Where does Kazuki Shin work?

Kazuki Shin is Founder of Kaigo Health.

What companies did Kazuki Shin found?

Kazuki Shin founded Kaigo Health.

Where did Kazuki Shin go to school?

Kazuki Shin studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Master of Science - MS, Computer Engineering); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering); Plano Sr High School.

Kazuki Shin

Founder

Founder at Kaigo Health

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedKaigo Health · YC

Find your path to Kazuki

388 people in our graph share verified history with Kazuki — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Robin WänlundunlockedKazuki: together at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2020)

×2Kazuki: together at Amazon

Kazuki: together at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

×5Kazuki: together at NVIDIA

About

Kazuki Shin led perception and simulation efforts at NVIDIA for autonomous driving, developed ML systems at BMW, Amazon, and PlayStation, and previously worked on autonomous vehicle operations at MIT. He holds an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from UIUC, where his research focused on humanoid robotics for home care applications.

Founder at Kaigo Health YC F25

Intro paths

Kazuki went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Kaigo Health's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Kazuki can intro founders to Kaigo Health's investors below.

Kaigo Health's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Kaigo Health

Peter ChienFounder

Lukas KlaiberCo-Founder

Experience

Kaigo Health (YC F25)Co-Founder & CTOcurrent2025 — present
NVIDIAMachine Learning Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles2022 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
ELLE MagazineFashion Runway Photographer – NYFW SS252024New York City Metropolitan Area
KIMLAB (Kinetic Intelligent Machine LAB)Robotics Researcher2021 — 2023
MIT DriverlessLead Race Operator2021Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
MIT DriverlessPlanning + Forecasting Engineer2021Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
AmazonAWS Software Development Engineer2020Seattle, Washington, United States
BMW of North America, LLCAutonomous Driving Researcher2020
PlayStationMachine Learning Engineer2019San Diego, California

Skills & more

PyTorch3C++2Java5Python (Programming Language)Amazon Web Services (AWS)1Autonomous Vehicles4OpenCV4Recommender Systems2

Languages English · Japanese

Self-Driving Cars Specialization — University of Toronto
Level Up: Deep Learning Recommender System — PlayStation

From Kazuki's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Kazuki Shin?: Kazuki Shin led perception and simulation efforts at NVIDIA for autonomous driving, developed ML systems at BMW, Amazon, and PlayStation, and previously worked on autonomous vehicle operations at MIT. He holds an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from UIUC, where his research focused on humanoid robotics for home care applications.
Where does Kazuki Shin work?: Kazuki Shin is Founder of Kaigo Health.
What companies did Kazuki Shin found?: Kazuki Shin founded Kaigo Health.
Where did Kazuki Shin go to school?: Kazuki Shin studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Master of Science - MS, Computer Engineering); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering); Plano Sr High School.