Sukemasa Kabayama | Source | Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Uplift Labs
Sukemasa Kabayama
Co-Founder and CEO of Uplift Labs
Formerly: President of Tesla Motors Japan where he led the launch and market expansion strategy for Tesla’s Model S, Director of Education at Apple Japan where he was responsible for launching the iPad in the education sector and Country Manager at LEGO Education.
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Uplift Labs (https://uplift.ai/)
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
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“When we talk about skill acquisition, we really think AI is key to make it so natural that you don't have to adapt to the tech,” Kabayama says. “There's a lot of clunkiness when it comes to wearables, because you have to do so much adapting.”
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“Aspirationally, the other area is of great interest is building a library, or collection, of functional movement screens when they're healthy,” says Kabayama, who is best known by the nickname “Masa.” “That means—in the event that during the season, unfortunately, they get injured—they actually now have a quantified roadmap to recovery.”
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“We're now able to have a performance lab in your pocket to really now prescribe exactly how you should be moving, to stay as much injury free and [realize] performance gains,” says Kabayama, the company CEO. “I just think we're on the cusp of a huge wave of movement performance and movement health, truly democratized by everyday devices.”