Ivo Krka

Ivo Krka is an Engineering Manager at Google in Zagreb, where he leads a team focused on the application of artificial intelligence in education. His career, spanning over 15 years, encompasses academia, Google, and high-growth startups.

At Google, he has worked on global products like Gmail and YouTube, while in the startup ecosystem, he has held roles as Chief Technology Officer and Principal Engineer.

He holds a PhD in Computer Science, and his greatest passion is building products that have a tangible, positive impact on users and society.

Talk: Improving Gemini, with Gemini

How do you improve one of the world’s most advanced language models? By putting it to work. This talk offers an inside look at the development of Google’s AI tutor and how we tackle complex challenges in educational technology. We will walk through a concrete four-step model improvement pipeline: from identifying weaknesses (losses) and creating evaluations, to analyzing behavior and fine-tuning through training. Discover how Gemini actively participates in its own optimization, accelerating engineering workflows and ultimately creating an even more advanced AI tutor.


Get your free ticket here https://www.entrio.hr/en/event/dorscluc-2026-28348 and see you at DORS/CLUC 31!