Ali Vahabzadeh

Founder & CEO at Safari AI

Ali Vahabzadeh has a long and varied career in the business world. Ali began their career in 1999 as a Vice President in Equity Derivatives and an Analyst in Mergers & Acquisitions at Banc of America Securities. In 2008, they became an Investment Manager for a High Net Worth Family Office at Republic Investment Company. In 2010, they took on the role of President & COO at NeighborCity.com. In 2014, they became Co-Founder & CEO of Chariot, a microtransit solution that was sold to Ford Smart Mobility in 2016. In 2018, they became an AngelTrack at First Round Capital and Founder & CEO of curbFlow, a computer vision company that provides the ability to automate the measurement of physical operations.

Ali Vahabzadeh attended Y Combinator in 2015 for their Winter 2015 batch. Ali then went on to receive their B.A. cum laude in Economics from Vanderbilt University. Ali also attended The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) for their General Course in Economics. Finally, Ali Vahabzadeh graduated from Great Neck North High School.

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  • Founder & CEO

    October, 2018 - present