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Shinpei Kato

Founder and CEO of Tier IV, co-founder and Fellow of the Autoware Foundation, and specially appointed professor at the University of Tokyo. Created Autoware, the world's leading open-source software for autonomous driving, while an associate professor at Nagoya University (2012–2016). Holds a BEc from Kyoto University.

Japanese · 3 current roles · 2 foundings

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  • Tier IVverified→
    Founder

    TIER IV is a Japanese deep-tech company and the primary commercial force behind [Autoware](/models/autoware), the world's first open-source software stack for a

    IPO · $141M6 verified deployments · Autoware at Shin-Tomei Expressway, Japan →1 model
  • Autowareverified→
    Founder

    Open-source autonomous driving software stack built on ROS 2.

  • Carnegie Mellon Universityverified→
    Former Postdoctoral Scholar

    Carnegie Mellon University is home to the [Robotics Institute](/companies/cmu-robotics-institute), founded in 1979 as one of the world's first and largest robot

  • University of Tokyoverified→
    Former Specially Appointed Professor, Graduate School of TMI

    Home to JSK Robotics Lab with decades of [Humanoid](/companies/humanoid-ai) deployment research including HRP series and Musashi.

    1 model

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Sources (2)

  1. https://tier4.co.jp/en/about-us
  2. https://shinpeikato.com/

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