Where does Ali Abdalla work?

Ali Abdalla is Founder of Gradio and Founder at shotwell.ai.

What companies did Ali Abdalla found?

Ali Abdalla founded Gradio, shotwell.ai.

What companies has Ali Abdalla invested in?

Investments tracked here include Apollo Atomics, Inc., Cosmic Robotics, Medium Biosciences, RonanRx Inc..

Where did Ali Abdalla go to school?

Ali Abdalla studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering).

Ali Abdalla

InvestorFounder

Founder at shotwell.ai · Founder at Gradio

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedGradio shotwell.ai · YC

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About

Ali Abdalla co-founded Gradio, a platform subsequently acquired by Hugging Face, and previously worked at Tesla. He studied at MIT.

Founder at shotwell.ai YC X26

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Ali went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Andrew Miklas, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran shotwell.ai's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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shotwell.ai's investors · 5

Amino CapitalPalo Alto · $100K – $10M checks General Advance Race CapitalPalo Alto · $250K – $2M checks RobinhoodMenlo Park Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at shotwell.ai

Farhan KhanFounder

Ali AbidFounder

Nour EldifrawyFounder

Founder at Gradio

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Gradio's investors · 2

Cowboy VenturesPalo Alto · $500K – $3M checks Pear VCSan Francisco · $150K – $4M checks

Co-founders at Gradio

Abubakar AbidFounder

Ali AbidFounder

M. Dawood KhanFounder

Experience

Shotwell.Foundercurrent2026 — present
Hugging FaceMachine Learning Engineer2021 — 2026
GradioFounder2018 — 2021Mountain View
TeslaMechanical Design Engineer2018 — 2019
TeslaMechanical Design Intern2017
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Undergraduate Researcher at d'Arbeloff Lab for Info Systems and Technology2015 — 2017Cambridge, MA
iRobotMechanical Engineering Intern2016Bedford, MA
New Valence Robotics CorporationProduct Design Intern2016Boston, MA
A'as, Inc.Product Design Intern2015Baltimore, Maryland Area
edXUndergraduate Researcher2014Cambridge, MA

Skills & more

Languages Arabic · English

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Investments

Investor

Apollo Atomics, Inc.Cosmic Robotics Medium Biosciences RonanRx Inc.

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Ali Abdalla?: Ali Abdalla co-founded Gradio, a platform subsequently acquired by Hugging Face, and previously worked at Tesla. He studied at MIT.
Where does Ali Abdalla work?: Ali Abdalla is Founder of Gradio and Founder at shotwell.ai.
What companies did Ali Abdalla found?: Ali Abdalla founded Gradio, shotwell.ai.
What companies has Ali Abdalla invested in?: Investments tracked here include Apollo Atomics, Inc., Cosmic Robotics, Medium Biosciences, RonanRx Inc..
Where did Ali Abdalla go to school?: Ali Abdalla studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering).