Tae Hoon Kim

Tae Kim is the Co-Founder and CTO of Spark, an AI-powered planning and workflow solution for large-scale clean energy developers.12 Here are some key details about Tae Kim:

Professional Background

• Tesla: Tae led the development of Tesla's warehouse software from scratch, managing systems that handled millions in daily inventory and supported a factory producing 7,000 cars per week.2

• Lucid Motors: He helped build Lucid's payment and commerce platform, which processes millions of dollars in online vehicle sales transactions monthly.2

• Tinder: Tae worked on experiments for Gen Z users.1

Education and Skills

• Tae holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Tech.2
• He is multilingual, speaking 4 languages.1
• Tae has lived in 4 different countries.1

Spark (YC W24)

At Spark, Tae and his co-founder Julia Wu are developing AI-powered tools to help clean energy developers:

• Identify requirements, risks, and incentives for projects1
• Screen prospective sites quickly1
• Extract insights from complex documents and policies2

Personal Interests

Interestingly, Tae is passionate about pastry.1

Tae's diverse background in engineering, payments, and now clean energy, combined with his international experience, contributes to his role in leading the technical aspects of Spark's innovative AI solutions for the renewable energy sector.