Yauri de Groot

MEET YAURI

A high-energy adventurer, AI strategist, and creative entrepreneur obsessed with helping people think deeper and live louder. At just 26, he’s lived in six countries, become the all-time top scorer in college soccer, studied at Bocconi and Fudan, and built a portfolio that fuses technology, storytelling, and personal transformation. Everything he touches is driven by one belief: life is meant to be fully felt, fiercely questioned, and intentionally created.

By day, Yauri helps companies integrate AI into their workflows as a consultant. By night (and often before sunrise), he’s out in the world building content, crafting routines, chasing stillness in chaos, and sparking meaning through art and movement.

His most recent creative pursuit is a street art series that turns trash into thought. Using discarded wood, scraps, and paint, Yauri creates small, numbered pieces of art and leaves them in public places. Each one is paired with a single word or reflection and left behind to stop strangers in their tracks, stir their minds, and invite them into presence.

He’s biked across states without a phone, trained with pro soccer teams, meditated in silence with spirit guides, and built cold-plunge tubs in his garage. Whether he’s speaking three languages at once, filming from an ice bath, or designing his next adventure, Yauri is on a mission to push limits — and to bring others along with him.

"The greatest shapers don’t stop at introducing originality into the world. They create cultures that unleash originality in others." - Adam Grant

Get in touch at yauri.degroot@icloud.com