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).

Ali Abdalla

Founder

Founder at shotwell.ai

San Francisco, California, United States

Foundedshotwell.ai · YC

Find your path to Ali

574 people in our graph share verified history with Ali — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Erica VanunlockedAli: together at Hugging Face (2023–2026)

×2Ali: together at Tesla

×7Ali: together at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ali: together at Hugging Face

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

Intro paths

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 ↗

→

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

Farhan KhanCEO, Founder

Ali AbidFounder

Nour EldifrawyFounder

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

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).