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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.

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ali @si3luwa

I left @huggingface a few months ago, and working there was a blast! Learned so much from everyone, especially the @Gradio team who were the smartest people i’ve ever worked with❤️ Will share soon what I’m working on now!  pic is missing @abidlabs and @_akhaliq and so am I 😔 https://t.co/axsbK1GATZ

Jul 29, 2026 · ♥ 33 · ⇄ 7

ali @si3luwa

https://t.co/QNW7tmeibw

Jun 12, 2024

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 Combinator

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

Education

  1. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering2013 — 2017

Skills & more

Languages Arabic · English

From Ali's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology977

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmDelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Varda

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Shared employers

Also worked at Shotwell.1

Ali AbidFounder at shotwell.ai

Also worked at Hugging Face9

Pat GradyPartner at Sequoia CapitalErica VanInvestment Director at Intel CapitalPaulina SzyzdekPrincipal at E12 Venture Capital, LlcBrian BenedictCo-Founder & CRO at Asymmetric Capital PartnersSasha LuccioniInvestor at Blue Tulip VenturesDarshan GandhiInvestor at WAGMI Ventures

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Also worked at Gradio1

Ali AbidFounder at shotwell.ai

Also worked at Tesla93

Steve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesArpan ShahInvestor at Spark CapitalJustin LiuVice President at Sapphire VenturesErica WaichmanHead of People & Community at Canvas VenturesBen FawEntrepreneur-in-Residence at Context VenturesBrock CsiraInvestor at Matter Venture Partners

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