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Shahryar Abbasi

Founder

Founder at Risely AI

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedRisely AI · YC

About

Shahryar Abbasi is CEO and co-founder of Risely AI. He previously worked as General Manager of Americas at Airwallex, VP of Product at Trustedhealth, Head of Platform Growth at NerdWallet, and served in a strategy role at Bain & Company.

LinkedIn ↗

Founder at Risely AIYC S25

Intro paths

YC

Shahryar went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

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, Shahryar can intro founders to Risely AI's investors below.

Risely AI's investors · 4

Pathlight VenturesSterling RoadTranspose Platform ManagementY Combinator

Co-founders at Risely AI

SSSadia Saifuddin
Sadia SaifuddinFounder

Experience

  1. Risely AI (YC S25)CEO & Co-foundercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Trusted HealthVP & Head of Product, Growth, Design and Data2023 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  3. The Success CompanyCo-founder and CEO2014 — 2023Bay Area
  4. AirwallexVP/GM | Head of Product Growth, Americas2021 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  5. AirwallexVP/GM, Head of SMB (Product & Revenue)2021 — 2022
  6. NerdWalletHead of Platform Growth2019 — 2021San Francisco
  7. NerdWalletHead of Product Partnerships2017 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  8. NerdWalletProduct Growth Lead, B2B2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  9. Al-MaqasidCOO & Managing Director2019 — 2021
  10. Bain & CompanyManagement Consultant2013 — 2015
  11. City of BerkeleyCo-Founder and Director of Growth | City Redistricting Campaign2010 — 2013Berkeley
  12. University of California Student AssociationDirector2012 — 2013
  13. J.P. MorganInvestment Banking -- Public Finance2012San Francisco Bay Area
  14. Kaiser Foundation Health PlanGrowth Strategy & Planning2011
  15. SupplyBank.OrgGrowth Strategy & BD2010
  16. UniversalGivingMarketing2010
  17. San Ramon Valley Unified School DistrictSpeech and Debate Instructor2007 — 2008

Education

  1. Y CombinatorS 25
  2. University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessB.S., Business Administration
  3. University of California, BerkeleyB.A., Middle Eastern Studies
  4. UC Berkeley College of EngineeringEngineering Leadership

Skills & more

General Management1Strategic PlanningPublic Speaking65Strategy11Leadership20ManagementNegotiationProduct Development1Funnel Optimization1Product ManagementManagerial FinanceBusiness Analysis
+12 moreProject ManagementEntrepreneurshipFinancial AnalysisFinTechFinanceSalesRevenue & Profit GrowthGrowth HackingGo-to-Market StrategyMarket PlanningAccount ManagementP&L Management

Languages Arabic · Hindi · Spanish · Urdu

From Shahryar's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator1,464

Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City

+ 1,458 more

Also attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business511

Mark FiorentinoInvestor at Index VenturesRishi ModiInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Yibo NianInvestment Director at Intel CapitalZhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel CapitalHariFellow at Clear VenturesDennisDirector of Trading at Pantera Capital

+ 505 more

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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Also attended UC Berkeley College of Engineering29

HariFellow at Clear VenturesAlejandro GomezInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Alpin YukselogluPartner, Investing & Research at ParadigmDivyansh SaksenaAnalyst at Congruent VenturesEdward YangSenior Associate at Prelude VenturesLan WuAnalyst at Fusion

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Shared employers

Also worked at Risely AI (YC S25)1

Sadia SaifuddinFounder at Risely AI

Also worked at Trusted Health3

Niki PezeshkiGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesNadia AsoyanVenture Partner at One Way VenturesDan WebergGeneral Partner at Nurse Capital

Also worked at J.P. Morgan694

Rishi ModiInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesNaseem MoumeneVice President at NorthzoneFranklin BiGeneral Partner at Pantera CapitalMegan LightcapPartner, Creator Fund at Slow VenturesNatalie SchmitkeManaging Director Capital Networks at Burda Principal Investments

+ 688 more

Also worked at Kaiser Foundation Health Plan29

Evan PunPortfolio Support at 8VCDr. ChettipallyVenture Advisor at Think+ Ventures Management, LlcRobert MittendorffGeneral Partner at B4 CapitalNancy XiaoInvestor at HeadlineLovlani SchulteExecutive Assistant at Ridge VenturesDr. Anne-Maree CantwellCEO and Founder, Digital Healthcare Advisors at Empactful Capital

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