Towaki Takikawa
FounderCo-Founder / CEO at Outerport
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedOuterport Β· YC
About
Towaki Takikawa previously worked as a research scientist at NVIDIA focused on simulation and 3D computer vision, with prior experience in robotics systems engineering and manufacturing.
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In other words there's probably a lot of ways in which existing tools (say including but not limited to animation software, video editing, CAD) need to be reinvented with AI as a first class user (and also is becoming ever easier to do so)
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Co-Founder / CEO at OuterportYC S24
Intro paths
Towaki went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Outerport's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Towaki can intro founders to Outerport's investors below.
Outerport's investors Β· 5
Experience
- OuterportCo-Founder / CEOcurrent2024 β presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- NVIDIAResearch Scientist2020 β 2023
- WATonomousSoftware Director2017 β 2020Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- Preferred Networks, Inc.Research Scientist Intern2019Tokyo, Japan
- NVIDIAResearch Scientist Intern2019Toronto, Canada Area
- NVIDIASoftware Engineer Intern2018Santa Clara, California
- Tulip.coSoftware Engineer Intern2017Somerville, MA
- Active911Software Engineer Intern2016Philomath, OR
- FIRST Robotics Team 955Team Captain2012 β 2016Corvallis, Oregon, United States
- Linn-Benton Community CollegeSoftware Engineer Intern2015
- Oregon State UniversityResearch Intern2014Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Education
- University of TorontoDoctor of Philosophy, Computer Science
- University of WaterlooBachelor of Science, Honours Computer Science2016 β 2020
- Y Combinator2024
- Crescent Valley High SchoolHigh School2012 β 2016
- Oregon State UniversityNon-Degree Student
Skills & more
Languages English Β· Japanese
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Also attended University of Waterloo206
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Also attended Y Combinator1,466
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Also attended Oregon State University38
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Also worked at NVIDIA57
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