Hammad Malik
FounderFounder at Uplift AI
Mountain View, California, United States
FoundedUplift AI · YC
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About
Hammad Malik is a Cornell University graduate who spent approximately nine years developing voice technology at Apple and Amazon before founding Uplift AI, where he focuses on voice models for regional languages.
Founder at Uplift AIYC S25
Intro paths
YC
Hammad went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Uplift AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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Experience
- Uplift AIChief Executive Officercurrent2024 — presentWashington, United States
- AppleSenior Machine Learning Engineer | DRI | Team Lead2019 — 2023Seattle, Washington
- AmazonSoftware Development Engineer 22015 — 2019Seattle, Washington
- YahooAssociate Product Manager2014 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- Cornell UniversityResearcher at Design Interaction Lab2013 — 2014Tompkins County, New York, United States
- IM.Corp.Founder and CEO2012 — 2013Pakistan
- Wireless Research Lab, LUMSSmart Grids Research Intern2012Lahore, Pakistan
- PsiFiConvenor2011 — 2012Lahore, Pakistan
Skills & more
Java36C++36Matlab23Python22HTML14WordPress8Joomla6CSS7JavaScript9SQL6Photoshop2MySQL4
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Node.jsProgrammingResearchComputer ScienceTeamworkMarketing StrategyWeb DesignGraphic DesignLeadershipWeb DevelopmentHuman Computer InteractionEntrepreneurshipLanguages English · Urdu
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- Who is Hammad Malik?
- Hammad Malik is a Cornell University graduate who spent approximately nine years developing voice technology at Apple and Amazon before founding Uplift AI, where he focuses on voice models for regional languages.
- Where does Hammad Malik work?
- Hammad Malik is Founder of Uplift AI.
- What companies did Hammad Malik found?
- Hammad Malik founded Uplift AI.
- Where did Hammad Malik go to school?
- Hammad Malik studied at Cornell University (Masters, Computer Science); Lahore University of Management Sciences (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science).
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Y Combinator mafia10,230
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Apple mafia306
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Steve JurvetsonProduct MarketingFounded Future Ventures +1Kai-Fu LeeVice president (last job)Founded 01Brian ActonHardware Test EngineerFounded WHATS APP +1IanUser Experience and EngineeringFounded Apex Technology +3Jon LernerSoftware Engineer (Intern)Founded Textnow +2Brian BrackeenSr. Project ManagerFounded Lightship +1
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Lahore University of Management Sciences mafia23
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Same school
Also attended Cornell University1,413
Jenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaNeeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesJohn ZimmerCo-founder of LyftMichelle FernandesInvestor at Index VenturesMike ZakInvestor at CRV (Charles River Ventures)Micah RosenbloomGeneral Partner at Founder Collective
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Shared employers
Also worked at Uplift AI1
Also worked at Apple787
Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AISteve WozniakCo-founder of AppleBrian ActonCo-founder of WhatsApp; co-founder of Signal Foundation
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Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health SystemsBinny BansalCo-founder of Flipkart; co-founder of PhonePe and OppDoorBrad PorterFounder & CEO of Collaborative RoboticsJane MooneyCo-founder & VP, Strategy and Finance at Collaborative RoboticsNick FrosstCo-founder of CohereViswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista Capital
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Also worked at Yahoo519
Jess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalMike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesBrian ActonCo-founder of WhatsApp; co-founder of Signal FoundationStewart ButterfieldCo-founder of Slack and FlickrMax LevchinCo-founder of PayPal; founder, chairman & CEO of Affirm; partner at SciFi VCAmjad MasadCo-founder & CEO of Replit
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