John Chirikjian

John Chirikjian is the Founder and CEO of Alcove, where efforts focus on food automation and robotics. Chirikjian has founded multiple companies, including Hire.inc, Nodogoro, and AI.Fashion Inc., where Chirikjian served as Founder and CTO, as well as Backlot and Ayez, both of which were part of Y Combinator's startup programs. Chirikjian's prior experience includes a position as Technical Product Manager at Microsoft and conducting research on robotics for malaria research and vaccine manufacturing at Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering. Chirikjian holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science with honors from Yale University.