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Richard Wurden is co-founder and CTO of Aigen. His work spans the transportation and agriculture sectors, with a focus on reducing reliance on fossil fuels.
Co-founder at Aigen
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Aigen's investors · 6
AgFunderSan Francisco · $10K – $5M checks · since 2022Cleveland AvenueChicago · $1M – $10M checksGlobal Founders CapitalBerlin · $637K – $32M checks · since 2022Industrious VenturesDenverNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checks · since 2025ReGen VenturesByron Bay, New South Wales · $250K – $2.5M checks · since 2023
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Co-founders at Aigen
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Kenny LeeCo-founder
Experience
- AigenCo-Founder and CTOcurrent2022 — present
- AigenCo-Founder and CEO2020 — 2022Redmond, Washington, United States
- Pure WatercraftSenior Systems Engineer2018 — 2020Seattle
- TeslaSenior Mechanical Engineer2016 — 2018Palo Alto
- TeslaMechanical Design Engineer2013 — 2016Palo Alto
- A123 SystemsMechanical Engineer2012 — 2013Livonia, Michigan
- Pure WatercraftProject Engineer2011 — 2012Seattle
- University of WashingtonCo-Founder - UW EcoCAR - Battery Team Lead2011 — 2012
- Manzanita MicroSummer Intern2010
- Community FrameworksOrganization Support Specialist2008
- The Bicycle CenterMechanic2007
Skills & more
Leadership7Electric Vehicles16Product Design21Start-ups8Robotics5Mechanical Engineering26Entrepreneurship6Systems Engineering17Project Management14Finite Element Analysis16Artificial Intelligence (AI)2Design for Manufacturing8
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FundraisingProduct DevelopmentEngineeringCADRenewable EnergyInjection MoldingGeometric Dimensioning & TolerancingManufacturingMachine LearningSolidworksCATIAPython (Programming Language)- Introduction to TensorFlow for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning — Coursera
- Getting Started with AI on Jetson Nano — NVIDIA
- AI For Everyone — Coursera
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (ICGB) — Management & Strategy Institute
- Solidworks Professional - Mechanical Design — Dassault Systèmes
- SolidWorks Professional - Advanced Sheet Metal — Dassault Systèmes
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Richard Wurden?
- Richard Wurden is co-founder and CTO of Aigen. His work spans the transportation and agriculture sectors, with a focus on reducing reliance on fossil fuels.
- Where does Richard Wurden work?
- Richard Wurden is Co-founder of Aigen.
- What companies did Richard Wurden found?
- Richard Wurden founded Aigen.
- Where did Richard Wurden go to school?
- Richard Wurden studied at University of Washington (Bachelors, Mechanical Engineering); University of Washington (Graduate Coursework, Mechanical Engineering).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Aigen5
Also worked at Pure Watercraft1
Also worked at Tesla275
Steve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesJoe GebbiaCo-founder of AirbnbJustin LiuVice President at Sapphire VenturesErica WaichmanHead of People & Community at Canvas VenturesBen FawEntrepreneur-in-Residence at Context VenturesBrock CsiraInvestor at Matter Venture Partners
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Also worked at A123 Systems9
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