Summary
Taka Shirasu is a founder and product leader with 9 years of hands-on experience building robotics, delivery, and SaaS products across startups and enterprise settings. Currently CEO of JotMe in San Francisco, he’s focused on closing language gaps in meetings to let people collaborate more deeply, having previously led robotics startups solving last-mile delivery and home safety problems. His background blends product management at SMBC (turning device data into B2B SaaS) with deep technical instincts from founding hardware and drone ventures and freelance work in RL, UAV control, and CAD-driven design. Comfortable shifting between code, hardware, and GTM execution, he’s deliberately paused consulting to scale mission-driven startups and brings a rare mix of field delivery experience (worked operations at Just Eat Takeaway) and technical leadership.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Private Japanese Boarding School in England, Maths and Science, Private Japanese Boarding School in England, Maths and Science at Rikkyo School in England
Electronics Engineering, Robotics & AI, Electronics Engineering, Robotics & AI at King's College London
Chinese, Japanese, English