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.
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Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, General Partner at Y Combinator — 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
Education
- University of California, BerkeleyBachelors of Arts
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
From Sadia's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended University of California, Berkeley987
Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystBrendan Bulik-SullivanInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Glen AndersonPartner at Monta Vista CapitalAnthony LinHead of Intel Capital, Corporate Vice President at Intel CapitalScott ShawChief of Staff at Intel Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Risely AI (YC S25)1
Also worked at University of California Office of the President2
Also worked at UC Berkeley Food Pantry184
Paul JennyBoard Chair at CincyTechAndrea van ElsasInvestor at Third Rock VenturesFreada Kapor KleinFounding Partner at Kapor CapitalUlili OnovakpuriManaging Partner at Kapor CapitalRoseanneCo-founder at Renegade PartnersJay ParrishVenture Partner at ARCH Venture Partners
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