Safi Shamsi
FounderCEO/Founder at Graphify Labs
New York, New York, United States
FoundedGraphify Labs · YC
About
Founder and CEO of Graphify Labs, which builds Graphify, an open-source on-device tool that maps code repositories into local knowledge graphs for AI coding assistants. He holds an MS in Data Science from the University of Birmingham, where his thesis focused on knowledge-graph-powered RAG systems, and is a published researcher and author of The Memory Layer.
CEO/Founder at Graphify LabsYC S26
Intro paths
Safi 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 Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Graphify Labs's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Safi can intro founders to Graphify Labs's investors below.
Graphify Labs's investors · 1
Experience
- Graphify Labs (YC S26)Founder & CEOcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Unicorn MafiaMembercurrent2025 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- ValentArtificial Intelligence Engineer2026London Area, United Kingdom
- Institute for Data and AIGraduate Researcher: Knowledge Graph-Powered RAG with LLMs for Academic Search2025Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
- Turner & TownsendProject Management Consultant - Sustainability2025London Area, United Kingdom
- Notion PressAuthor2021 — 2022India
Skills & more
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Project ManagementManagement ConsultingSustainable BusinessNatural Language Processing (NLP)Data CleaningBusiness PlanningTeachingUX/UiGraph Neural NetworksModel Context Protocol (MCP)LangfusePineconeLanguages Arabic · English · French · Urdu
- Masters Consultancy Challenge — Turner & Townsend
- Lego Labs: Agile Project Management with RedHat — University of Birmingham
- SQL (Advanced) — HackerRank
- Machine Learning for All — University of London
- Data Structures — UC San Diego Extended Studies
- Security training for seafarers with designated security duties — Anglo eastern maritime academy
- Fire prevention and fire fighting — Anglo eastern maritime academy
- Elemantry First Aid — Anglo eastern maritime academy
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Safi Shamsi?
- Founder and CEO of Graphify Labs, which builds Graphify, an open-source on-device tool that maps code repositories into local knowledge graphs for AI coding assistants. He holds an MS in Data Science from the University of Birmingham, where his thesis focused on knowledge-graph-powered RAG systems, and is a published researcher and author of The Memory Layer.
- Where does Safi Shamsi work?
- Safi Shamsi is CEO/Founder of Graphify Labs.
- What companies did Safi Shamsi found?
- Safi Shamsi founded Graphify Labs.
- Where did Safi Shamsi go to school?
- Safi Shamsi studied at Y Combinator; University of Birmingham (Master of Science, Data Science).
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