Where does Sami Sahnoune work?

Sami Sahnoune is Founder of Vizly and Senior Software Engineer at NVIDIA.

Where did Sami Sahnoune go to school?

Sami Sahnoune studied at Y Combinator (S23); McGill University (Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science).

Sami Sahnoune

InvestorFounder

Senior Software Engineer at NVIDIA · Founder at Vizly

Houston, Texas, United States

FoundedVizly · YC

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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 Vizly YC S23

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Sami went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Vizly's investors · 2

XYZ Venture CapitalSan Francisco · $10K – $5M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023

Co-founders at Vizly

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 SpeakingHTML

Languages Arabic · English

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Jonathan Ross

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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).