Naoki Watanabe
CEO at N4
Tokyo, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolNaoki Watanabe is a Tokyo-based CEO and founder with 10 years’ experience building web and deep-learning products, currently leading N4 to develop LLM-powered assistants (SolidChat) and AI outreach automation (FormReach). He blends hands-on engineering—from backend Node.js systems at IBM to research-grade deep learning for recommendation, detection, and anomaly detection—with product leadership across multiple startups. His background spans particle physics research at CERN and degrees from The University of Tokyo, which inform a rigorous, research-driven approach to applied ML. Known for translating academic techniques into production systems, he repeatedly moves models from prototype to customer-facing services while scaling small engineering teams.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
University of Tokyo
ドイツ語, フランス語, Chinese, Japanese
Github Skills (197)
language-model10
python10
testing10
openwith10
material-ui10
prompt-engineering10
automation10
deep-learning10
firebase10
javascript-api10
react-components10
chatgpt10
ai-agent10
keyboard-shortcuts10
bootstrap-theme10
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
nwatab/ising-model
May 2025 - May 2026
Contributions:21 PRs, 91 pushes, 40 branches in 11 months
nwatab/line-bot-gas
Oct 2018 - May 2021
Contributions:2 releases, 67 commits, 63 pushes in 2 years 6 months
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