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LARRY LUYOMBYA Founder & CEO · Larry Group 株式会社 AI & Smart Automation Entrepreneur · Technology Executive · Global Citizen Tokyo, Japan · info@lgc.inc · lgc.inc |
| "Founded by an engineer who ships. 12+ years building platforms at Google, Woven by Toyota, and Mercari — now channeling that experience into LGC, the AI automation company redefining how the physical world thinks and operates." |
12+ Years in Technology Google · Toyota · Mercari |
700MW+ Data Center Capacity Delivered at Google APAC |
~$40M Cost Optimization Total career-wide savings delivered |
20M+ Users Served Mercari platform at scale |
99.98% Platform Uptime Mercari SRE & Observability |
62% Fraud Reduction Mercari AI/ML initiatives |
37 Countries Traveled 8 countries lived in |
5 Languages Spoken English · German · 中文 · 日本語 · +1 |
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Larry Luyombya is a serial builder, technology executive, and global entrepreneur at the convergence of artificial intelligence, smart automation, and international business. Born in Uganda and shaped as a global citizen across eight countries — Uganda, Germany, the USA, Taiwan, Singapore, India, Dubai, and Tokyo — on four continents, he brings an exceptionally rare combination: the product and AI platforms leadership forged at hyperscaler scale, the strategic vision of an enterprise technology executive, and the entrepreneurial drive of a founder building from zero.
As Founder and CEO of Larry Group 株式会社 (LGC), incorporated in Tokyo in December 2023, Larry is developing a vertically integrated AI and smart automation platform targeting the built environment — smart homes, hospitals, commercial buildings, agriculture, and digital finance. LGC's technology vision is to deliver 40%+ energy savings and operational efficiency gains through real-time AI/IoT orchestration, positioning the company at the vanguard of Japan's Society 5.0 transformation and Southeast Asia's infrastructure modernization.
Concurrently, Larry serves as Lead Technical Product Manager for Autonomous Cloud Platforms at Mercari Inc. HQ — headquartered at Mori Tower, Roppongi Hills, Tokyo — a TSE Prime-listed public company (4385) with over 20 million active users. In this role he drives enterprise-wide AI adoption across Platform Infrastructure, Networking, SRE & Observability, and DBRE — sitting at the epicenter of Japan's corporate AI transformation.
Earlier in his career, Larry served as Lead Systems Engineer at TransCore L.P. Dubai on behalf of the Dubai Government, where he designed, implemented, and commissioned Salik — Dubai's Automated Tolling System and a critical government revenue infrastructure now processing millions of vehicle transactions annually. He then spent six years at Google as APAC Regional Leader for Datacenter Controls & Cybersecurity — overseeing delivery of over 700MW of data center capacity across Taiwan, Singapore, and Japan, contributing to approximately $40M in total career-wide cost optimization. He then joined Toyota's TRI-AD (Toyota Research Institute — Advanced Development, Inc.), now rebranded as Woven by Toyota, where he drove the Arene vehicle software architecture platform for autonomous mobility and led company-wide cybersecurity compliance to NIST CSF and CMMC Level 3 standards for Arene.
A polyglot fluent in five languages — English, German, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and Luganda — Larry has lived in Uganda, Germany, the USA, Taiwan, Singapore, India, Dubai, and Japan: eight countries across four continents. He holds Taiwan APRC residency, maintains active banking and business registrations across Asia, and carries a global network spanning Africa, East Asia, the Middle East, and the international technology ecosystem. He is not merely a founder — he is an architect of systems: technological, organizational, and societal.
