# Issei Yamamoto: CEO, Turing

Canonical ID: `17fdb466-472a-41a2-a2e8-5d5f572fa60e`

Former shogi AI developer who created Ponanza, the first program to defeat a professional shogi master. University of Tokyo graduate, ex-HEROZ lead engineer. Founded Turing in 2021 with the mission 'We Overtake Tesla.'

- **Verification posture:** reported

## Current roles (1)

- [Turing](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/turing.md) CEO & Co-founder (IR-verified)

## Sources (1)

1. https://tur.ing/en/about/


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