Ken Urata
FounderFounder at Omoi (formerly Azuki)
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedOmoi (formerly Azuki) · YC
About
Ken Urata co-founded KiraKira Media and previously worked as a software engineer at Crunchyroll and Thumbtack. He is fluent in English and Japanese and operates a manga analytics website.
Founder at Omoi (formerly Azuki)YC W22
Intro paths
YC
Ken went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Ken can intro founders to Omoi (formerly Azuki)'s investors below.
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Co-founders at Omoi (formerly Azuki)
Experience
- OmoiCo-Foundercurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- AppLovinSenior Software Engineer2024Palo Alto, California, United States
- ThumbtackFront End Engineer2017 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- Crunchyroll, Inc.Software Engineer2014 — 2017San Francisco
- EllationSoftware Engineer2014 — 2017San Francisco
- Satellite Station, Inc.Localization Specialist2010 — 2013Dublin, California
- TSG U.S.A., Inc.System Engineer2008 — 2009Peachtree City, GA
Skills & more
Testing17Mobile Applications17RSpec10Web Development1JavaScript36React.jsRedux.jsSASSCSS33HTML 520HTML28Ruby on Rails27
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ken Urata?
- Ken Urata co-founded KiraKira Media and previously worked as a software engineer at Crunchyroll and Thumbtack. He is fluent in English and Japanese and operates a manga analytics website.
- Where does Ken Urata work?
- Ken Urata is Founder of Omoi (formerly Azuki).
- What companies did Ken Urata found?
- Ken Urata founded Omoi (formerly Azuki).
- Where did Ken Urata go to school?
- Ken Urata studied at UC Irvine (Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Engineering).
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