# Yoshinori Abe

> Yoshinori Abe is Ubie’s co-founder and co-CEO, a physician and University of Tokyo graduate who established the company with his former schoolmate Kota Kubo in May 2017. His public interviews and writing cover research, delegation, employee stock options, organisational design and careers in the generative AI era.

- **Role:** Co-founder and Co-CEO at Ubie
- **Organizations:** Ubie, Inc., Japan Medical Venture Association
- **Education:** M.D., University of Tokyo
- **Known for:** Co-founded Ubie in May 2017., Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia selection, 2020., Director of the Japan Medical Venture Association since 2023.

## Career timeline

- **2015** — Graduated from the University of Tokyo Faculty of Medicine.
- **2015-2017** — Completed initial professional training at the University of Tokyo Hospital and Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology.
- **2017-05** — Co-founded Ubie with Kota Kubo.
- **2020** — Selected for Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia.
- **2023** — Became a director of the Japan Medical Venture Association.
- **2023-04** — Published the rationale for Ubie’s U-win stock-option programme.
- **2025-05** — Published an essay on careers and generative AI as Ubie announced approximately ¥18 billion in cumulative financing.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Ubie in May 2017.
- Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia selection, 2020.
- Director of the Japan Medical Venture Association since 2023.

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Ubie announced approximately ¥18 billion in cumulative financing, including support from Google and major Japanese strategic partners; Abe published his generative AI career essay the same day.
- **2025-12** — A public interview revisited Abe’s early collaboration and shared home with Kubo.
- **2026-10** — An interview with Ubie CTO Yuku Kotani described the company’s evolving engineering leadership and his 2025 appointment.

## Links

- Website: https://note.com/abeyoshinori
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoshinori-abe-b67666196/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/Ive0209

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Last updated: 2026-10-27