About
Hey, thanks for visiting my page. I'm Christian, an Estonian/American startup founder, AI researcher, and musician.
The spark notes
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1996
Born in New Jersey, and raised between there and Estonia.
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At eighteen
Moved to Tallinn for the technical university, and dropped out shortly after.
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The decade after
Small startups to the largest corporations, worked as a SWE, MLE, PM, and Head of ML over the years.
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Now
Founder and CEO of Pinch (YC W25).
Hobbies
I like to play
- with software, electronics, and multimodal AI
- beach volleyball
- music
- with motorcycles
Contact
- LinkedInin/christiansafka
- X@christiansafka
- Instagram@safkamusic
- YouTubeThe channel
- GitHubchristiansafka
Where I've been
- United StatesNew York City, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Jose, Austin, San Francisco, Denver, Sacramento, Atlanta, Tampa, Minneapolis, Honolulu, Allentown, Asheville, Rapid City, Hilo, Burlington, Kahului, Clemson
- EstoniaTallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu, Saaremaa, Viljandi, Haapsalu, Hiiumaa, Vormsi
- SpainMadrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Murcia, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- ItalyMilan, Torino, Como, Courmayeur
- GermanyBerlin, Hamburg, Bremen
- ChinaShanghai, Huangshan
- CzechiaPrague, Brno
- PolandWarsaw, Kraków
- RussiaSaint Petersburg, Sosnovyy Bor
- The NetherlandsRotterdam, Utrecht
- AustriaVienna
- DenmarkCopenhagen
- FinlandHelsinki
- FranceParis
- HungaryBudapest
- LatviaRiga
- MexicoMexico City
- PortugalFunchal
- SwedenStockholm
- TaiwanTaipei
- United KingdomLondon
Airport transfers removed.