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Kazuki Shin

Founder

Founder at Kaigo Health

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedKaigo Health · YC

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 HealthYC F25

Intro paths

YC

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

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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

PCPeter Chien
Peter ChienFounder
LKLukas Klaiber
Lukas KlaiberCo-Founder

Experience

  1. Kaigo Health (YC F25)Co-Founder & CTOcurrent2025 — present
  2. NVIDIAMachine Learning Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles2022 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  3. ELLE MagazineFashion Runway Photographer – NYFW SS252024New York City Metropolitan Area
  4. KIMLAB (Kinetic Intelligent Machine LAB)Robotics Researcher2021 — 2023
  5. MIT DriverlessLead Race Operator2021Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  6. MIT DriverlessPlanning + Forecasting Engineer2021Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  7. AmazonAWS Software Development Engineer2020Seattle, Washington, United States
  8. BMW of North America, LLCAutonomous Driving Researcher2020
  9. 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.

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Shared employers

Also worked at Kaigo Health (YC F25)2

Peter ChienFounder at Kaigo HealthLukas KlaiberCo-Founder at Kaigo Health

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