AI Researcher, Educator & Entrepreneur | Kobkrit Viriyayudhakorn

About

Researcher, Educator & Entrepreneur

Dr. Kobkrit Viriyayudhakorn holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST). He is the CEO and Founder of iApp Technology, a leading Thai AI company that has helped 30+ enterprises integrate AI into their operations since 2013.

He served as President of the Artificial Intelligence Entrepreneur Association of Thailand (AIEAT) from 2021 to 2024 and as Vice-Chair of the House of Representatives' extraordinary commission on AI governance (2024–2025). As founder and lead of OpenThaiGPT, his work spans natural language processing, large language models, and computer vision, with 20+ published research papers and widely-used open-source projects.

Through Kobkrit AI School, he is dedicated to making AI education accessible — offering courses in AI, machine learning, and LLMs for learners at every level.

Expertise

Core areas of research and development

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Natural Language Processing

Thai NLP, BERT, Wangchanberta, text classification, question answering, and sentiment analysis.

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Large Language Models

Creator of OpenThaiGPT, Thailand's leading open-source Thai-centric large language model.

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Deep Learning & ML

Neural networks, computer vision, transfer learning, and production ML systems.

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Conversational AI

Chatbot development with DialogFlow, Chinda AI chatbot, and multi-modal AI systems.

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Mobile & Web Development

React Native, React, Node.js — building full-stack applications from prototype to production.

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AI Education

University lecturer and course creator with 40+ technical articles and tutorials.

Projects

Open-source tools and AI products

OpenThaiGPT

Thai-centric open-source large language model, enabling Thai language AI applications at scale.

nlp_thai_resources

Curated collection of 50+ Thai NLP libraries, datasets, and tools for the research community.

Kaitom Voice

Next-generation Thai Text-to-Speech API delivering natural-sounding Thai voice synthesis.

Chinda AI

Intelligent generative AI chatbot platform for enterprise customer service automation.

iApp AI APIs

Suite of AI APIs for Thai OCR, face recognition, speech-to-text, and document processing.

Thai NLP with BERT

Pioneering Thai language transfer learning with BERT, achieving state-of-the-art results.

Kobkrit AI School

Master AI, Machine Learning, and Large Language Models with hands-on courses designed by an industry expert. Earn recognized certificates.

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