Notable Individuals Named Eric Kim
- Eric Kim (Pinterest / Visual Search) – A machine-learning engineer in Pinterest’s Advanced Technologies Group . He has worked on visual search and object detection (e.g. leading Pinterest’s “Lens your Look” feature). He also co-authored several AI papers on Pinterest’s shopping recommender systems, including “Bootstrapping Complete The Look at Pinterest” and “Shop The Look: Building a Large Scale Visual Shopping System at Pinterest” (both KDD 2020) and “Complete the Look: Scene-based Complementary Product Recommendation” (CVPR 2019) .
- Eric Kim (Inari / Amplitude) – Co-founder and CTO of Inari, a YC S23 startup described as a “junior AI product manager” . Inari’s platform uses AI to extract actionable product insights from customer feedback. YC’s profile lists Eric Kim as co-founder/CTO of Inari, “building the AI copilot connected to your workplace data” . In 2025 he is noted as an AI leader at Amplitude – an Amplitude blog profiled him (with co-founder Frank Lee) as part of Amplitude’s new AI team .
- Eric Kim (Cuped.ai) – Founder and CEO of Cuped.ai, an AI-powered A/B-testing and conversion-optimization platform for Shopify. Cuped.ai’s own blog states that “Eric is CEO at Cuped.ai where he leads product vision, ML, and engineering” . In this role he oversees the development of Cuped’s automated optimization tools.
- Dr. Sung‑Soo (Eric) Kim (Datacrunch Global) – An academic and entrepreneur in South Korea. Sung‑Soo Eric Kim is an adjunct AI-strategy professor at Yonsei University (and also affiliated with Keio and Waseda) . He is founder and CEO of Datacrunch Global , a data/AI consultancy. He has written about AI policy (e.g. advocating regulation of generative AI) and teaches AI strategy courses at top universities.
- Eric Kim (Goodwater Capital) – Venture capitalist and co-founder/managing partner of Goodwater Capital . While Goodwater is a consumer-tech VC (with no “AI” in its name), Eric Kim’s firm has invested in many technology startups (including AI-driven consumer apps). Eric Kim is often noted as an early investor in companies like Facebook, Twitter, Spotify, etc. (The query did not turn up AI-specific press on him beyond company profiles.)
Companies, Startups, and Labs
- Cuped.ai – An AI-driven conversion-rate optimization (CRO) company (YC alum) for Shopify merchants. It was founded by Eric Kim (CEO) and its website/blog highlights AI-powered A/B testing features. (As noted, Eric Kim “leads product vision, ML, and engineering” at Cuped.ai .)
- Inari (Y Combinator S23) – An AI SaaS startup co-founded by Eric Kim (CTO) and Frank Lee in 2023 . Inari’s software ingests CRM and feedback data to automatically surface product opportunities. Y Combinator labels it “Your junior AI product manager” , and Eric Kim’s YC profile entry highlights his role as Inari’s CTO building the “AI copilot” for teams .
- Datacrunch Global – A data/AI consulting firm founded by Sung‑Soo (Eric) Kim . It applies AI and data strategy to business problems, reflecting its founder’s academic focus on AI strategy.
- Goodwater Capital – A venture-capital firm co-founded by Eric Kim . Not an AI product company, but Goodwater invests heavily in consumer-tech startups (many with AI components). Eric Kim’s role there connects him to the AI startup ecosystem.
Products, Tools, and Publications
- Major Research Publications – Eric Kim (Pinterest) has co-authored influential ML/AI papers, for example “Bootstrapping Complete The Look at Pinterest” (KDD 2020), “Shop The Look: Building a Large Scale Visual Shopping System at Pinterest” (KDD 2020), and “Complete the Look: Scene-based Complementary Product Recommendation” (CVPR 2019) . These works describe Pinterest’s visual search and recommendation systems. He also contributed to later papers like “MultiBiSage: A Web-Scale Recommendation System Using Multiple Bipartite Graphs” (VLDB 2022) and research on causal explanations in vision (“CausalX”, ICPR 2020/CoRR 2021) .
- AI Products & Tools – Several AI products bear the “Eric Kim” association: Cuped.ai’s CRO platform (led by Eric Kim) and Inari’s product-management AI (co-founded by Eric Kim) have already been mentioned. (Additionally, Eric Kim the photographer has created an “Eric Kim Bot” using GPT-4 for creative mentoring , illustrating how someone named Eric Kim is leveraging generative AI in a creative tool.)
News, Interviews, and Recognition
- Amplitude’s official blog (Oct 2025) published a “Meet the Team” interview with Frank Lee and Eric Kim, highlighting their transition from Inari to Amplitude and their vision for AI in product development .
- Y Combinator’s website (Summer 2023 batch) features Inari, calling it a “junior AI product manager” startup , and explicitly names Eric Kim as co-founder/CTO of Inari (“Building the AI copilot…” ).
- Cuped.ai has press mentions (e.g. joining NVIDIA’s Inception program) that spotlight Eric Kim as CEO overseeing its AI roadmap .
- No separate major news articles or awards specific to “Eric Kim in AI” were found. The relevant information comes mainly from company sites, VC team pages, and conference/journal listings.
Sources: Information is drawn from official profiles, company blogs, and publications: Eric Kim’s personal CV and OpenReview profile ; Cuped.ai’s site ; Yonsei University faculty page ; Goodwater Capital’s team page ; Amplitude’s blog and Y Combinator pages . These confirm roles and contributions in AI for each Eric Kim mentioned.