{"id":2360,"date":"2026-01-16T18:32:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kimaru.ai\/?p=2360"},"modified":"2026-01-16T18:36:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:36:41","slug":"in-this-episode-of-off-to-the-valley-host-prateek-panda-speaks-with-evan-burkosky-co-founder-ceo-of-kimaru-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kimaru.ai\/ja\/in-this-episode-of-off-to-the-valley-host-prateek-panda-speaks-with-evan-burkosky-co-founder-ceo-of-kimaru-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"\u300cOff to the Valley \u30a8\u30d4\u30bd\u30fc\u30c9\u30ac\u30a4\u30c9\uff1a\u30db\u30b9\u30c8 Prateek Panda\u3068Kimaru.ai \u5171\u540c\u5275\u696d\u8005\u517cCEO Evan Burkosky\u306e\u5bfe\u8ac7\u300d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2360\" class=\"elementor elementor-2360\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-65555a4 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