Kian Katanforoosh
CEO & Founder at Stanford University
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolKian Katanforoosh is a founder and AI entrepreneur with a decade of experience building AI-native products that bridge research, learning, and enterprise talent transformation. As CEO of Workera he leads a World Economic Forum–recognized startup that uses AI and psychometrics to measure skills and drive workforce upskilling, while also scouting early-stage AI founders for Sequoia and advising the field through deeplearning.ai and Stanford teaching. He co-created the Deep Learning Specialization on Coursera and teaches Stanford’s Deep Learning course alongside Andrew Ng, blending high-impact education with product-first thinking. Raised in France and trained at CentraleSupélec and Stanford, he combines rigorous mathematical foundations with Silicon Valley operator experience and a public-facing voice on AI adoption. An unexpected detail: he maintains an AI-curated chat persona, Delphi, to help manage connections at scale.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Mathematics and Computer Science, Master's degree, Mathematics and Computer Science at CentraleSupelecClasses Préparatoires, Classes Préparatoires at Lycée HocheMaster of Science, Management Science & Engineering (Computer Science track), Master of Science, Management Science & Engineering (Computer Science track) at Stanford University
French, Persian, English, Chinese, Spanish
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Github Skills (6)
natural-language-processing7
computer-vision7
pytorch6
tensorflow6
deep-learning5
python2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
danielkunin/Deeplearning-Visualizations
Apr 2018 - Aug 2019
Contributions:32 commits, 45 pushes in 1 year 3 months
kiank/cs230-stanford.github.io
Feb 2018 - Feb 2018
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
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