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Dan Kokotov

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Co-Founder / CTO at CNaught
📍 Berkeley, California, United States

Dan is the Co-Founder and CTO of CNaught, a platform simplifying the purchase of carbon credits for businesses. He previously led speech recognition AI teams as VP of Engineering at Rev. com. Colleagues describe him as a talented, creative, and brilliant architect, and he holds a Masters from MIT.

Outside of work, Dan is an avid science fiction fan, citing Frank Herberts "Dune" as the greatest sci-fi novel. He grew up in Moscow and developed a passion for computers and programming after moving to the United States as a teenager.

He has appeared on multiple podcasts, including the Lex Fridman Podcast, to discuss artificial intelligence and the future of technology.

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Experience
20 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder / CTO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Berkeley, California, United States
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Carbon Markets
As Co-Founder and CTO of CNaught, he is building a platform to simplify and de-risk the purchase of carbon credits for businesses, backed by recent funding.
Speech Recognition AI
He spent over a decade at Rev. com, ultimately leading the engineering teams that built one of the world's most accurate speech-to-text AI engines.
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Career

Work history

8-2022
Co-Founder / CTO
CNaught
12-2018 - 9-2022
VP of Engineering, Speech Technologies
Rev.com
8-2011 - 12-2018
Chief Architect
Rev.com
1-2010 - 7-2011
Director of R&D
5AM Solutions
10-2007 - 12-2009
Software Engineer
5AM Solutions
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Dan Kokotov - Co-Founder and CTO @ CNaught - Crunchbase. Featured in Crunchbase
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Education
2000 - 2001
M.Eng.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1996 - 2000
B.S.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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