Shoya Matsumori
Founder And CEO at Jinba (YC W26)
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShoya Matsumori is a founder and CEO with a Ph.D. in computer science and a decade of experience building AI-driven products and research teams across academia and industry. He currently leads Jinba (YC W26), an enterprise AI workflow automation platform used by Fortune Global 500 firms, and previously founded multiple startups while publishing in top-tier venues like ICCV. His background blends hands-on ML research—especially large language models and EEG/deep learning—with product leadership, hiring, and building production ML pipelines. Shoya has held competitive research fellowships (JSPS) and spun academic innovations into patents and prototypes, such as ESL cloze-test generation and a 3D-printed communication robot. Based in San Francisco, he pairs cognitive science curiosity with a track record of turning complex research into enterprise-grade automation.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS), Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) at University of California, BerkeleyW26, W26 at Y CombinatorDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Keio University
English, Japanese
Github Skills (7)
visualization5
machine-learning5
tensorflow4
javascript3
css3
react3
typescript2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
imai-laboratory/nec
Feb 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:53 commits, 7 PRs, 21 pushes in 8 months
tensorflowepisodic-control
smatsumori/myenv
May 2017 - Apr 2018
Contributions:15 pushes, 2 branches, 2 issues in 11 months
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