Aliyan Ishfaq
FounderCo-Founder & CEO at Assemble
Stanford, California, United States
FoundedAssemble · YC
About
Aliyan Ishfaq studied computer science and AI at Stanford and previously worked at SAIL and LangChain.
Co-Founder & CEO at AssembleYC S26
Intro paths
YC
Aliyan went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Ankit Gupta, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Assemble's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Aliyan can intro founders to Assemble's investors below.
Assemble's investors · 2
Co-founders at Assemble
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Shaurnav GhoshCo-Founder
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Shrish JanarthananCo-Founder
Experience
- AssembleCo-founder, CEOcurrent2026 — present
- Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL)AI/ML Research @ Hazy2025
- LangChainApplied AI2025
- Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)Student Researcher2023 — 2024Stanford, California, United States
- ParaAICo-Founder2022 — 2024
Skills & more
Microsoft Excel1Microsoft Office2Natural Language Processing (NLP)Artificial Intelligence (AI)1Academic WritingChrome ExtensionsApplication Programming Interfaces (API)Machine LearningAnalytical SkillsCommunication1Research1Event Management1
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Aliyan Ishfaq?
- Aliyan Ishfaq studied computer science and AI at Stanford and previously worked at SAIL and LangChain.
- Where does Aliyan Ishfaq work?
- Aliyan Ishfaq is Co-Founder & CEO of Assemble.
- What companies did Aliyan Ishfaq found?
- Aliyan Ishfaq founded Assemble.
- Where did Aliyan Ishfaq go to school?
- Aliyan Ishfaq studied at Stanford University (Masters & Bachelors, Computer Science); Z Fellows; Y Combinator.
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