Where does Simon Farshid work?

Simon Farshid is Founder of assistant-ui.

What companies did Simon Farshid found?

Simon Farshid founded assistant-ui.

Where did Simon Farshid go to school?

Simon Farshid studied at Y Combinator (W25); Frankfurt School of Finance & Management (Bachelor of Science, Business Information Systems).

Simon Farshid

Founder

Founder at assistant-ui

San Francisco, California, United States

Foundedassistant-ui · YC

About

Simon Farshid is founder and CEO of assistant-ui, and previously co-founded READO, a book recommendation platform that grew to 140k monthly active users. He has been developing software since childhood and has participated in hackathons internationally.

Founder at assistant-ui YC W25

Intro paths

Simon went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — 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 assistant-ui's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Simon can intro founders to assistant-ui's investors below.

assistant-ui's investors · 2

468 CapitalBerlin Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Experience

assistant-ui (YC W25)Foundercurrent2024 — presentUnited States
READOCo-Founder & CTO2021 — 2022Frankfurt am Main, Germany
DZ BANK AGConsultant Strategy and Planning2021Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
Frankfurt School of Finance & ManagementResearch Assistant2018 — 2019Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Self EmployedFreelance Software Engineer2015 — 2017

Skills & more

EntrepreneurshipFull-Stack Development

Languages English · German · Persian

From Simon's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Simon Farshid?: Simon Farshid is founder and CEO of assistant-ui, and previously co-founded READO, a book recommendation platform that grew to 140k monthly active users. He has been developing software since childhood and has participated in hackathons internationally.
Where does Simon Farshid work?: Simon Farshid is Founder of assistant-ui.
What companies did Simon Farshid found?: Simon Farshid founded assistant-ui.
Where did Simon Farshid go to school?: Simon Farshid studied at Y Combinator (W25); Frankfurt School of Finance & Management (Bachelor of Science, Business Information Systems).