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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.
Autify
Autify is an AI-powered software testing platform that lets engineering and QA teams create, run, and maintain automated tests without heavy scripting. Founded in 2016 by Ryo Chikazawa and Sam Yamashita, the company pairs no-code recording with autonomous AI agents that generate test cases from requirements, write test code, and self-heal tests when the underlying app changes. With offices in San Francisco and Tokyo, Autify serves web and mobile teams at companies like DeNA, NEC, Yahoo, and ZOZO, and has raised roughly $29-32M across seed, Series A, and a 2024 Series B.