Aliyan Ishfaq
FounderCo-Founder & CEO at Assemble
Stanford, California, United States
FoundedAssemble Β· YC
About
Aliyan Ishfaq studied computer science and AI at Stanford and previously worked at SAIL and LangChain.
Aliyan Ishfaq @maliyanishfaq
canβt wait for abundance. idea of coin-operated binoculars at coit tower is crazy
Aug 2, 2026 Β· β₯ 3
Aliyan Ishfaq @maliyanishfaq
my take on model routing companies is that they'll get eaten up by platform players. It will become so important for platform companies to offer that as a differentiation that they'll have to embed it within the product as a feature instead of companies buying routing/ai spend
Jul 30, 2026 Β· β₯ 7 Β· β 1
Aliyan Ishfaq @maliyanishfaq
https://t.co/s7vp5hhK3f
Jul 24, 2026 Β· β₯ 20 Β· β 4
Co-Founder & CEO at AssembleYC S26
Intro paths
Aliyan went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Ankit Gupta, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Assemble's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Aliyan can intro founders to Assemble's investors below.
Assemble's investors Β· 2
Co-founders at Assemble
Experience
- AssembleCo-founder, CEOcurrent2026 β present
- Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL)AI/ML Research @ Hazy2025
- LangChainApplied AI2025
- Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)Student Researcher2023 β 2024Stanford, California, United States
- ParaAICo-Founder2022 β 2024
Education
- Stanford UniversityMasters & Bachelors, Computer Science
- Z Fellows
- Y Combinator
Skills & more
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LeadershipPublic SpeakingFrom Aliyan's professional profile.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,668
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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Stanford University mafia721
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Z Fellows mafia36
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Same school
Also attended Stanford University2,000
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Also attended Z Fellows36
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Also attended Y Combinator2,000
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Shared employers
Also worked at Assemble2
Also worked at Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL)34
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Also worked at LangChain5
Also worked at Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)12
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