Nezare Chafni
Nezare Chafni
Nezare Chafni

Nezare Chafni

About

  • Maker, entrepreneur, software engineer and computer vision specialist.
    • Videographer & amateur illustrator
  • Ex candidate for parliament in Casablanca 🇲🇦.
  • Co-founder & CTO @ Trueface, a computer vision startup that prides itself on the responsible use of artificial intelligence technology.
    • 🏦 Acquired by Pangiam / AE Industrial Partners.
    • 🤖 Led the development of one of the best performing SDKs/algorithms (as ranked by the National Institute of Standards and Technology).
    • 📄 Produced and filed several granted patents.
  • Previously, co-founder & CTO @ Chui.

Bio

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🤳🏿 Trueface

Co-founder & CTO

📅 2017 - Present

📍 Los Angeles, CA

  • Developing the company's core products and technology
  • Managing a team of 15 engineers, 20+ employees
  • US Airforce technology supplier
  • Technologies include Dense Crowd Counting, Face Recognition, Face Detection, Lardmark extraction, Face & Body Pose Detection, Face Anti Spoofing
  • Developing SDKs as well as No Code solutions
  • Raised $5 million+
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🤖 Venice Computer Vision Meetup

Organizer

📅 2019 - Present

📍 Venice, CA

  • Organizer at the Venice Computer Vision Meetup
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🈹 500Startups

📅 2017

📍 San Francisco, CA

  • Batch #22
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Helped create 22xFund
  • The 22X Fund and Democratizing Startup Investment
  • 30 startups band together for an ICO
  • Raised $1.5 million post demo day
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🚪 Chui

Co-founder & CTO

📅 2013 - 2017

📍 Boulder, CO

  • Managed a successful crowdfunding campaign
  • Managed several manufacturing runs
  • Raised $1 Million+
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⛰️ Boomtown Accelerator

📅 2014

📍 Boulder, CO

  • Batch #1 March 2014
  • Raised $1 million post demo day
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👔 Candidate for Parliament

📅 2011 - 2012

📍 Casablanca, Morocco

  • Nominated on behalf one of Morocco's oldest and most well known political parties to run for parliament in Casablanca (Istiqlal Party).
  • At the age of 23, I was one of the youngest candidates in the history of the party and the country.
  • Managed a team of 300+ paid staffers and volunteers.
  • Finished 6th in a pool of 24 candidates.
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🎓 Southern Methodist University

📅 2006 - 2010

📍 Dallas, Texas

  • B.B.A Financial Consulting - Edwin L. Cox school of Business
  • B.S. Economics - Dedman College of Humanities & sciences

PR

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📰 In the Press

CNN

The anti Silicon Valley: Start-up haven blooms in Moroccan paradise

Techcrunch

Trueface raises $3.7M to recognise that gun, as it’s being pulled, in real time

214 Technologies Is Crowdfunding A Smart Doorbell Called Chui

Five years and one pivot later, Trueface emerges with a promise for better facial recognition tech

Trueface.ai integrates with IFTTT as the latest test-case of its facial recognition tech

Wamda

What I know about building an IoT device: Shaun Moore

Having successfully crowdfunded, Moroccan-American smart doorbell Chui plots next steps

CBS

Chui's "smart doorbell" recognizes faces, greets guests

CBS DFW

Smart Technology: Facial Recognition Doorbell

CBS LA

2 On Your Side: Is Facial Recognition Technology A Threat To Privacy?

Telquel

Nouvelles technologies : les nouveaux conquérants

Développement. Un interphone intelligent né au Maroc

Business Insider

Trueface Cuts Crisis Response Times in Half with Threat Detection Technology

Dallas Morning News

SMU Cox alumni develop doorbell with facial recognition

TechRepublic

Air Force hires Trueface for facial recognition on bases

Airforce Technology

USAF awards contract to Trueface for security at military bases

Financial Times

How London became a test case for using facial recognition in democracies

Vice

We Asked 43 Facial Recognition Companies if They'll Refuse to Work With Cops

Wired

How Well Can Algorithms Recognize Your Masked Face?

Fox Business - Varney & Co

The expanding applications of facial-recognition technology

WSJ

The Humble Office ID Badge is About To Be Unrecognizable

New Money

Vox

Schools are using facial recognition to try to stop shootings. Here’s why they should think twice.

Forbes

141 Cybersecurity Predictions For 2020

Readwrite

Trueface raises $3.7M to turn camera data into actionable insights

The Fast Pace of Facial Recognition Innovation

Bloomberg

Trump's Latest China Target Includes a Rising Star in AI

Mashable

TrueFace.AI busts facial recognition imposters

Forbes Mexico

El Reconocimiento Facial: ¿futuro sincronizado?

