Waleed Latif studied computer science and cognitive science at UC Berkeley, where he led engineering and publications on neurotechnology research. He previously built core backend infrastructure at Amazon's Ring division, handling over 1 million transactions per second, before co-founding Sim.
Intro paths
YC
Waleed went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Sim's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Waleed can intro founders to Sim's investors below.
Sim's investors · 3
Co-founders
EK
Emir KarabegCo-Founder / CEO