FOUNDER

Thiago
Penaloza

Founder & Software Engineer

I like building things that people actually use. I'm Thiago, the developer behind Kation.

I'm a Brazilian developer with a degree in Computer Science, and I like solving real problems with software. I started out building web applications for clients, did a technology internship at Johnson & Johnson building tools and automations for teams across Latin America, and then worked on international projects evaluating and training AI models through Scale AI and Outlier.

In 2026 I founded Kation Tecnologia to bring that work under one roof: software, applied AI, automation and products of our own. Aviss is the first of them, and I take care of all of it, from the architecture to every detail of the experience.

Black-and-white portrait of Thiago Penaloza
Fig. 01 · Porto Alegre, 2026
Based inPorto Alegre, Brazil
EducationComputer Science — UniRitter
Building software since2023
Kation founded2026
LanguagesPortuguese & English
StackReact, TypeScript, Node.js, Python, AI/LLMs
Building software, AI-powered solutions and products at Kation.

TIMELINE

From 2023 to now.

Now building Aviss →
  1. 2023
    First professional projects

    Web applications for clients and the start of a technology internship at Johnson & Johnson.

  2. 2024
    Software engineering and AI

    End of the internship and start of international projects evaluating and training AI models.

  3. 2025
    AI systems up close

    LLM evaluation, code review, failure analysis and AI-assisted web development.

  4. 2026
    Kation Tecnologia

    The company is founded: software, automation, AI solutions and products of its own.

  5. 2026
    Aviss

    Kation's first product: an idea becoming software that people use.