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Kojin Oshiba

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Director of AI at Cisco Foundation AI
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Kojin is the Director of AI at Cisco, a role he assumed after Cisco acquired his AI Security startup, Robust Intelligence, in September 2024. A Harvard graduate and Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, he is a recognized pioneer in AI security, having built solutions trusted by JPMorgan Chase, IBM, and the US DoD.

Kojin is passionate about bridging the technology ecosystems of Silicon Valley and Japan, serving as an Executive Committee Member for the Silicon Valley Japan Platform. Having grown up in Tokyo before moving to the U. S. for university, he brings a unique bicultural perspective to his work and community involvement.

Unique fact: He co-founded his company, raised over $60 million from top VCs like Sequoia and Tiger Global, and successfully sold it to a tech giant before turning 30.

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Experience
1 Years
Current Role
Director of AI
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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AI Security
Co-founded Robust Intelligence to pioneer this field. Now leads Cisco's Foundation AI team, building deep AI technology to solve complex cybersecurity challenges.
Open-Source AI
Actively promotes and shares milestones for his team's open-source cybersecurity models, celebrating their rapid adoption and high download counts in the developer community.
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Work history

10-2024
Director of AI
Cisco Foundation AI
7-2025
Executive Committee Member
Silicon Valley Japan Platform
Co-Founder
Robust Intelligence
Researcher
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Machine Learning Engineer
QuantCo
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Education
Bachelor’s Degree
Harvard University
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