Ilya Kulyatin

Ilya is the CEO of Foundry Labs, a Tokyo-based AI systems integrator providing AI engineering services across enterprise, physical/edge, and scientific domains. He is also the Founder of Tokyo AI (TAI), Japan's largest international AI community with over 4,000 members, focused on making Japan a premier destination for AI, hardware, robotics, and science ventures.

With an interdisciplinary background spanning Business, Finance, and Machine Learning, Ilya has built startups and led quantitative research and machine learning initiatives across Italy, USA, UK, Netherlands, Singapore, and Japan. He is actively involved in shaping cross-border AI collaboration, including policy discussions on democratic AI governance and international research partnerships. His work bridges Japanese and global startup ecosystems, connecting founders, investors, and researchers across markets.