Shoya Matsumori

CEO

San Francisco, California, United States7 yrs 6 mos experience

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Experience

7 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 8 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 4 mos
Current Experience

Jinba (yc w26)

Founder and CEO

Jan 2025Present · 1 yr 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · On-site

  • Jinba is the leading AI workflow automation platform for the enterprise. Fortune Global 500 companies in banking, insurance, and manufacturing trust Jinba to automate complex operations through chat.

Alchemistx

S24 Cohort

Aug 2024Nov 2024 · 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Carnot inc

Founder and CEO

Jun 2023Dec 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

  • A founder and CEO.

Keio university

2 roles

Research Fellow

Apr 2023Aug 2024 · 1 yr 4 mos · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

  • Responsible for research on Large Language Models

Project Researcher

Jul 2020Mar 2022 · 1 yr 8 mos · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

  • Responsible for research and development of AI-based ESL education software
  • Developed an algorithm to create English cloze tests tailored for ESL learners.
  • Executed multiple experimental studies involving high school students.
  • Authored and published academic journals detailing the research findings.
  • Filed for a patent on the automated cloze test generation algorithm, currently pending.

Japan society for the promotion of science

Research Fellowship (DC)

Apr 2021Sep 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan · On-site

  • Research fellow of JSPS.
  • Was supported by grant-in-aid for scientific research (approx 3M JPY)
  • Published several papers to tier-1 international conferences, such as ICCV

Bluem inc.

Founder and CEO

Feb 2019Jul 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos · Tokyo, Japan

  • Founded a research-based startup and built a communication robot prototype using 3D printing and Raspberry Pi.

Pgv

Lead Machine Learning Researcher

Mar 2018Sep 2022 · 4 yrs 6 mos · Tokyo, Japan · Hybrid

  • Responsible for R&D for deep learning algorithms for classifying electroencephalogram (EEG).
  • Took on a leadership role in the early stages, growing and guiding the R&D team from its infancy.
  • Orchestrated designing and implementing a robust machine learning pipeline, enhancing research productivity by streamlining model training and dataset management.
  • Recruited, hired, and managed developers and interns.
  • Contributed to several published academic papers as the first author, highlighting breakthroughs in the automatic classification of sleep stages and advancements in Alzheimer's disease research.

Dwango corp

Machine Learning Researcher

Sep 2017Dec 2017 · 3 mos · Tokyo, Japan · Hybrid

  • Developed and delivered AI fundamentals courses focused on RNNs for neuroscientists, with hands-on Jupyter notebooks using TensorFlow and Chainer.

Education

Y Combinator

W26

Jan 2026Mar 2026

Keio University

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD — Computer Science

Jan 2018Jan 2022

Keio University

Bachelor of Engineering - BE — Computer Science

Jan 2014Jan 2018

University of California, Berkeley

Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)

Jan 2016Jan 2016

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