Humza Ahmed
FounderFounder at Automax.ai
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedAutomax.ai · YC
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About
Humza Ahmed previously conducted machine learning research at Huawei and studied software engineering at the University of Waterloo before founding Automax.ai, which develops agents for automated property valuations.
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Humza went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Automax.ai's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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Experience
- Automax AIFounder & CEOcurrent2024 — present
- Afore CapitalFounder in Residence2025San Francisco Bay Area
- HuaweiML Research Engineer2024Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Humza Ahmed?
- Humza Ahmed previously conducted machine learning research at Huawei and studied software engineering at the University of Waterloo before founding Automax.ai, which develops agents for automated property valuations.
- Where does Humza Ahmed work?
- Humza Ahmed is Founder of Automax.ai.
- What companies did Humza Ahmed found?
- Humza Ahmed founded Automax.ai.
- Where did Humza Ahmed go to school?
- Humza Ahmed studied at Y Combinator (F25); University of Waterloo; Emirates International School (International Baccalaureate (IB)).
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