About
Zarif Azher has experience developing medical devices, biosensors, and AI applications in healthcare. He is now focused on developing microchip technology for cattle monitoring.
Founder at Nexa LabsYC S25
Intro paths
YC
Zarif went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Nexa Labs's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Zarif can intro founders to Nexa Labs's investors below.
Nexa Labs's investors · 1
Co-founders at Nexa Labs
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Kenneth ChanFounder
Experience
- SpadePrincipal Engineer - Hardwarecurrent2026 — present
- Nexa LabsCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2025 — present
- Cedars-SinaiHealth AI Researchercurrent2024 — present
- CaltechHealth Biodevices Researcher (Gao Lab)current2024 — present
- Stanford University School of MedicineMedical Imaging AI Researchercurrent2024 — present
- Dartmouth-HitchcockResearcher and Project Mentorcurrent2021 — present
- National Institute of Cardiovascular DiseasesMedical Technology Researcher2022 — 2024Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Caire HealthAI Engineer2024
- Dhaka North City CorporationDirector: Government Accountability Project2023 — 2024
- Bangladesh UniversityInformation Technology Intern2020 — 2024
- The World BankIntern2023
- Case Western Reserve UniversityComputational Pathology Researcher (INVENT Lab)2022 — 2023
- University of MarylandIntern2021 — 2022
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Zarif Azher?
- Zarif Azher has experience developing medical devices, biosensors, and AI applications in healthcare. He is now focused on developing microchip technology for cattle monitoring.
- Where does Zarif Azher work?
- Zarif Azher is Founder of Nexa Labs.
- What companies did Zarif Azher found?
- Zarif Azher founded Nexa Labs.
- Where did Zarif Azher go to school?
- Zarif Azher studied at Caltech (Bachelor of Science, Neuroscience and Physics); Y Combinator; Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (High School Diploma).
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