Towaki Takikawa
FounderCo-Founder / CEO at Outerport
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedOuterport · 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.
Co-Founder / CEO at OuterportYC S24
Intro paths
YC
Towaki went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Outerport's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Towaki can intro founders to Outerport's investors below.
Experience
- OuterportCo-Founder / CEOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- NVIDIAResearch Scientist2020 — 2023
- WATonomousSoftware Director2017 — 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 — 2016Corvallis, Oregon, United States
- Linn-Benton Community CollegeSoftware Engineer Intern2015
- Oregon State UniversityResearch Intern2014Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Skills & more
C++14Python13JavaScript10GitC (Programming Language)
Languages English · Japanese
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Towaki Takikawa?
- 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.
- Where does Towaki Takikawa work?
- Towaki Takikawa is Co-Founder / CEO of Outerport.
- What companies did Towaki Takikawa found?
- Towaki Takikawa founded Outerport.
- Where did Towaki Takikawa go to school?
- Towaki Takikawa studied at University of Toronto (Doctor of Philosophy, Computer Science); University of Waterloo (Bachelor of Science, Honours Computer Science); Y Combinator.
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