IDENTITY & CREDENTIALS
| Full Name | Larry Luyombya |
| Date of Birth | July 21, 1986 |
| Nationality | Ugandan National · Taiwan APRC Permanent Resident |
| Current Base | Tokyo, Japan (Tsukuda, Chuo-ku) |
| Languages | English (native) · German (fluent) · Mandarin Chinese (fluent) · Japanese (business-level) · Luganda (native) |
| Countries Lived | Uganda · Germany · USA · Taiwan · Singapore · India · Dubai · Japan — 8 countries across 4 continents |
| Countries Visited | 37 countries across Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Americas |
| Education | B.Sc. Electronics — University of Pune, India · Continuous international professional development |
| Visa / Status | Japan: HSP (Highly Skilled Professional) II — top-tier immigration designation for exceptional technology talent |
| LGC Corporate No. | 7012701017983 · Capital ¥3,500,000 · Incorporated December 2023, Tokyo |
| LGC Registration | Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo · 法人番号: 0127-01-017983 |
| Taiwan Entity | LGC Enterprises LLC — Active incorporation, Taiwan banking maintained |
| Contact | info@lgc.inc · lgc.inc · Tokyo, Japan |
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
Founder & Chief Executive Officer Larry Group 株式会社 (LGC) Tokyo, Japan |
December 2023 – Present |
Founded LGC from zero; sole full-time executive building an AI/IoT automation platform on self-funded capital of ¥3.5M, reaching Pilot-ready MVP within 12 months
Architected and shipped the full LGC product suite: Fill With AI (intelligent PDF automation powered by Claude Vision), JDP (Government Digital Procurement platform), working Smart Home orchestration system (SwitchBot · ESP32 BLE · mmWave · MQTT · Python AI orchestrator), and AI-powered trading platform
Developed an active government procurement pipeline targeting Setagaya and Nerima wards in Tokyo for a ¥70M Proof-of-Concept contract through Japan's JDP digital procurement initiative
Built and manages LGC's complete cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform: Cloud Run (serverless), Cloud SQL, Secret Manager, Artifact Registry, Cloud Build CI/CD, and a custom MCP (Model Context Protocol) server integrating Google Workspace, Slack, GitHub, GCP, and WooCommerce into a single AI-operated command interface
Driving a 55-source Japan funding strategy spanning Techstars Tokyo, JFC Startup Loan, IT Introduction Subsidy (IT導入補助金), Jグランツ, and DMP government procurement registration
Leads LGC's international expansion: Uganda real estate development (Larry Group Plaza, Sseguku, Kampala — 1,860m² multi-phase project), Taiwan corporate entity, and ASEAN smart infrastructure pipeline
Personally engineered LGC's AI technology stack: Anthropic Claude Opus/Sonnet as primary AI engine; proprietary prompt engineering pipelines; React/pdf-lib frontend; GCP-native backend; GitHub-managed CI/CD
Lead Technical Product Manager — Autonomous Cloud Platforms Mercari, Inc. (TSE Prime: 4385) Mori Tower, Roppongi Hills, Tokyo, Japan |
Concurrent with LGC Founding |
Leads Autonomous Cloud Platform strategy at Japan's largest C2C marketplace, serving 20M+ active users — driving enterprise-wide AI adoption, tooling standardization, and platform intelligence across the organization (GPT-4o, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Anthropic Claude, GitHub Copilot / Codex)
Owns platform strategy across Platform Infrastructure, Networking, SRE & Observability, and Database Reliability Engineering (DBRE) — maintaining 99.98% platform uptime at scale for 20M+ users
Led AI/ML-powered fraud detection initiatives delivering 62% reduction in fraud incidents — protecting billions of yen in annual GMV for Japan's largest online marketplace
Led the CoreDB-to-TiDB distributed database migration and PGO (Profile-Guided Optimization) evaluation for GoLang microservices — foundational to Mercari's next-generation platform architecture
Drives cross-functional alignment between engineering, product, legal, and executive leadership on AI governance, tooling policy, and platform roadmap at enterprise scale
Holds Japan HSP (Highly Skilled Professional) II visa — the highest immigration tier for exceptional technology and business talent in Japan
Senior Technical Program Manager — Arene Platform & Cybersecurity Toyota TRI-AD (Toyota Research Institute — Advanced Development, Inc.) · now Woven by Toyota Tokyo, Japan |
Prior Role |
