Ivan Poupyrev, PhD
FounderFounder at Archetype AI
San Jose, California, United States
FoundedArchetype AI
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About
Ivan Poupyrev is the founder and CEO of Archetype AI. He previously held roles at Google, Walt Disney Imagineering, and Sony, working on spatial computing, interaction design, sensors, and wearable technologies, with contributions shipped in products for companies including Adidas, Levi's, and YSL. He holds over 100 issued US patents, has published at conferences such as ACM SIGGRAPH, CHI, and UIST, and has received the National Design Award for Interaction Design and the Consumer Technology Association's Technology Achievement Award.
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Experience
- Archetype AICEO, Foundercurrent2023 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
- GoogleDirector of Engineering, Advanced Technology and Products Division2014 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- Walt Disney ImagineeringPrinciple Research Scientist2009 — 2014Greater Pittsburgh Region
- SonyResearch Scientist2001 — 2009Tokyo, Japan
- ATRResearcher1999 — 2001Kyoto, Japan
- University of WashingtonVisiting Scientist1995 — 1998Greater Seattle Area
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Languages English · Japanese · Russian
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- Who is Ivan Poupyrev, PhD?
- Ivan Poupyrev is the founder and CEO of Archetype AI. He previously held roles at Google, Walt Disney Imagineering, and Sony, working on spatial computing, interaction design, sensors, and wearable technologies, with contributions shipped in products for companies including Adidas, Levi's, and YSL. He holds over 100 issued US patents, has published at conferences such as ACM SIGGRAPH, CHI, and UIST, and has received the National Design Award for Interaction Design and the Consumer Technology Association's Technology Achievement Award.
- Where does Ivan Poupyrev, PhD work?
- Ivan Poupyrev, PhD is Founder of Archetype AI.
- What companies did Ivan Poupyrev, PhD found?
- Ivan Poupyrev, PhD founded Archetype AI.
- Where did Ivan Poupyrev, PhD go to school?
- Ivan Poupyrev, PhD studied at Hiroshima University (Ph.D., Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction).
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