Krystyn Neisess

Krystyn Neisess is the Co-founder and Lead Android Developer at KiraKira Media Inc., a digital manga startup operating as Omoi and Azuki, based in San Francisco. Founded in 2020, the five-person media company participated in the Y Combinator Winter 2022 batch and has generated approximately $2.4 million in annual revenue. Prior to launching this entrepreneurial venture, Neisess worked as a Software Engineer at both Crunchyroll and Thumbtack, gaining technical experience across backend engineering, quality assurance, and product management. Alongside her corporate engineering roles, she operates an independent bilingual manga analytics website, leveraging her native-level fluency as a professional English-to-Japanese translator, and previously attended Montana State University. Her professional background merges technical software engineering expertise with specialized media analytics, maintaining a primary focus on mobile application development for the global anime and comic distribution sectors.