Joined Toyota's TRI-AD (Toyota Research Institute — Advanced Development, Inc.) — the advanced technology subsidiary subsequently rebranded as Woven by Toyota — to drive the Arene vehicle software architecture platform for autonomous mobility
Drove the Arene platform architecture: Toyota's next-generation vehicle OS powering autonomous and connected vehicle capabilities, designed as the software foundation for the Woven City smart city project in Susono, Shizuoka
Led company-wide cybersecurity compliance program for Arene, achieving NIST CSF (Cybersecurity Framework) and CMMC Level 3 certification — meeting U.S. Department of Defense automotive supplier standards, a landmark achievement for a Japan-based mobility technology company
Managed complex cross-organizational technical programs spanning software architecture, hardware integration, and regulatory compliance in the high-stakes context of automotive-grade functional safety
This chapter directly informs LGC's smart automation philosophy: the discipline required to build safety-critical, real-time physical systems at automotive scale translates directly to IoT, smart buildings, and intelligent infrastructure
Lead Systems Engineer — Automated Tolling & Traffic Systems TransCore L.P. Dubai · Dubai Government Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
Prior Role |
Engaged by TransCore L.P. Dubai — a leading intelligent transportation systems contractor — on behalf of the Dubai Government to design, implement, and commission Dubai's Automated Tolling System: Salik
Led end-to-end design and implementation of Salik, Dubai's landmark road tolling infrastructure and a critical government revenue generation system that today manages millions of vehicle transactions annually across the emirate
Delivered full systems commissioning: from hardware architecture and sensor integration through to back-office processing systems, toll lane controllers, and live operational handover to Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA)
This role placed Larry at the forefront of large-scale government critical infrastructure delivery — designing physical systems with zero tolerance for failure that directly impact public safety, city revenue, and millions of daily commuters
The Salik experience — building mission-critical, city-scale automated systems for a government client — is a direct precursor to LGC's JDP government procurement platform and smart infrastructure product vision
APAC Regional Leader — Datacenter Controls & Cybersecurity (3 Promotions) Taiwan · Singapore · Japan (APAC) |
6 Years |
Served as APAC Regional Leader for Google Datacenter Controls & Cybersecurity, with regional responsibility spanning Taiwan, Singapore, and Japan — overseeing the integrity, security, and operational control systems of Google's APAC hyperscale data center portfolio
Oversaw delivery of over 700MW of data center capacity across the APAC region — equivalent to powering hundreds of thousands of homes — as part of Google's hyperscale infrastructure expansion across Asia
Contributed to approximately $40M in total career-wide cost optimization through engineering efficiency programs, vendor negotiation, and systematic process improvement across Google's APAC data center operations
Earned three successive promotions over six years, reflecting consistent overperformance in one of the world's most talent-dense and competitive technology organizations
Built deep expertise in large-scale cloud infrastructure, data center controls, cybersecurity operations, network engineering, and cross-regional program management across three major Asia-Pacific markets
Cultivated a pan-Asian professional network across Taiwan, Singapore, and Japan — a network that directly supports LGC's APAC expansion strategy and investor relationships today
LARRY GROUP 株式会社 — COMPANY PROFILE
Larry Group 株式会社 (LGC) is an AI and smart automation company incorporated in Tokyo, Japan in December 2023. The company is building the intelligence layer for the physical world — enabling homes, hospitals, commercial buildings, farms, and government infrastructure to sense, adapt, and optimize autonomously through AI and IoT technology.
Mission & Vision
To make intelligent automation accessible, affordable, and transformative — starting in Japan and scaling globally, with particular focus on the high-growth markets of East Africa and Southeast Asia. LGC's long-term vision is a world where 40%+ of built-environment energy and operational waste is eliminated through always-on AI orchestration.
