Kibum Kim

Co-Founder @ Figurr | B.S/M.S. ECE @ UC San Diego

San Diego, California, United States

About

I am a B.S./M.S. student at UC San Diego. I have graduated with my B.S. in EE: Electronic Circuits and Systems and will be pursuing my M.S. in Computer Engineering. I have previous internship experience at AMD Xilinx in board validation testing. I am also very interested in building and creating, from engineering things to organizational things. I have served on HKN @ UCSD's Officer board for over 2 years and created from scratch the Projects Branch, a program that offers exclusive & funded project opportunities to our members. I have currently joined as a co-founder and marketing lead for Figurr. Figurr is an AI operating system for first-time founders who want an honest answer before they waste months building the wrong thing. Most founders stitch together five tools that don't share context — validation here, brand there, build somewhere else, pitch prep from a template. Nothing remembers what the others learned. figurr fixes that. Drop in your idea and get a sourced BUILD / KILL / PIVOT verdict — one that won't cheerlead and won't mark anything validated until you've logged real customer conversations. That validated context carries forward into brand identity, an AI-assisted MVP build pipeline, and pitch preparation. One product. One continuous memory. From raw idea to launched startup.

Experience

  • Co-Founder & Marketing Lead at Figurr
    Jun 2026 - Present · 1 mo

    Co-founder of Figurr, an AI tech company that offers a premium agent that guides new entrepreneurs and founders from idea to the investor stage. Operating as the marketing lead, creating media posts and communities to acquire new customers and provide personalized assistance.

  • Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) - UC San Diego (2 yrs 6 mos)
    • HKN ECE Outreach Lead
      Jun 2026 - Present · 1 mo

      Serving as the new ECE Outreach Lead, hosting the ECE 198 course at UC San Diego as the lead Teaching Assistant. Guiding students in the course to create innovative, structured Engineering lessons for the underserved K-12 students in the San Diego area, serving hundreds of students in more than 8 different schools.

    • Vice President of Projects
      Apr 2025 - Jun 2026 · 1 yr 3 mos

      Created the HKN UCSD Projects Program. Responsible for launching and managing new sophisticated project teams made up of HKN members. Elected as the first VP Projects at HKN UCSD for the 2025-2026 school year.

    • ECE Department Chair
      Jan 2024 - Apr 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Responsible for managing and hosting ECE(Electrical and Computer Engineering)-related events for HKN.

  • Co-Op/Intern at AMD
    Jun 2024 - Sep 2024 · 4 mos

    2024 Summer Intern for the Board Operations team under the GOQ department at AMD. Responsible for developing a test program for mass production of Kria SOM product - Developed XJTAG test project for JTAG boundary scan test - Developed functional test for test automation using Python - Validated & debugged final test program in manufacturing line

  • Cashier Manager at Ttobongee Chicken Pleasanton Inc.
    May 2021 - Sep 2023 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    I worked at Ttobongee Chicken Pleasanton as a Cashier Manager during summer breaks from 2021 to 2023. I have taught and managed most of the cashiers that have worked at the restaurant.