About
Assem Chammah studied aerospace engineering and worked as a consultant at McKinsey before founding Nexus, an AI agent platform serving enterprise clients.
Founder at NexusYC F25
Intro paths
YC
Assem went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Nexus's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Assem can intro founders to Nexus's investors below.
Nexus's investors · 3
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Co-founders at Nexus
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Shady Al ShohaFounder
Experience
- NexusCEO & co-foundercurrent2023 — presentBrussels Metropolitan Area
- SnikpicFounder2019 — 2023Brussels Metropolitan Area
- McKinsey & CompanyEngagement Manager2018 — 2019Brussels Metropolitan Area
- McKinsey & CompanyAssociate2017 — 2018Brussels Area, Belgium
- McKinsey & CompanyJunior Associate2017Brussels Metropolitan Area
- McKinsey & CompanyBusiness Analyst2015 — 2017Brussels Metropolitan Area
- AccentureInternship2014Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
- Airbus HelicoptersResearch2013
- Université libre de BruxellesResearch2011Brussels Metropolitan Area
Skills & more
Languages Anglais · Arabe · Français
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Assem Chammah?
- Assem Chammah studied aerospace engineering and worked as a consultant at McKinsey before founding Nexus, an AI agent platform serving enterprise clients.
- Where does Assem Chammah work?
- Assem Chammah is Founder of Nexus.
- What companies did Assem Chammah found?
- Assem Chammah founded Nexus.
- Where did Assem Chammah go to school?
- Assem Chammah studied at HEC Paris (Master, Innovation Management); ISAE-SUPAERO (Ingénieur Supaero (Master's degree), Aerospace Engineering); Ecole polytechnique de Bruxelles (Master's degree, Electromechanical Engineering).
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