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Successful Angel Investor / Advisor, Venture Partner, Entrepreneurship Lecturer at Stanford University (BUS 248), Founder of GIT100 (exclusive E/S/VP to C-level technical executives community), GIT1K and Founders Club (5000+ startup angels and founders communities on LinkedIn, Slack, and WhatsApp).
Advisor and investor in software startups including: Facebook (IPO), Zuora (IPO), Bitfusion (acquired by VMware), Cohesity, LeadIQ, Moesif, Pinecone, Vectara, Motherduck, Omni Analytics, Neon Tech, Bouncer (acquired by Stripe), Ventrilo AI, Middleware, ParadeDB (YC S23), Nova AI, Fogbender (YC W22), Open Raven, Toucan (Techstars 21), Visla, CloudEagle (YC W22), Redcoat AI, and more. Moderator and creator of GIT1K and Founders Club with over 5000+ startup founders, angels/advisors, and investors to support early stage entrepreneurship.
Previously a serial startup product operator with multiple exits from early stage (Aster Data - Seed to $300M exit) to growth stage (Tenable - Series B to $3B IPO). 20+ years enterprise software experience in Silicon Valley (Ariba, Oracle, NetApp). Former industry Board Chairman at UC Santa Cruz research center (Open Source Software) and VP Accelerator (Corporate Development) at Micron.
Expertise: Enterprise SaaS Apps (Cybersecurity, CRM, Supply Chain), PaaS, Data Analytics and Insights, Data Platforms, Distributed Systems, Databases, APIs and Developer Tools, Data Science, User Experience and Product Design, Infrastructure Ops, Open Source Software, Edge IoT, Autonomous Vehicles & Robotics.
Personal website: https://lucidcloud.wixsite.com/home 
I have a strong academic background in engineering and computer science, with degrees from prestigious universities such as UC Berkeley, MIT, and the University of Tokyo. I am currently the co-founder and CEO of Glasp, an AI-powered knowledge-sharing platform where you can effortlessly store and share what you resonate with while reading or watching content on the web.
At Glasp, I lead a team of passionate and talented engineers, designers, and marketers who share a vision of creating a more accessible and collaborative way of learning and growing. We leverage cutting-edge technologies such as natural language processing, machine learning, and web development to create a seamless and intuitive user experience. We also partner with influential content creators, educators, and organizations to provide high-quality and diverse content for our users. My goal is to build a platform that empowers people to share their insights, perspectives, and knowledge with others, and to expand their horizons with the help of AI.
Glasp has been featured in prestigious publications such as Forbes (US and Japan), Nikkei, Asahi Digital, Lifehacker, Economic Times, and more. Additionally, Kazuki is a member of Inception Studio, an exclusive AI-focused founder community with an acceptance rate of 12%, where he joined as a cohort 1 member.
His contributions to the AI community extend beyond Glasp. He has served as a judge at an AI hackathon, attended by over 200 participants, where the cofounder of Google and Android gave the opening talk. In another AI hackathon, his team was awarded as a judge honor. 
