Xiaoyang Kao
Co-Founder at Overview
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolXiaoyang Kao is a founder and technical leader with 14 years building video, AI, and cloud systems at the intersection of tech and media. As Co-Founder of Overview (YC W19) he helps manufacturers deploy deep learning vision for automated inspection and quality workflows, translating research into production savings. Previously as CTO of CHOXUE he architected scalable real-time video transcoding and streaming on GCP for 10,000 matches and 50TB of video while growing product adoption to 20,000 users. His background blends electrical engineering, firmware/hardware work, and full-stack cloud engineering—skills honed through hands-on projects from custom broadcast hardware to large-scale CI/CD and autoscaling systems. Forbes 30 Under 30 (2023) underscores his cross-disciplinary impact across video, art, and technology. Based in San Francisco, he pairs maker instincts with startup execution to ship systems that bridge media and machine intelligence.
13 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Taipei American SchoolElectrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
English, Chinese
Github Skills (44)
fluent-api10
api9
gatsbyjs9
ffmpeg8
gstreamer8
twilio7
gobject-introspection7
gobject7
nodejs7
nvidia7
camera7
jetson7
documentation7
android-ndk7
client-library7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
xyk2/cloud-transcoder
Mar 2017 - Dec 2018
Contributions:84 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
xyk2/Scoreboard-webcam-OCR
Sep 2015 - Dec 2018
Contributions:25 commits, 2 pushes in 3 years 3 months
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