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Waleed Latif

Founder

CTO at Sim

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedSim · YC

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About

Waleed Latif studied computer science and cognitive science at UC Berkeley, where he led engineering and publications on neurotechnology research. He previously built core backend infrastructure at Amazon's Ring division, handling over 1 million transactions per second, before co-founding Sim.

CTO at SimYC X25

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

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Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Sim's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Waleed can intro founders to Sim's investors below.

Sim's investors · 9

f7 VenturesTiburon · $10K – $5M checksFuel CapitalCovina · $500K – $1M checks · since 2025Liquid VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checks · since 2025Metsu CapitalRitual CapitalMenlo Park · $100K – $500K checksStandard CapitalSan Francisco · since 2025SV AngelSan Francisco · $150K – $20M checks · since 2025Twenty Two VenturesPalo Alto · $50K – $250K checks · since 2025Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Sim

EKEmir Karabeg
Emir KarabegCEO

Frequently asked questions

Who is Waleed Latif?
Waleed Latif studied computer science and cognitive science at UC Berkeley, where he led engineering and publications on neurotechnology research. He previously built core backend infrastructure at Amazon's Ring division, handling over 1 million transactions per second, before co-founding Sim.
Where does Waleed Latif work?
Waleed Latif is CTO of Sim.
What companies did Waleed Latif found?
Waleed Latif founded Sim.

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