Founder · Chief Technology Officer

Otto Kafka

Technology executive turning AI and security research into products at petabyte scale. Six years as CTO. Now building Little AI Labs.

9+ Years Experience
6+ Years as CTO
PB Scale Data
Otto Kafka

Engineering leader with a builder's mindset

I set technology strategy and build the teams that execute it. Over nine years I have taken security, FinTech, and AI products from prototype to production, most recently as CTO architecting petabyte-scale threat detection powered by ML and LLMs.

Today I am the Founder of Little AI Labs, owning product, technology, and fundraising. I stay hands-on: I still write code, and I teach thousands of developers through my YouTube tutorials.

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Scale

Real-time platforms processing petabytes of data in Python, Go, and C++.

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Security

SIEM, EDR, and secure-by-design architecture across cloud and on-prem.

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AI & LLMs

Private enterprise LLM deployments and ML-driven detection in production.

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Leadership

Built and led teams across the US, Malaysia, and China in FinTech, AdTech, and CyberSec.

Career timeline

United States

Founder & CEO

Little AI Labs

  • Founded the company; own vision, product strategy, and technical direction.
  • Lead fundraising, partnerships, and go-to-market for an AI product.
Malaysia

Chief Technology Officer

Malaysian startups

  • Set technology strategy and built the engineering organization behind the company's SIEM/EDR products.
  • Took petabyte-scale, ML and LLM-driven threat detection from concept to production.

Tech Content Creator

YouTube

  • Built a global developer audience teaching Flutter, Node.js, and Go.
Shenzhen, China

Full Stack Developer

WaykiChain 维基链

  • Delivered blockchain platform services and developer tooling for a public chain.
  • Led developer relations: conferences and hackathons across Asia and Europe.
Beijing, China

Blockchain Developer

Nebulas.io

  • Delivered smart contracts, dApps, and backend services for a public blockchain.

Academic background

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Beihang University

Master's degree, Computer Science

Beijing, China

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University of the Pacific

Bachelor's degree, Communications

California, USA

Skills

Leadership

Technology Strategy Team Building Hiring Fundraising Product

Engineering

Python Go C++ Node.js React Flutter

Infrastructure & Data

PostgreSQL Linux Docker GPU Clustering Real-time Systems

Domains

AI / LLMs SIEM / EDR Cybersecurity FinTech AdTech

Certifications

  • Introduction to Embedded Machine Learning — Coursera Verify ↗
  • Artificial Intelligence Foundations: Neural Networks — LinkedIn Learning Verify ↗
  • The Future of Payment Technologies — Coursera Verify ↗