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506 people in our graph share verified history with Navid — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
About
Navid Aghasadeghi is Founder and CEO of Shiraz AI. He previously worked as a Senior Staff Robotics Engineer at Boston Dynamics, contributing to Spot's transition from R&D to commercial deployment and leading industrial manipulation, and earlier served as a Principal Robotics Engineer at Rethink Robotics developing controls for the Sawyer robot; he also founded the AI consumer app GenZArt and holds a PhD in ECE from UIUC.
Founder & CEO at Shiraz AIYC S26
Intro paths
Navid went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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 ↗
In turn, Navid can intro founders to Shiraz AI's investors below.
Shiraz AI's investors · 1
Co-founders at Shiraz AI
Experience
- Shiraz AICo-Founder & CEOcurrent2026 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyAI Studiocurrent2025 — present
- GenZArtFounder & CEO2024 — 2025Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Boston DynamicsSenior Staff Roboticist2018 — 2024Greater Boston
- Rethink RoboticsPrincipal Robotics Engineer2018Greater Boston
- Rethink RoboticsSenior Robotics Engineer2015 — 2018Greater Boston
- University of Illinois - Coordinated Science LaboratoryResearch Assistant2008 — 2015
- Rehabilitation Institute of ChicagoResearch Fellow2012Greater Chicago Area
- Rehabilitation Institute of ChicagoResearch Fellow2011Greater Chicago Area
- SchlumbergerResearch and Development Intern2008Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
- SchlumbergerResearch and Development Intern2007Greater Houston
- SchlumbergerResearch and Development Intern2006Greater Houston
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Navid Aghasadeghi?
- Navid Aghasadeghi is Founder and CEO of Shiraz AI. He previously worked as a Senior Staff Robotics Engineer at Boston Dynamics, contributing to Spot's transition from R&D to commercial deployment and leading industrial manipulation, and earlier served as a Principal Robotics Engineer at Rethink Robotics developing controls for the Sawyer robot; he also founded the AI consumer app GenZArt and holds a PhD in ECE from UIUC.
- Where does Navid Aghasadeghi work?
- Navid Aghasadeghi is Founder & CEO of Shiraz AI.
- What companies did Navid Aghasadeghi found?
- Navid Aghasadeghi founded Shiraz AI.
- Where did Navid Aghasadeghi go to school?
- Navid Aghasadeghi studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Electrical and Computer Engineering); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Master of Science (MS), Electrical and Computer Engineering); The University of Texas at Austin (Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Computer Engineering).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign mafia352
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The University of Texas at Austin mafia318
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Rethink Robotics mafia5
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Same school
Also attended University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign864
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Also attended The University of Texas at Austin892
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Shared employers
Also worked at Shiraz AI1
Also worked at Massachusetts Institute of Technology866
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