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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 · 2 current roles · 1 founding

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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 · $141M1 model
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 deployment research including HRP series and Musashi.

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Tier IV Founder
Tier IV Founder & CEOSecondary-verified

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Tier IV

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Carnegie Mellon University Postdoctoral Scholar? to 2012-01-01Secondary-verified
University of Tokyo Specially Appointed Professor, Graduate School of TMISecondary-verified

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