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Wael Al Sallami

Founder

Founder at CraftOS

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedCraftOS · YC

About

Wael Al Sallami previously worked as an engineer at Square and Weebly, where he contributed to the development of Square Online.

Founder at CraftOSYC S23

Intro paths

YC

Wael went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — 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 CraftOS's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Wael can intro founders to CraftOS's investors below.

CraftOS's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023

Experience

  1. FaireStaff Engineer2025 — 2026San Francisco, CA
  2. CraftOSChief Executive Officer2023 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  3. SquareTechnical Lead2018 — 2023San Francisco, California, United States
  4. WeeblyTechnical Lead2015 — 2018San Francisco, California, United States
  5. StyliticsSoftware Engineer2010 — 2012
  6. Jami'at BabilSoftware Engineer + Lab Assistant2010 — 2011Iraq
  7. Square Inc.Engineering Intern2010San Francisco Bay Area

Skills & more

Languages Arabic · English

From Wael's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Wael Al Sallami?
Wael Al Sallami previously worked as an engineer at Square and Weebly, where he contributed to the development of Square Online.
Where does Wael Al Sallami work?
Wael Al Sallami is Founder of CraftOS.
What companies did Wael Al Sallami found?
Wael Al Sallami founded CraftOS.
Where did Wael Al Sallami go to school?
Wael Al Sallami studied at Texas A&M University (Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science); Jami'at Babil (BS, Computer Science).

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