Social

✒️ Medium

🎧 Spotify

📼 Youtube

💼 LinkedIn

Writings

💱 The Economist: On Revolution

⚙️ Engineering Management: A Guide

Patents

📽️ Saliency-based compression

🧬 Biometric-based identity authentication

📍Location-based screening verification

🤖 Machine learning enhanced facial recognition

🛅 Passive multi-factor access control with biometric and wireless capability

Awards

🇬🇧 COGX London Best in Computer Vision 2020

🌴 2019 Los Angeles Entrepreneur of The Year Semi Finalist

🎥 2020 Los Angeles Entrepreneur of The Year Semi Finalist

🖼️ Hot Vendors in Image and Video Analytics 2019

🌉 The 10 Most Disruptive Image Recognition Solution Providers in 2020

Showcase

10 days in Japan10 days in Japan
🇯🇵
10 days in Japan
www.youtube.com
48 Hours in Magical CDMX48 Hours in Magical CDMX
🇲🇽
48 Hours in Magical CDMX
www.youtube.com
Seeing through walls with WIFI… How to extract Wifi CSI data with a RPI Compute Module 4
Seeing through walls with WIFI… How to extract Wifi CSI data with a RPI Compute Module 4
medium.com
An Illustration of my 1972 CB 550An Illustration of my 1972 CB 550
🏍️
An Illustration of my 1972 CB 550
Artwork: Hot Baby... A Hot Sauce for BabiesArtwork: Hot Baby... A Hot Sauce for Babies
👨🏼‍🎨
Artwork: Hot Baby... A Hot Sauce for Babies
How I built a neural network to predict stock prices with free behavioral, fundamental, and technical data from Robinhood
How I built a neural network to predict stock prices with free behavioral, fundamental, and technical data from Robinhood
nchafni.medium.com
3 Live Streaming Techniques for your CV Project - VCV Meetup
3 Live Streaming Techniques for your CV Project - VCV Meetup
www.youtube.com
Face Recognition that stores no data - IJCB 2020 Presentation
Face Recognition that stores no data - IJCB 2020 Presentation
www.youtube.com
Faces on Everything - User initiated FR that holds no data - VCV Meetup 07/29/2020
Faces on Everything - User initiated FR that holds no data - VCV Meetup 07/29/2020
www.youtube.com
Glykon
🐍
Glykon
glykon.trueface
Visual Density
👩‍👩‍👦‍👦
Visual Density
www.youtube.com
Skateboarding With Segmentation
🛹
Skateboarding With Segmentation
www.youtube.com
Chui Access Control
🔑
Chui Access Control
www.youtube.com
ANTI (
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ANTI (Challenge.gov Submission Video for Naloxone App Competition)
www.youtube.com
Simple FR Access Control
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Simple FR Access Control
www.youtube.com
Fixed Frequency Play & Detection For Data Transfer Using FFT
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Fixed Frequency Play & Detection For Data Transfer Using FFT
www.youtube.com
Face Recognition + Elevated Body Temperature Detection
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Face Recognition + Elevated Body Temperature Detection
www.youtube.com
Trueface Age Estimation
🧓🏽
Trueface Age Estimation
www.youtube.com
Passive Spoof Detection FR
🎃
Passive Spoof Detection FR
www.youtube.com
TF ALPR
🚗
TF ALPR
www.youtube.com
IFTTT Integration
🤖
IFTTT Integration
www.youtube.com
3D Spoof
🎥
3D Spoof
medium.com
Zapier Integeration
🦓
Zapier Integeration
www.youtube.com
Threat Detection
🔫
Threat Detection
www.youtube.com
Rounds
Rounds
www.youtube.com
Ganja Menus
Ganja Menus
www.youtube.com
Appliance Audio Fingerprinting
Appliance Audio Fingerprinting
www.youtube.com
🖍️
Drawing an human computer interface

Skills

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🌐 Web Development

Python Node C++

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🎨 Frontend Development

React Vue Angular

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📱 Mobile Development

C++ Swift Java React Native iOS Android

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📹 Video Streaming Technologies

HLS DASH RTSP

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👁️ Computer Vision

C++ Python JS

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🤖 Robotics

ROS ROS2 Moveit2

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🤖 Artificial Intelligence

PyTorch Tensorflow MxNet Keras NCNN

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🖥️ Desktop App Development

Electron C++ Python Node JS

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📠 Embedded Software

Ambarella ARM Nvidia Jetson RPi Arduino

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👨🏽‍💼 Engineering Management

OKRs Agile Engineering Automation Process Development & Refinement Engineer Coaching Project Management

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⚙️ Devops

Docker Kubernetes AWS GCP On Premise

Backed By

🏫 Harvard Business Angels

🎖️ Scout Ventures

🗿 Lavrock Ventures

🅰️ Advantage Ventures

🌃 Monroe Capital

🈹 500Startups

🗻 Boomtown

❎ GrowthX

👤 Alex Bogusky

🇯🇵 GW Ventures

Reach out

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✉️ Contact me

📍 Los Angeles, CA