Hammad Malik
FounderFounder at Uplift AI
Mountain View, California, United States
FoundedUplift AI · YC
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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In turn, Hammad can intro founders to Uplift AI's investors below.
Uplift AI's investors · 3
Co-founders at Uplift AI
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Zaid QureshiFounder
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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Frequently asked questions
- 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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