About
Ali Shobeiri has worked as a machine learning engineer at Apple focusing on cross-device recommendations, and previously held roles as an ML research intern at Unity and a software engineer at Microsoft.
Founder at VizlyYC S23
Intro paths
YC
Ali went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Ali can intro founders to Vizly's investors below.
Vizly's investors · 1
Co-founders at Vizly
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Sami SahnouneFounder
Experience
- PerplexityMember of Technical Staff2025 — 2026San Francisco, California, United States
- VizlyCo-Founder2023 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- AppleMachine Learning Engineer2021 — 2023Cupertino, California, United States
- YouTube PartyCo-Founder2020 — 2021
- MicrosoftSoftware Engineer2020 — 2021
- Unity TechnologiesSoftware Research Engineer in Machine Learning Intern2020
- UbisoftMachine Learning Intern2019Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area
- Behaviour InteractiveData Science Intern2019Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area
- SAPSoftware Engineer Intern2018Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area
- PlotlySoftware Engineer Intern2017Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area
Skills & more
Project Management65Time Management33Customer Service28Sales20Data Analysis6Leadership76Management57Teamwork11Public Speaking11Team Leadership4Microsoft Office40Microsoft Word28
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Microsoft ExcelJavaCPythonGitPython (Programming Language)Languages English · Farsi
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ali Shobeiri?
- Ali Shobeiri has worked as a machine learning engineer at Apple focusing on cross-device recommendations, and previously held roles as an ML research intern at Unity and a software engineer at Microsoft.
- Where does Ali Shobeiri work?
- Ali Shobeiri is Founder of Vizly.
- What companies did Ali Shobeiri found?
- Ali Shobeiri founded Vizly.
- Where did Ali Shobeiri go to school?
- Ali Shobeiri studied at McGill University (Bachelor's degree, Honours Electrical Engineering); Y Combinator.
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