About
Ali Sareini holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Virginia and previously built financial systems at Fidelity Investments; he is now co-founder and CTO of Nautilus, developing software for the car wash industry.
Founder & CTO at NautilusYC S25
Intro paths
YC
Ali went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Nautilus's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Ali can intro founders to Nautilus's investors below.
Nautilus's investors · 3
Co-founders at Nautilus
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Amayr BabarFounder
Experience
- Nautilus (YC S25)Co-Founder & CTOcurrent2024 — present
- SABRESCo-Founder & President2021 — 2025Norfolk, VA
- Fidelity InvestmentsFull-Stack Software Engineer2023Durham, NC
- Networked Public SpaceFull Stack Engineer2022 — 2023Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
- University of VirginiaC.S. Specialist, UVA's Computational Systems Biology Lab2021 — 2022
- Old Dominion UniversityComputer Science Intern2019 — 2020Norfolk, Virginia, United States
- AUTOBELL Car WashTeam Member2019 — 2020Chesapeake, Virginia, United States
- Chesapeake for Palmer SmithCampaign Manager & Treasurer2019 — 2020Chesapeake, Virginia, United States
Skills & more
Washing cars2Project ManagementAgile Project ManagementAmazon Web Services (AWS)DevOpsFull-Stack DevelopmentQuality AssuranceAdobe Creative Cloud4Front-end Development3Adobe XD3Creative Problem Solving3Flutter2
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Smart ContractsBlockchain- Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) — Project Management Institute
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ali Sareini?
- Ali Sareini holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Virginia and previously built financial systems at Fidelity Investments; he is now co-founder and CTO of Nautilus, developing software for the car wash industry.
- Where does Ali Sareini work?
- Ali Sareini is Founder & CTO of Nautilus.
- What companies did Ali Sareini found?
- Ali Sareini founded Nautilus.
- Where did Ali Sareini go to school?
- Ali Sareini studied at Dartmouth College (Master of Engineering Management, Engineering/Industrial Management); University of Virginia (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science).
Founder mafias
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Shared employers
Also worked at Nautilus (YC S25)1
Also worked at SABRES1
Also worked at Fidelity Investments133
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