German and Armenian. |
| Website | david-osipov.vision |
| Current as of | Profile summary; historical contribution figures below are separately qualified. |
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Biographical Dictionary of Georgia — David Osipov NPLG Biographical Dictionary: 00026767 | |
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ISNI: 0000 0005 1802 960X |
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ORCID: 0009-0005-2713-9242 |
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VIAF: 139173726847611590332 |
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Wikidata: Q130604188 Restoration requested; status last reported by me on 6 September 2026. |
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Gravatar: davidosipovv |
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PGP profile: Keyoxide |
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MusicBrainz Artist ID: 345819dd-e878-4a1a-8544-e3c75a110e4f |
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AI Prompt Engineering Expert (One Million Prompters Initiative) — Dubai Future Foundation, .
Data-Driven Product Management Simulator — GoPractice, .
Become a Product Manager Learning Path — LinkedIn Learning, .
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I am David Zurabovich Osipov, usually known as David Osipov.
I'm a product manager by profession, but I'm driven by a much larger mission: to untangle the vast, messy web of human knowledge. My goal is to help architect a future where information is not siloed, but interconnected in structured data graphs that are easily accessed and understood by both people and machines.
This mission began with a simple, real-world problem: delivery couriers couldn't find my home in Tbilisi because the digital maps were incomplete. That small frustration sparked a much larger project. Now, I architect a deliberate data pipeline: photos I capture for Commons feed items here on Wikidata, which in turn provide the structured backbone for rich articles on Wikipedia, for OpenStreetMap and Yandex Maps. It's a system designed to create a self-reinforcing loop of verifiable knowledge.
To do this work at scale and with high accuracy, I heavily leverage AI as a force multiplier. Through repeated practical use, I've developed advanced prompting techniques, learning the distinct strengths, weaknesses, and pitfalls of various models. This allows me to use AI to generate structured microdata, filter facts, and meticulously fact-check claims against sources—all while working to minimize hallucinations. For me, AI is not a replacement for human curation, but a powerful tool to accelerate the creation of high-quality, verified, and linked data.
My Work in Action
[edit]Here are some of the main projects where I put this philosophy into practice:
The numerical figures below reproduce an earlier self-reported snapshot from this page. They are historical, not current statistics. The original measurement date and methodology have not been established for this revision.
- OpenStreetMap: In that earlier snapshot, I reported over 43,000 edits and a place among the top 15 most active contributors in Georgia. My mapping work focuses on turning incomplete neighbourhood maps into accurately mapped communities.
- Mapillary: The same earlier snapshot recorded over 103,500 contributed images across 470 km, building street-level visual ground truth for other mappers.
- Wikimedia & The Semantic Web: Beyond Wikidata, I build and improve articles on the English and Russian Wikipedias, contribute media to Commons, and add structured data to MusicBrainz. Each contribution is a node in a larger knowledge graph.
- Cybersecurity & Open Source: I actively apply my security expertise by authoring tools like a Post-Quantum Secret Sharing library and contributing real-time threat intelligence to VirusTotal. My published security research also includes CVE-2026-14440.
If you see an opportunity to collaborate or have questions about my work, feel free to leave a message on my talk page.
Media Coverage
[edit]- "Как энтузиасты упрощают нам жизнь, добавляя неотмеченные дома, улицы и магазины на открытую карту Open Street Map [How enthusiasts simplify our lives by adding unmarked houses, streets, and shops to the Open Street Map]". Paper Kartuli (in Russian). 25 July 2025. Archived from the original on 25 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025. – An article about OpenStreetMap contributors in Georgia, featuring an interview with me about my mapping activities and motivations.
Biographical Reference
[edit]- Biographical Dictionary of Georgia — «დავით ოსიპოვი», National Library of Georgia (NPLG), in Georgian. The entry lists my personal website and ORCID among its sources; it should not be treated as independent confirmation of every underlying biographical detail.