About

Mission

We build the infrastructure Physical AI needs to work on real sites. Every asset gets its own entry in a ledger, and people, AI agents and robots share that ledger as their context for detecting change, predicting outcomes and guiding action.

Team

Xiuxi Pan, PhD

Cofounder & CTO

Dr. Pan holds a PhD in Engineering from Institute of Science Tokyo, specializing in computer vision. He has dedicated his career to pioneering advancements in Generative Model & Computer Vision, bridging fundamental research, product engineering, and business development. As the inventor of next-generation, image-generation-based lensless imaging technology, he has published in leading journals and conferences, launched an award-winning startup to commercialize the technology, and been profiled by WIRED, Nikkei, and other media as a pioneer of AI in Japan.

Sho Osawa

Cofounder & CEO

Sho leads strategy and partnerships at Yodo Labs. His background spans strategy consulting and corporate development at PwC (Strategy&) and Westpac Banking Group. Most recently he scaled a South East Asian start-up insurer from zero to $150M in total insured exposure in two years. His experience gave him a front-row seat to the gaps that emerge when global AI tools hit the realities of Asian languages, regulatory environments, and document workflows. He holds a Bachelors of Law and Economics from the Australian National University and is fluent in English and Japanese.

Bona Bai, PhD

Robotics Lead

Dr. Bai brings over 15 years of experience in perception, navigation, and autonomy for intelligent robots. His work spans both academia and industry, with a deep focus on building real-world autonomous systems. He has been a key developer on several high-profile robotics programs, including Astro and Always Home Cam at Amazon, autonomous drone delivery systems at Google's Wing, and humanoid robotics at Figure AI. His expertise bridges full-stack autonomy, from sensor fusion and SLAM to real-time decision making and deployment at scale. As an advisor, Dr. Bai supports strategic guidance on robotic perception, autonomy architecture, and real-world deployment.

Kazuhito Sawai

Founding Business Development Lead

Kazuhito brings 15 years of sales experience in the telecommunications industry, working with customers ranging from major enterprises to small and medium-sized businesses. He connects real operational needs with Yodo Labs' AI and robotics capabilities to build lasting customer partnerships.

Daechul Jung

Founding Engineer

Daechul earned a master's degree in Computer Science from Vanderbilt University and a bachelor's degree in Data Science from UC Berkeley. His research experience includes robotics and reinforcement learning at VISE Vanderbilt, machine learning at POSTECH, and LLM-based tools at UC Berkeley.

Prof. Tomoya Nakamura

Research Advisor

Prof. Nakamura is a Professor in the XR Group at The University of Osaka's Graduate School of Engineering Science and a Visiting Professor at Stanford University. His research advances computational imaging, computer vision, and AI optics, spanning lensless imaging, PSF engineering, compressive sensing, light-field and compound-eye imaging, gigapixel imaging, coded apertures, and computer-generated holography.