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Omar El-Sadany

Founder

Founder at Ficra

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedFicra · YC

About

Omar El-Sadany is a co-founder at Ficra and has founded multiple companies, including Sawa, a Web3 and AI platform. He was an early technology lead at Voicea (acquired by Cisco) where he developed AI assistant features, and previously worked as a software engineer at Apple. He holds an MBA from Stanford and a BS in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon.

Founder at FicraYC S24

Intro paths

YC

Omar went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Ficra's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Omar can intro founders to Ficra's investors below.

Ficra's investors · 2

TRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)San Francisco · $250K – $2M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at Ficra

MAMohammed Abid
Mohammed AbidFounder

Experience

  1. Ficra AI (YC S24)Co-Foundercurrent2024 — present
  2. SawaCo-Founder2022 — 2024
  3. VoiceaTechnical Leader (Acquired by Cisco)2018 — 2022
  4. AppleSoftware Engineer2017 — 2018
  5. flagtagCo-Founder2014 — 2017

Skills & more

Languages Arabic

From Omar's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Omar El-Sadany?
Omar El-Sadany is a co-founder at Ficra and has founded multiple companies, including Sawa, a Web3 and AI platform. He was an early technology lead at Voicea (acquired by Cisco) where he developed AI assistant features, and previously worked as a software engineer at Apple. He holds an MBA from Stanford and a BS in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon.
Where does Omar El-Sadany work?
Omar El-Sadany is Founder of Ficra.
What companies did Omar El-Sadany found?
Omar El-Sadany founded Ficra.
Where did Omar El-Sadany go to school?
Omar El-Sadany studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Master of Business Administration - MBA); Carnegie Mellon University (Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science with a Minor in Business Administration).

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