Basil Siddiqui

Basil Siddiqui currently serves as the VP of Engineering at Hadrian, where the focus is on creating autonomous factories to enhance the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of manufacturing for the space and defense sectors. With a strong entrepreneurial background, Basil co-founded Up&Up in 2018, a company that aims to empower renters to build wealth akin to homeowners, with backing from prominent investors like Khosla Ventures and Goldman Sachs. Prior to this, Basil co-founded Estate, dedicated to developing products for rental management, and held key roles at Lob and hackNY.org as a software engineer and fellow, respectively. Basil also contributed as a software fellow at Branch, which was later acquired by Facebook.