Find your path to Ali
730 people in our graph share verified history with Ali — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Andy HarrisonunlockedAli: together at Gretel (acquired by NVIDIA) (2021–2025)
Ali: together at Gretel (acquired by NVIDIA)
Ali: together at Stackrox
×3Ali: together at NVIDIA
Co-Founder & CEO at Gretel
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Gretel's investors · 8
Anthos CapitalSanta Monica · $500K – $10M checks · since 2021Enzo VenturesLondon · since 2023Extension FundMadrid · since 2023Greylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checks · since 2021Moonshots CapitalAustin · $5K – $2.5M checks · since 2020S32Palo AltoSection 32Palo Alto · since 2021Village GlobalCovina · $100K – $500K checks
Co-founders at Gretel
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Laszlo BockCo-Founder, Board of Directors
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Alex WatsonCo-Founder & Chief Product Officer (initially Co-Founder & CEO)
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John MyersCo-Founder & CTO
Experience
- NVIDIASenior Director, AI Productscurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Gretel (acquired by NVIDIA)Co-founder and CEO2021 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- Gretel (acquired by NVIDIA)Co-Founder and Board Member2020 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- Red HatSenior Director, Global Software Engineering2021San Francisco Bay Area
- StackRox (acquired by Red Hat)Co-founder and CTO2015 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- Cyphort Inc (acquired by Juniper Networks)Co-founder and CTO2011 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- PwCHead of Security Engineering2010 — 2011
- US Intelligence CommunitySenior Analyst2003 — 2009
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ali Golshan?
- Co-Founder & CEO at Gretel
- Where does Ali Golshan work?
- Ali Golshan is Co-Founder & CEO of Gretel.
- What companies did Ali Golshan found?
- Ali Golshan founded Gretel, Gretel.
- Where did Ali Golshan go to school?
- Ali Golshan studied at University of Calgary (Mathematics and Computer Science).
Founder mafias
NVIDIA mafia151
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Jonathan RossChief Software ArchitectFounded GroqAlán Aspuru-GuzikSenior Director of Quantum ChemistryFounded Intrepid Labs +1Saurabh SrivastavaNemotron, Advanced Deep Learning ResearchFounded Warpdrive by Synthetic Minds +1Musawir ShahSr. Software Engineer - TegraFounded Jerry +1Alex SismanisAndroid Developer InternFounded L1 Advisors +1Bhairav MehtaDeep Learning and Robotics ResearchFounded Character Quilt +1
+ 144 more
University of Calgary mafia82
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Garrett CampMaster of Science (M.Sc.)Founded Aero +1Wilson ActonLLBFounded Whipcord +1Rami GhanemComputer ScienceFounded Summize +1Jaz BangaElectrical EngineeringFounded Airspace +1Jeff McClellandEngineering then Management => Transferred to U of L to completeFounded Salv +1Greg MartinFounded Nurocor
+ 75 more
Stackrox mafia4
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Gretel mafia3
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended University of Calgary185
Garrett CampCo-founder of Uber and StumbleUpon; founder of ExpaLaura BuhlerPartner, Head of Community at Felicis VenturesLeah GosbeeCFO at Version One VenturesRaghu BhaskarInvestment Manager – Sector Specialist Industrial IT and AI at Emerald Technology Ventures AgChris EricksonFounder at Pangaea Ventures Us Inc.Bryan ChowInvestor at Side Door Ventures
+ 179 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Gretel (acquired by NVIDIA)2
Also worked at Red Hat74
Issac RothVenture Partner at Copper Sky CapitalJoe ColopyFounding Partner at Primordial VenturesJason CaplainCo-Founder & General Partner at Bull City Venture PartnersMatt GorinManaging Partner at Contour Venture PartnersHebatalla GadInvestment Analyst at Orbit StartupsLuke CurranSenior Analyst at Naples Technology Ventures
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