About
Sadia Saifuddin is Chief Product Officer and Co-founder of Risely AI. She previously led product development at Salesforce for seven years, working on the Education Cloud's Student Information System, and served as a Regent on the University of California Board of Regents.
Founder at Risely AIYC S25
Intro paths
YC
Sadia 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 Risely AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Sadia can intro founders to Risely AI's investors below.
Risely AI's investors · 4
Co-founders at Risely AI
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Shahryar AbbasiFounder
Experience
- Risely AI (YC S25)CPO and Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- SalesforceDirector of Product Management2018 — 2025
- The Success CompanyFounder, Head of Product2014 — 2022Oakland, CA
- University of California Office of the PresidentPrivate Equity and Real Assets2016 — 2018
- Ikaso Consulting, LLCAnalyst2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- University of California Global Food InitiativeCo-Chair, UC Basic Needs Committee2014 — 2015
- University of CaliforniaUC Regent2013 — 2015
- UC Berkeley Food PantryFounder2013 — 2015
- Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA)Fellow2013UC Berkeley Law Fellow
- Associated Students of the University of CaliforniaASUC Senator2012 — 2013UC Berkeley
- Haas School of BusinessInstructional Services Assistant2011 — 2013
Skills & more
Post-Sales2Data Products2Airtable1Cross-team CollaborationProduct DevelopmentB2B SoftwareB2CVoice of the CustomerProduct PlanningSoftware DevelopmentUser Experience (UX)Product Road Mapping
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Artificial Intelligence (AI)Product MarketingUX ResearchUser Interface DesignMachine LearningPrompt EngineeringGenerative AIHigher EducationStrategic PlanningLeadershipPublic SpeakingManagementLanguages Urdu
- Professional Scrum Master — Salesforce
- Scrum Product Owner Certified (SPOC) — Salesforce
- Pragmatic - Foundations, Focus, Build, Price, Market, Launch — Pragmatic Institute
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sadia Saifuddin?
- Sadia Saifuddin is Chief Product Officer and Co-founder of Risely AI. She previously led product development at Salesforce for seven years, working on the Education Cloud's Student Information System, and served as a Regent on the University of California Board of Regents.
- Where does Sadia Saifuddin work?
- Sadia Saifuddin is Founder of Risely AI.
- What companies did Sadia Saifuddin found?
- Sadia Saifuddin founded Risely AI.
- Where did Sadia Saifuddin go to school?
- Sadia Saifuddin studied at University of California, Berkeley (Bachelors of Arts).
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