About
Ismail Majjad is co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Sandra AI. He holds a joint master's degree in data science from École Polytechnique and HEC Paris, and previously worked as a consultant at McKinsey for three years, focusing on financial operations and strategy in the automotive and technology industries.
Founder at Sandra AIYC F24
Intro paths
YC
Ismail went through Y Combinator (Fall 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Sandra AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Ismail can intro founders to Sandra AI's investors below.
Sandra AI's investors · 2
Co-founders at Sandra AI
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Badr El Idrissi MokdadFounder
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Skandere SahliFounder
Experience
- Sandra AICo-foundercurrent2024 — present
- McKinsey & CompanyAssociate2021 — 2024Paris, France
- HuaweiResearch Intern2020 — 2021
- Baobab+Data Scientist Intern2020Paris, France
- Bank of America Merrill LynchSales & Trading Summer Analyst2019London, UK
- Gendarmerie NationaleProject manager - Digital Brigade of the National Gendarmerie2017 — 2018Rennes, France
- Land ForceCadet Officer2017
Skills & more
English1Microsoft Excel12Microsoft PowerPoint12Python11Microsoft Office1Anglais2Gestion de projet2Java2Parler en public5Innovation3Sens de l’organisation2
Languages Allemand · Anglais · Arabe · Chinois · Espagnol · Français
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ismail Majjad?
- Ismail Majjad is co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Sandra AI. He holds a joint master's degree in data science from École Polytechnique and HEC Paris, and previously worked as a consultant at McKinsey for three years, focusing on financial operations and strategy in the automotive and technology industries.
- Where does Ismail Majjad work?
- Ismail Majjad is Founder of Sandra AI.
- What companies did Ismail Majjad found?
- Ismail Majjad founded Sandra AI.
- Where did Ismail Majjad go to school?
- Ismail Majjad studied at École Polytechnique ("Polytechnicien" engineering program); HEC Paris (Master's degree, Datascience for Business (2nd Year)); Lycée Sainte-Geneviève (Classe préparatoire aux Grandes Ecoles d'Ingénieur).
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