Summary
Yuki Katoh is a seasoned AI and software engineering leader with 11 years of experience, currently balancing roles as Co-Founder & CTO of Carbontribe Labs (Techstars'24) and Senior Software Engineer at IKEA in Berlin. He builds production-grade ML, data engineering and MLOps systems across domains—carbon markets and ReFi, forecasting and optimization, autonomous driving computer vision, dynamic pricing and recommendation—bringing deep expertise from startups to enterprise. A hands-on founder and former YC-affiliated entrepreneur, he blends blockchain and Web3 experience with practical cloud-native deployment skills acquired through multiple Udacity nanodegrees. Known for turning research into robust products, he has led teams shipping deep learning and RL solutions at scale while maintaining a curious, cross-disciplinary approach rooted in both academic econometrics and real-world engineering. An uncommon combination of sushi-chef metaphors and technical rigor, he’s driven by designing alternative economies for good and answering hard systems and data challenges.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Startup school, Startup school at Y Combinator
Master of Science - MS Data Analytics & Econometrics, Master of Science - MS Data Analytics & Econometrics at University of Essex
nanodegree Self Driving Car Engineer, nanodegree Self Driving Car Engineer at Udacity
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Japanese, English, Russian, German