Kian Katanforoosh
CEO & Founder at Workera | Stanford AI Adjunct Lecturer
- Role
- Scout at Sequoia Capital
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kian Katanforoosh
Born and raised in France to an immigrant Iranian family, I immigrated to Silicon Valley to follow my passion. I want to help people achieve their fullest potential and accelerate progress through technology. My work sits at the intersection of AI, skill measurement, and psychometrics. I’m the CEO and founder of Workera — an AI agent platform that understands business context and measures skills in a radically new way, helping individuals and organizations identify strengths, close gaps, and take meaningful action. Outside of Workera, I co-created the Deep Learning Specialization on Coursera, which has been completed by millions of learners, and I teach the Deep Learning course at Stanford alongside Andrew Ng. Awards- Walter J. Gores Award (Stanford\'s highest teaching award)- Stanford Centennial Award for Excellence in Teaching - Forbes 30 under 30, Education 2020 - Forbes 30 under 30 All Stars, Education 2021 - World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer (2025) I apologize in advance if I’m not able to respond to DMs quickly. If you’d like to connect in the meantime, you can chat with my Delphi (link: which I’ve personally curated. I\'m also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kiankatan
Experience
Scout
Jul 2023 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US
I support and invest in early-stage founders building AI foundation models and applications. Please reach out on LinkedIn!Recent Investments: Tahoe Therapeutics, Fundamental.Tech, a2z radiology, Aristotle AI, Pruna AI, Finto AI, Napkin Labs (prev: Arda), ARC, Neuralk, and more.
Education
Lycée Hoche
Classes Préparatoires
Stanford University
Master of Science, Management Science & Engineering (Computer Science track)
CentraleSupelec
Master's degree
Skills
- Gestion Des Talents
- Enseignement
- Cryptography
- Analyse De Données
- Stratégie Commerciale
- Python
- Parler En Public
- Public Speaking
- Team Management
- Machine Learning
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Sciences Économiques
- Mathematics
- Foreign Languages
- Higher Education
- R
- Chinese
- Gestion D'équipe
- Bitcoin
- Algèbre
- Football Européen
- C++
- Enseignement Universitaire
- Powerpoint
- Maple
- Enseignement Supérieur
- Chant
- Science
- Deep Learning
- Analysis
- Teaching
- Entrepreneurship
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