OTTO KAFKA
Founder · Chief Technology Officer
otto@little-ai-labs.top · ottokafka.github.io · linkedin.com/in/ottokafka
Summary
Technology executive with 9+ years building products and engineering teams across AI, cybersecurity, and FinTech. Six years as CTO delivering petabyte-scale security platforms with ML and LLM-driven detection. Now founding an AI company. Hands-on architect who sets strategy, hires, and ships.
Experience
Founder & CEO · Little AI Labs · United States
Aug 2026 — Present- Founded the company; own vision, product strategy, and technical direction.
- Lead fundraising, partnerships, and go-to-market for an AI product.
Chief Technology Officer · Malaysian startups
Jun 2020 — Oct 2026- 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
Jun 2020 — Present- Built a global developer audience teaching Flutter, Node.js, and Go.
Full Stack Developer · WaykiChain · Shenzhen, China
Jan 2019 — Jun 2020- Delivered blockchain platform services and developer tooling for a public chain.
- Led developer relations: conferences and hackathons across Asia and Europe.
Blockchain Developer · Nebulas.io · Beijing, China
Jul 2017 — Jul 2019- Delivered smart contracts, dApps, and backend services for a public blockchain.
Education
Beihang University · Beijing, China
2013 — 2015Master's degree, Computer Science
University of the Pacific · California, USA
2011 — 2015Bachelor's degree, Communications
Certifications
Introduction to Embedded Machine Learning · Coursera
Artificial Intelligence Foundations: Neural Networks · LinkedIn Learning
The Future of Payment Technologies · Coursera
Languages
English (Native) · Chinese (Professional Working Proficiency)