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Basel Salahieh

Founder

Founder at Vimmerse

San Jose, California, United States

FoundedVimmerse ยท YC

About

Basel Salahieh holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering and has worked as an immersive media algorithms architect at Intel, where he led editorial work on MPEG Immersive Video standards. He is the founder and CEO of Vimmerse, a company developing animation and visual tools for digital branding.

Founder at VimmerseYC W22

Intro paths

YC

Basel went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) โ€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator โ€” the partner who ran Vimmerse's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile โ†—

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In turn, Basel can intro founders to Vimmerse's investors below.

Vimmerse's investors ยท 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco ยท $500K checks ยท since 2022

Co-founders at Vimmerse

JB
Jill BoyceFounder

Experience

  1. VimmerseChief Executive Officercurrent2023 โ€” present
  2. VimmerseChief Technology Officer2021 โ€” 2023San Jose, California, United States
  3. SySSR ุงู„ุฌู…ุนูŠุฉ ุงู„ุณูˆุฑูŠุฉ ู„ู„ุจุญุซ ุงู„ุนู„ู…ูŠPresident2017 โ€” 2023https://syssr.org/
  4. Intel CorporationGraphics Hardware Engineer2019 โ€” 2021
  5. Intel CorporationResearch Scientist2015 โ€” 2019San Jose, California
  6. University of ArizonaResearch Assistant/Associate2010 โ€” 2015
  7. SySSR ุงู„ุฌู…ุนูŠุฉ ุงู„ุณูˆุฑูŠุฉ ู„ู„ุจุญุซ ุงู„ุนู„ู…ูŠCo-founder and Coordinator2013 โ€” 2015http://www.syssr.org/
  8. University of OklahomaResearch Assistant2008 โ€” 2010

Skills & more

Optical Engineering12Image Processing18Image Analysis11Computation5Computer Vision8Medical Imaging5Optics9Electrical Engineering3Algorithms10Zemax2DLP2OpenCV4
+4 moreSimulationsResearchMatlabC++
  • How to Think Like a Successful Product Manager - BUS156 Course โ€” Stanford Continuing Studies
  • Innovation Explorer โ€” Intel
  • Convolutional Neural Networks โ€” Coursera
  • Structuring Machine Learning Projects โ€” Coursera
  • Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization โ€” Coursera
  • Neural Networks and Deep Learning โ€” Coursera

From Basel's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Basel Salahieh?
Basel Salahieh holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering and has worked as an immersive media algorithms architect at Intel, where he led editorial work on MPEG Immersive Video standards. He is the founder and CEO of Vimmerse, a company developing animation and visual tools for digital branding.
Where does Basel Salahieh work?
Basel Salahieh is Founder of Vimmerse.
What companies did Basel Salahieh found?
Basel Salahieh founded Vimmerse.
Where did Basel Salahieh go to school?
Basel Salahieh studied at University of Arizona (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Electrical and Computer Engineering); University of Arizona (Master of Science (M.S.), Optics/Optical Sciences); University of Oklahoma (Master of Science (M.S.), Electrical and Computer Engineering).

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