Core Technology Stack
AI Engine — Anthropic Claude Opus/Sonnet as primary reasoning and automation engine; proprietary prompt engineering pipelines; RAG architecture for document intelligence
IoT Orchestration — SwitchBot, ESP32 BLE, mmWave presence detection, MQTT broker, Python-native AI orchestrator; end-to-end smart environment control
Cloud Infrastructure — Google Cloud Platform: Cloud Run (serverless), Cloud SQL, Secret Manager, Artifact Registry, Cloud Build CI/CD
MCP Command Layer — Custom Model Context Protocol server integrating 15+ enterprise systems (Google Workspace, Slack, GitHub, GCP, WooCommerce) into a single AI-operated interface
Frontend — React, Next.js, pdf-lib; mobile-first; bilingual Japanese/English UX for Japan's foreign resident market
Product Portfolio
Fill With AI ● LIVE |
Intelligent PDF form-filling powered by Claude Vision, targeting Japan's 3M+ foreign resident population. Production-shipped with real users. |
JDP Platform ● PILOT READY |
Government Digital Procurement platform: AI-assisted bid preparation, document automation, compliance management. Active PoC pipeline — Setagaya & Nerima wards, ¥70M scope. |
LGC Smart Home ● DEPLOYED |
End-to-end smart home orchestration: SwitchBot + ESP32 BLE + mmWave + MQTT + Python AI orchestrator. Working prototype in production. |
AI Trading Platform ◐ IN DEVELOPMENT |
Python/Flask backend, OpenAI/Gemini sentiment analysis, real-time market data. PRD complete; development underway. |
Smart Hospital Suite ◯ ROADMAP |
AI/IoT hospital operations: patient flow, asset tracking, environmental optimization. Target: East African and ASEAN markets. |
Uganda Legal AI ◯ ROADMAP |
AI assistant for Uganda legal research and drafting — trained on Uganda statutes, case law, regulatory precedent. Concept validated. |
MARKET OPPORTUNITY
Japan — Primary Market Japan's AI and smart automation market is undergoing structural transformation driven by Society 5.0, an aging population requiring automation solutions, a shortage of 2.9M IT engineers, and ¥400B+ in annual government digital procurement. LGC is positioned to capture this through JDP government contracts, the IT導入補助金 subsidy program, and direct ward-level PoC engagements.
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East Africa & ASEAN — Growth Markets Sub-Saharan Africa's smart infrastructure market is projected to exceed $50B by 2030, driven by rapid urbanization, mobile-first technology adoption, and major infrastructure investment. LGC's Uganda roots, founder network, and Larry Group Plaza development in Kampala position the company as an early-mover in East Africa's AI-enabled infrastructure space.
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GLOBAL FOOTPRINT & NETWORK
Larry's professional and personal network is genuinely global — not aspirationally so. Having lived, worked, and built relationships across eight countries and visited 37 more, he carries a network that spans hyperscaler engineers, government officials, investment bankers, development finance professionals, and startup founders across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas.
| Japan | Primary base · Mori Tower Roppongi Hills (Mercari HQ) · TSE-connected professional network · Government procurement relationships · Active LGC operations · HSP II visa |
| Uganda | Country of origin · 1,860m² land asset in Sseguku, Kampala · Family and community network · East Africa expansion anchor |
| Taiwan | APRC permanent residency · LGC Enterprises LLC registered · Active bank accounts · Google APAC network · APAC business hub |
| Singapore | Google APAC regional presence · Southeast Asia technology and investment network |
| Germany | Extended residence · European professional and academic network · EU market access and regulatory familiarity |
| USA | US residency history · North American technology and investment network · CMMC/DoD compliance expertise from Toyota TRI-AD |
| Dubai / UAE | TransCore L.P. Dubai (Dubai Government) · Lead Systems Engineer for Salik — Dubai's Automated Tolling System · Critical government infrastructure delivery · Middle East professional network |
| India | B.Sc. Electronics — University of Pune · South Asian academic and engineering network |
| Global | 37 countries visited · Active international investor, banking, and development finance relationships across 4 languages |
LEADERSHIP PHILOSOPHY
Builder. Multiplier. Systems Thinker.
