About
Md Abdul Halim Rafi founded and grew a company to 300,000 monthly visitors before its acquisition in 2022, and previously built a B2B platform serving over 5,000 brands. He is currently developing Octolane AI, an AI-powered sales CRM platform.
Rafi @halim__rafi
design taste is knowing what to show. the card shows: snapshot, signal, next step. what it doesn't show: the gmail + calendar pipeline catching the deal before anyone logs it. the classifier sorting follow-up from cold outreach from re-engagement. the draft pulling from memory https://t.co/iTHr1IQUPJ
Jun 30, 2026 Β· β₯ 1
Rafi @halim__rafi
the line that matters: "we'll send your request so your paused work can resume." that's not a button. it's a request, approve, resume state machine. the job doesn't restart, it picks up where it paused. good design hides that. it's πͺ from @vitorviesi β¨ https://t.co/fl4Cdf1UQo
Jun 22, 2026 Β· β₯ 3
Founder at Octolane AIYC W24
Intro paths
Md went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Octolane AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Md can intro founders to Octolane AI's investors below.
Octolane AI's investors Β· 3
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Co-founders at Octolane AI
Experience
- Octolane AICo-Founder and CTOcurrent2023 β presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- RoBenDevsSoftware Engineer III2023Dhaka, Bangladesh
- HypeScoutSenior Software Engineer2022 β 2023Dhaka, Bangladesh
- HypeScoutSoftware Engineer2022Dhaka, Bangladesh
- HypeScoutJunior Frontend Engineer2021Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Mainly Coding (acq. in 2022)Co-founder and CTO2019 β 2022Dhaka, Bangladesh
Education
- Y CombinatorW24
- University of DhakaBachelor of Science - BS, Applied Mathematics2018 β 2022
- DRMC - Dhaka Residential Model CollegeScience2012 β 2017
Skills & more
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AnalyticsMathematicsAndroid DevelopmentDesigniOS DevelopmentMobile ApplicationsSingingApplied MathematicsClose CRM (product page)HTML5Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)SQLLanguages English
- Node.js (Intermediate) β HackerRank
- Certified MATLAB Associate β Mainly Coding (acq. in 2022)
- Javascript β HackerRank
- Python β HackerRank
- Rest API β HackerRank
- AWS Lambda Foundations β Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Serverless Web Apps using Amazon DynamoDB β Qwiklabs
- Corporate Apps on AWS for Windows β Qwiklabs
- Programming Windows on AWS β Qwiklabs
- Deploying Applications β Qwiklabs
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Frequently asked questions
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- Md Abdul Halim Rafi is Founder at Octolane AI.
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