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David Zhu

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Co-founder & CTO at Kato
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

David Zhu is the Co-founder and CTO of Kato, a compliance-first Voice AI for modern lenders. An alumnus of Carnegie Mellon University, he previously scaled the Billing engineering team at Brex as an Engineering Manager after starting as a software engineer at Google.

Outside of his primary roles, David is an avid builder of micro-SaaS products. He created and monetized a tool for syncing Amazon orders with budgeting apps and another for managing plant sales on social media, demonstrating a passion for developing practical, consumer-facing software solutions.

He once asked his co-founder to be more combative to increase the speed and efficiency of their decision-making process.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Co-founder & CTO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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Voice AI in Fintech
As the CTO of Kato, he is building a Voice AI platform to automate loan servicing calls, directly addressing a multi-billion dollar market.
Startup Velocity
He frequently posts about the importance of speed and direction for early-stage startups, emphasizing pragmatic development over perfection.
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Career

Work history

8-2024
Co-founder & CTO
Kato
2-2024 - 8-2024
Micro-SaaS Builder
Self-employed
1-2023 - 2-2024
Engineering Manager (M1)
Brex
4-2022 - 1-2023
Engineering Manager (M0)
Brex
1-2021 - 4-2022
Senior Software Engineer
Brex
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Education
Bachelor of Science (BS)
Carnegie Mellon University
High School Diploma
Singapore American School
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