About
Founder and CEO of Degla, which develops a natural language platform for coordinating autonomous drone fleets in search and rescue, emergency response, and infrastructure inspection operations.
Founder at Degla IncYC F26
Intro paths
YC
Aziz went through Y Combinator (Fall 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator — the partner who ran Degla Inc's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Aziz can intro founders to Degla Inc's investors below.
Degla Inc's investors · 1
Experience
- Degla AI (YC F26)Founder & CEOcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- UChallengeMeFounder2025Boston, MA
- InstaDeepAI Engineeing Intern2025
- InstaDeepMachine Learning Intern2024
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUndergraduate Researcher, MSEAS group2024Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Central Bank of ArmeniaData Science Intern2023Armenia
- Research Science Institute (RSI)RSI Researcher2021
- LaunchX Entrepreneurship ProgramLaunchX Alumnus/Entrepreneurial Summer program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.2019Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Skills & more
Machine LearningRaspberry Pi1STM321Web Development1Web Design1Violin1Swimming1Calisthenics1Social Media1Creative Writing1Chess1Scratch1
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Lego Mindstorms EV3ElectronicsSoftware DevelopmentRoboticsResearchInventionPython (Programming Language)C++HTML5JavaScriptPHPMySQLLanguages Arabic · English · French · Spanish
- First Aid Course — Norwegian Red Cross
- Business Model Canvas: A Tool for Entrepreneurs and Innovators (Project-Centered Course) — Coursera
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Aziz Hanafi?
- Founder and CEO of Degla, which develops a natural language platform for coordinating autonomous drone fleets in search and rescue, emergency response, and infrastructure inspection operations.
- Where does Aziz Hanafi work?
- Aziz Hanafi is Founder of Degla Inc.
- What companies did Aziz Hanafi found?
- Aziz Hanafi founded Degla Inc.
- Where did Aziz Hanafi go to school?
- Aziz Hanafi studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Computer Science & Engineering); UWC Red Cross Nordic (International Baccalaureate diploma).
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Shared employers
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