Nayul Kim

Nayul Kim is the Co-founder and CEO of CLIKA, an AI infrastructure startup delivering an automated model compression and compilation toolkit that makes AI models faster, smaller, and instantly deployable across diverse hardware platforms. As a passionate startup operator and proud kool-aid brewer, Nayul is focused on building a world-class team and translating cutting-edge research into real-world enterprise impact. Before founding CLIKA, she led innovation initiatives across both public and private sectors as a consultant and business development manager. Born in Korea and raised across four continents—including Spain, Uruguay, and Argentina—Nayul brings a global perspective to everything she builds. She now resides in San Francisco, where she’s scaling CLIKA and shaping the future of efficient AI deployment.