# Ryo Chikazawa

> Ryo Chikazawa is the co-founder and CEO of Autify, an AI-powered software testing automation company based in San Francisco and Tokyo. A software engineer who worked in Japan, Singapore, and the US, he kept running into the same problem everywhere: testing software takes too long. After eight pivots and interviewing 70+ prospects, he built Autify into a no-code test automation platform used by companies like Unity, DeNA, and ZOZO, raising roughly $32M through Series B and launching Autify Genesis, an autonomous AI testing agent.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Autify
- **Organizations:** Autify, Viki (Rakuten Viki), DeNA, Emosiv
- **From:** Japan
- **Nationality:** Japanese
- **Education:** BS, Computer Science, Seikei University
- **Known for:** Co-founded and scaled Autify to roughly $32M in total funding across seed, Series A, and Series B, Built a no-code test automation platform adopted by companies including Unity, DeNA, ZOZO, and Q4, Graduated from the Alchemist Accelerator, a top US B2B startup accelerator

## Career timeline

- **pre-2016** — Software engineer in Japan; developed a #1 social game at DeNA
- **pre-2016** — Product engineer at Viki in Singapore, managing a subtitling community that translated over 1 billion words into 200+ languages
- **2016** — Founded Autify, Inc. in San Francisco (initially incubated as 'Beehive')
- **2018** — Graduated from the Alchemist Accelerator after eight pivots and 70+ customer interviews
- **2019** — Raised $2.5M seed round; global launch of the AI-powered no-code testing platform (Autify NoCode)
- **2021** — Raised $10M Series A led by World Innovation Lab; launched Autify for Mobile
- **2024** — Raised $13M Series B; launched Autify Genesis, an autonomous AI testing agent

## Achievements

- Co-founded and scaled Autify to roughly $32M in total funding across seed, Series A, and Series B
- Built a no-code test automation platform adopted by companies including Unity, DeNA, ZOZO, and Q4
- Graduated from the Alchemist Accelerator, a top US B2B startup accelerator
- Launched Autify Genesis, an autonomous AI agent that generates test cases and test scripts
- Developed a #1 social game at DeNA earlier in his engineering career
- Spoke at STARWEST, Dreamforce, and UC Berkeley on test automation and agile methods

## Latest updates

- **2024-06** — Autify raised a $13M Series B round
- **2024** — Launched Autify Genesis, an autonomous AI agent that generates test cases and test scripts, combining AI with Playwright

## Links

- Website: https://autify.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryo-chikazawa-01533749/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ryochikazawa
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/autifyhq

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Last updated: 2026-07-29