About
Kashif Ali previously held roles at Adobe and The Wall Street Journal. He now works on automating tax filing processes at TaxGPT.
Co-founder and CEO at TaxGPTYC S24
Intro paths
YC
Kashif went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator — the partner who ran TaxGPT's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Kashif can intro founders to TaxGPT's investors below.
TaxGPT's investors · 10
468 CapitalBerlinConvergeCambridge · $500K – $5M checksiSeed VenturesSan Francisco · since 2025LAUNCHSan Francisco · $100K – $500K checksMangusta CapitalSan Francisco · since 2025Orange CollectiveDanvillePrincipal Venture PartnersPalo Alto · since 2025Rebel FundSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2025TRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)San Francisco · $250K – $2M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024
Co-founders at TaxGPT
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Isabella Maceda-AliFounder
Experience
- TaxGPTFounder and CEOcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- DAO HelperFounder and CEO2022 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- CRMBaseFounder2020 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- On DeckOnDeck Fellow2021
- AdobeSalesforce Developer / Business Solution Analyst2017 — 2020San Jose
- AdobeSoftware Engineering Intern2017San Jose
- General AssemblyJunior Full Stack Web Developer2017San Francisco Bay Area
- The Wall Street JournalICFJ Fellow2016San Francisco Bay Area
- Pakistan Television Corporation LimitedSocial Media Manager / News Web Editor2013 — 2016Islamabad
- Content Producer with Dr Moeed PirzadaAssociate Producer/Researcher2012 — 2013Islamabad, Pakistan
- Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (Radio Pakistan) Official Media Government Of PakistanWeb Editor2012Islamabad
Skills & more
Leadership1ManagementVector DatabasesEventsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Tax PreparationCorporate TaxTax AccountingSales TaxSalesLarge Language Models (LLM)Venture Capital
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StartupsEarly-Stage StartupsInvestingNetworking EventsEntrepreneurshipFundraisingStorytellingProduct ManagementAgile MethodologiesTest Driven DevelopmentNews WritingJournalismLanguages Punjabi · Urdu
- MCSE ( Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert for business solutions) — Microsoft
- MCSA (Microsoft Dynamics Certification) (MB2-716 & MB2-715) — Microsoft
- Microsoft Certified Professional (MB2-716) — Microsoft
- Scrum Master — Scrum Alliance
- Certified Scrum Product Owner® — Scrum Alliance
- Social Media and Web Design — Deutsche Welle
- AdWords Certification — Google
From Kashif's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Kashif Ali?
- Kashif Ali previously held roles at Adobe and The Wall Street Journal. He now works on automating tax filing processes at TaxGPT.
- Where does Kashif Ali work?
- Kashif Ali is Co-founder and CEO of TaxGPT.
- What companies did Kashif Ali found?
- Kashif Ali founded TaxGPT.
- Where did Kashif Ali go to school?
- Kashif Ali studied at Y Combinator; General Assembly (Web Development Immersive, Computer Science); National University of Modern Languages (NUML) (Msc Mass Communication, Mass Communication/Media Studies).
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General Assembly mafia30
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Draper University mafia6
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University of the Punjab mafia3
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Shared employers
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Erik TorenbergGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz; founder of TurpentineLaurenInvestor at MGV.VCSteph ScottVice President at Questa CapitalNick FitzInvestor at Juniper Ventures Management, LlcMichelle KwokPrincipal at Draper AssociatesEric PeterVenture Partner and AI Specialist at Blockchain Builders
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Brian ActonCo-founder of WhatsApp; co-founder of Signal FoundationLouise TomlinsonInvestor at Reinventure GroupAditya ReddyVice President at Sapphire VenturesSydney SloanChief Marketing Officer at Scale Venture PartnersJeff VeenDesigner and investor in London, United KingdomErika NashInvestor at Next Frontier Capital
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Also worked at General Assembly39
Amy ErrettVenture partner at True Ventures and founding CEO of Madison ReedPeter FranconiPrincipal at Fulcrum Equity PartnersBecks BondiDirector of Operations at Energize VenturesJake SchwartzVenture Partner at New Form CapitalDaphne ShenChief of Staff at AirTree VenturesBrianne KimmelFounder & Managing Partner at Worklife Ventures
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Also worked at The Wall Street Journal17
Kevin ColleranManaging Director at Slow VenturesChristina BechholdInvestor at Salkantay VenturesCraig FormanGeneral Partner, NextNews Ventures at The 98Ed ZimmermanFounding Partner, First Close Partners at 2050Steven PerlbergHead of Communications at Merantix CapitalAlanna SouzaToronto Seed GM at Drive Capital
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