Sami Sahnoune
InvestorFounderSenior Software Engineer at NVIDIA · Founder at Vizly
Houston, Texas, United States
FoundedVizly · YC
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Sami: together at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
About
Sami Sahnoune worked on data systems at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and architected data visualization libraries at Splunk, followed by experience at Plotly. He now leads Vizly, a data visualization company.
Founder at VizlyYC S23
Intro paths
YC
Sami went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Co-founders at Vizly
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Ali ShobeiriFounder
Experience
- NVIDIASenior Software Engineercurrent2025 — present
- VizlyFounder2023 — 2025
- SplunkSoftware Engineer2021 — 2023
- NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryData Scientist2019 — 2021Pasadena, California
- NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryData Science Intern2018Pasadena, CA
- PlotlySoftware Engineering Intern2018Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area
- Barrios Technology, LTDSystems Engineering Intern2017Greater Houston
- Barrios Technology, LTDTechnical Specialist Intern2015Greater Houston
- Space Center HoustonOperations Crew Member2015Greater Houston
Skills & more
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Solutions EngineeringFull-Stack DevelopmentUI/UXStart-up LeadershipStart-up VenturesSoftware InfrastructureEngineeringData Analysis23Machine Learning10Software Development8OCaml4
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Software EngineeringData VisualizationFront-end DevelopmentFront-end EngineeringWeb DevelopmentPython (Programming Language)JavaMicrosoft OfficePythonLeadershipPublic SpeakingHTMLLanguages Arabic · English
From Sami's professional profile.
Colleagues at NVIDIA
Alán Aspuru-Guzik
Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science at Propagator Ventures
Brooke Seawell
Venture Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Can Celik
Founder at herdr
Dr. Marco Pavone
Investor at AV8 Ventures
Erikan Obotetukudo
Founder and Managing Partner at Audacity Global
Garnet Heraman
Founder and Managing Partner at Aperture Venture Capital
Jonathan Ross
Founder of Groq; inventor of Google's TPU — now at Nvidia
Jure Leskovec
Advisory Board at Silicon Gardens
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sami Sahnoune?
- Sami Sahnoune worked on data systems at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and architected data visualization libraries at Splunk, followed by experience at Plotly. He now leads Vizly, a data visualization company.
- Where does Sami Sahnoune work?
- Sami Sahnoune is Founder of Vizly and Senior Software Engineer at NVIDIA.
- What companies did Sami Sahnoune found?
- Sami Sahnoune founded Vizly.
- Where did Sami Sahnoune go to school?
- Sami Sahnoune studied at Y Combinator (S23); McGill University (Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Vizly1
Also worked at Splunk75
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