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- Xu ZhengFounder · FamiliarS26B2B · Toronto
- Amrutavarsh Kinagi@amrutavarshFounder · EzDubsW23Consumer · San Francisco
- Hugo LamFounder · HypaHubW22B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Xu ZhengFamiliarFounderSummer 2026B2BToronto, Canada7—Amrutavarsh KinagiEzDubsFounderWinter 2023ConsumerSan Francisco, United States6https://x.com/amrutavarshHugo LamHypaHubFounderWinter 2022B2BSan Francisco, United States6—Showing 1–3 of 3 founders
Amrutavarsh Kinagi
Founder·EzDubs
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size6
BatchWinter 2023
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusAcquired
StageEarly
BIO
ML researcher and co-founder of EzDubs, building real-time speech translation for live, expressive conversations. Holds an MSCS degree from Columbia (Speech AI researcher) and a BS from HKUST in CS + Math. Previously co-founded Helen AI, an award-winning lip-reading tool for the hearing impaired (HKUST President’s Cup, IET YPEC, Runner-up Dyson Award Hong Kong). Led HKUST robotics work on autonomous systems (Runner-up, ROBO-ONE Japan; 1st Class Award, NXP Cup 2018).
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
Serial founder · self-declared
COMPANY CONTEXT
Real-time speech translation