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About
Ahnaf Shahriar is a computer engineer from the University of Waterloo who has held roles as an embedded software engineer at Neuralink and an AI hardware engineer at Tesla before founding Simantic.
CTO at SimanticYC F26
Intro paths
Ahnaf went through Y Combinator (Fall 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Simantic's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Ahnaf can intro founders to Simantic's investors below.
Simantic's investors · 2
Co-founders at Simantic
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ahnaf Shahriar?
- Ahnaf Shahriar is a computer engineer from the University of Waterloo who has held roles as an embedded software engineer at Neuralink and an AI hardware engineer at Tesla before founding Simantic.
- Where does Ahnaf Shahriar work?
- Ahnaf Shahriar is CTO of Simantic.
- What companies did Ahnaf Shahriar found?
- Ahnaf Shahriar founded Simantic.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,594
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University of Waterloo mafia428
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Tesla mafia188
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Ford Motor mafia72
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Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute mafia2
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