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Simon Farshid

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CEO at assistant-ui

San Francisco, California, United States

Foundedassistant-ui · YC

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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.

CEO at assistant-uiYC W25

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YC

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

GP

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 · 10

468 CapitalBerlinAndreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checksCRV (Charles River Ventures)Bay Area · $250K – $5M checksEight CapitalNorwalkPeak XV PartnersBengaluru · $100K – $10M checksPioneerToronto, OntarioSaaStr FundSan Francisco · $750K – $5M checksTekedia CapitalLagos · $1K checksVelocity FundY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Investments

Investor

HumanLayer

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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 CEO of assistant-ui.
What companies did Simon Farshid found?
Simon Farshid founded assistant-ui.
What companies has Simon Farshid invested in?
Investments tracked here include HumanLayer.

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