About
Khalid Ashmawy previously founded Huspy, a Series B-backed company facilitating billions in annual transactions, and spent a decade leading engineering teams at Microsoft and Uber. He is now founder and CEO of Munify, a cross-border neobank focused on the Middle East and its diaspora.
Founder at MunifyYC S25
Intro paths
YC
Khalid went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Munify's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Khalid can intro founders to Munify's investors below.
Experience
- Munify (YC S25)Foundercurrent2025 — present
- HuspyCo-Foundercurrent2019 — present
- HuspyCo-founder & CTO2019 — 2022Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- UberSenior Tech Lead Manager2016 — 2019San Francisco, California, United States
- MicrosoftSoftware Engineer2012 — 2016Redmond, Washington, United States
Skills & more
Software Engineering99Software Development11Web Services10Software Design8Programming6Agile Methodologies7Object Oriented Design6Distributed Systems5Deep Learning4Machine Learning4Python75C++64
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RESTJavaC#CEclipseXMLMapReduceFrom Khalid's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Khalid Ashmawy?
- Khalid Ashmawy previously founded Huspy, a Series B-backed company facilitating billions in annual transactions, and spent a decade leading engineering teams at Microsoft and Uber. He is now founder and CEO of Munify, a cross-border neobank focused on the Middle East and its diaspora.
- Where does Khalid Ashmawy work?
- Khalid Ashmawy is Founder of Munify.
- What companies did Khalid Ashmawy found?
- Khalid Ashmawy founded Munify.
- Where did Khalid Ashmawy go to school?
- Khalid Ashmawy studied at Harvard Business School (Executive leadership); ETH Zürich (Master thesis, Computer Science); University of Stuttgart (Master's degree, Computer Science).
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