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Ali Abdalla

Founder

Founder at shotwell.ai

San Francisco, California, United States

Foundedshotwell.ai · YC

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.aiYC X26

Intro paths

YC

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

GP

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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In turn, Ali can intro founders to shotwell.ai's investors below.

shotwell.ai's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at shotwell.ai

FKFarhan Khan
Farhan KhanCEO, Founder
AAAli Abid
Ali AbidFounder
NENour Eldifrawy
Nour EldifrawyFounder

Experience

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

Skills & more

Languages Arabic · English

From Ali's professional profile.

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 shotwell.ai.
What companies did Ali Abdalla found?
Ali Abdalla founded shotwell.ai.
Where did Ali Abdalla go to school?
Ali Abdalla studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering).

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