Larry leads from first principles. Having navigated resource-constrained environments across Africa and Asia, he has developed an instinct for finding leverage — the smallest intervention that produces the largest systemic outcome. He builds products, teams, and companies with the same methodology: identify the critical path, remove friction, empower execution.
At Dubai, he learned what it means to build zero-failure government-grade infrastructure — designing a city's tolling backbone for millions of daily users with no margin for error. At Google, he learned to operate at hyperscale — where a wrong product decision is measured in megawatts and tens of millions of dollars. At Woven by Toyota, he learned that the most complex systems — autonomous vehicles, smart cities — are built not through individual brilliance, but through disciplined cross-functional product and program leadership. At Mercari, he learned that AI is not a product feature; it is a fundamental rearchitecting of how companies operate.
These chapters crystallize into three leadership convictions that define how LGC is built:
Technology should be invisible. It should work so seamlessly that people experience only the outcome — never the complexity underneath. The best automation is the automation nobody notices.
Global problems require global thinking. The best solutions draw from the widest range of cultural, technical, and economic contexts. Monocultural companies build monocultural products. LGC thinks in five languages across four continents.
Execution is the only strategy. Ideas without ships are just theories. Larry ships. He shipped Salik for Dubai. He shipped at Google (~$40M in optimization). He shipped at Toyota (CMMC L3 for Arene). He shipped at Mercari (62% fraud reduction). He is shipping at LGC.
FINANCIAL PROFILE & FUNDING STRATEGY
| LGC Capital | ¥3,500,000 (founder self-funded) |
| FY2024 Status | Pre-revenue · Net loss ¥4,900,000 · Full MVP-stage investment phase · All losses reflect R&D and infrastructure build |
| FY2025 Filing | Corporate tax filing in progress (due end of April 2026) |
| Personal Assets | Land: Sseguku, Kampala, Uganda (1,860m²) · IBKR brokerage account · Taiwan LGC Enterprises LLC · Taiwan bank accounts (active) |
| Active Funding | Techstars Tokyo application (May 2026) · JFC Startup Loan consultation · IT Introduction Subsidy · Jグランツ · DMP registration in progress |
| Revenue Pathway | JDP government PoC (¥70M scope, Setagaya/Nerima) · Fill With AI SaaS subscriptions · Smart automation B2B enterprise contracts |
| Banking Presence | Japan (primary operations) · Taiwan (LGC Enterprises) · Uganda (land asset jurisdiction) · IBKR (international securities) |
| LGC is actively seeking seed-stage investment and strategic banking relationships to bridge from MVP to first revenue. The company's combination of a shipped product, an active government PoC pipeline, dual-country founder residency, and a CEO with 12+ years of hyperscaler execution experience represents an unusually de-risked early-stage technology opportunity. |
TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
AI & Machine Learning
Cloud & Platform Infrastructure
Cybersecurity & Compliance
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IoT & Smart Systems
Software Engineering
Strategy & Program Leadership
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WHY LARRY LUYOMBYA & LGC
The Convergence of Pedigree, Vision & Execution Most founders have one of three things: technical depth, global perspective, or execution track record. Larry has all three — forged across hyperscale infrastructure at Google, safety-critical software at Toyota, AI transformation at Mercari, and now applied to building LGC into the defining AI automation company of Japan's next decade. Google APAC · Woven by Toyota · Mercari Inc. · Larry Group 株式会社 12+ Years · 4 Languages · 7 Countries · 37 Countries Visited · 1 Vision |
info@lgc.inc · lgc.inc · Tokyo, Japan
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