About
Salar Shahini is the founder and CEO of SweatPals, a platform designed to help fitness and wellness communities grow and be discovered, which he started after moving to Austin. He grew up in Iran, earned a Master's in engineering in the U.S., and previously developed a municipal asset management solution used by over 400 municipalities in the U.S. and Canada, launching his first company at age 23. He has been featured by TEDx, the Boston Globe, and CBS.
Founder at Sweatpals
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Co-founders at Sweatpals
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Salar Shahini ShamsabadiExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
Experience
- SweatpalsFounder / CEOcurrent2022 — presentAustin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- a16z speedruna16z speedrun scoutcurrent2025 — present
- StreetScanCEO / Chairman (acquired)2018 — 2022Greater Boston
- StreetScanCoFounder / CTO2015 — 2018Greater Boston
- StreetlogixFounder / CTO (acquired)2019 — 2022
- MassChallengeMentor / Judge2020 — 2021Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Center for Research Innovation, Northeastern UniversityJudge2020Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Northeastern UniversityResearch Assistant2012 — 2016Greater Boston
- Paz Engineering CompanyProject Manager2010 — 2012
- Paz Engineering CompanyField Engineer2009
Skills & more
Executing on an idea to improve the world we live inIgniting a passionate group of people around a mission to build something useful and profitableUnderstanding principles of consumer behavior and psychology to develop intuitive software programsSoftware DesignProduct ManagementSoftware DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesEngineeringProduct DevelopmentUser Experience (UX)Data ScienceData Analysis
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Spatial AnalysisMachine LearningMathematical ModelingAlgorithmsGISJavaScriptMicrosoft OfficePythonSQLDatabasesSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Spatial DatabasesFrom Salar's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Salar Shahini?
- Salar Shahini is the founder and CEO of SweatPals, a platform designed to help fitness and wellness communities grow and be discovered, which he started after moving to Austin. He grew up in Iran, earned a Master's in engineering in the U.S., and previously developed a municipal asset management solution used by over 400 municipalities in the U.S. and Canada, launching his first company at age 23. He has been featured by TEDx, the Boston Globe, and CBS.
- Where does Salar Shahini work?
- Salar Shahini is Founder of Sweatpals.
- What companies did Salar Shahini found?
- Salar Shahini founded Sweatpals.
- Where did Salar Shahini go to school?
- Salar Shahini studied at a16z speedrun; Northeastern University (Master of Science (M.S.), Engineering); University of Tehran (Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Geomatics Engineering).
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A16Z Speedrun mafia6
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University of Tehran mafia5
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Same school
Also attended a16z speedrun6
Also attended Northeastern University322
Matt GuineyChief Financial Officer at Flybridge Capital PartnersAllison KuziwGlobal Human Resources Executive at Marlin Equity PartnersSaunaz MoradiPartner, Communications at Lux CapitalBrian DixonManaging Partner at Kapor CapitalMurat BicerGeneral Partner at CRV (Charles River Ventures)Christopher WolfChief Financial Officer at MPM BioImpact
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Also attended University of Tehran14
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Shared employers
Also worked at MassChallenge89
Dave BiscegliaVenture Partner at Founder CollectiveCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalRhie LimPartner, Global Strategy at One Way VenturesLuis MartinezVenture Principal at Capital FactorySarah RomankoAssociate at Geek VenturesAndreaIR at NAP
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Also worked at Center for Research Innovation, Northeastern University2
Also worked at Northeastern University65
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