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Mojtaba Mozaffar

Founder

Founder at Shiraz AI

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

FoundedShiraz AI · YC

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Anna WangunlockedMojtaba: together at Northwestern University (2019–2022)
×8Mojtaba: together at Northwestern University
×3Mojtaba: together at Sharif University of Technology

About

Mojtaba Mozaffar is the founder of Shiraz AI. He previously worked as a Senior Applied Scientist and tech lead at Amazon Robotics focusing on perception, policy learning, and manipulation, and was a Research Assistant Professor at Northwestern leading AI and robotics research, where he also earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering and Robotics.

Founder at Shiraz AIYC S26

Intro paths

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Mojtaba went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Jon Xu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Shiraz AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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Shiraz AI's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Shiraz AI

NANavid Aghasadeghi
Navid AghasadeghiFounder & CEO

Experience

  1. Shiraz AICo-Founder & CTOcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. AmazonSenior Applied Scientist2025 — 2026Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  3. AmazonApplied Scientist2022 — 2025Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  4. Northwestern UniversityResearch Assistant Professor2021 — 2022Evanston, Illinois, United States
  5. Northwestern UniversityResearch Assistant2015 — 2021United States
  6. ASYN Steel Engineering companyEngineering Intern2014Tehran Province, Iran
  7. Kanoon Farhangi AmoozeshEducational Consultant2011 — 2013Tehran Province, Iran

Skills & more

Deep Learning4CUDAFinite Element Analysis (FEA)2Additive ManufacturingCyber-Physical SystemsMachine Learning1Neural Networks1Reinforcement Learning1Robotics1C++4Python (Programming Language)4TensorFlow2
+3 moreRed Hat LinuxPythonLinux

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Mojtaba Mozaffar?
Mojtaba Mozaffar is the founder of Shiraz AI. He previously worked as a Senior Applied Scientist and tech lead at Amazon Robotics focusing on perception, policy learning, and manipulation, and was a Research Assistant Professor at Northwestern leading AI and robotics research, where he also earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering and Robotics.
Where does Mojtaba Mozaffar work?
Mojtaba Mozaffar is Founder of Shiraz AI.
What companies did Mojtaba Mozaffar found?
Mojtaba Mozaffar founded Shiraz AI.
Where did Mojtaba Mozaffar go to school?
Mojtaba Mozaffar studied at Northwestern University (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering); Sharif University of Technology (Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering).

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