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Ahmed Reza | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 24, 1981 |
| Education | Cornell University |
| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, engineer, inventor |
| Known for | Founder of TrepHub |
| Spouse | Yes |
| Children | 4 |
| Website | www |
Ahmed Reza is a former childhood actor, entrepreneur and the founder of AI communications app, Yobi.[1][2][3]
Early life
editAs a singer and television actor, Reza hosted programs on Bangladesh Television from 1992 to 1994, including Eid programming and poetry readings on television geared towards Bengali youth. He emigrated to join his family in Boston in December 1995, from which he left to New York City on his own in 1996. As a Milken Scholar, he earned a Computer Science and Electrical Engineering degree from Cornell University in 2004.[4]
Career
editAt Cornell, Reza sold incense and aromatics at festivals and in 2000.[5] Then, in 2002, he worked as an engineer on the Spitzer Space Telescope at Cornell, under James R. Houck.[4]
Reza co-founded TrepHub, a non-profit organization in 2012, as a startup accelerator and incubator located on Florida’s Space Coast.[6][7] In the same year, he also founded Dental Web Now, a company that offered web-marketing services to dental websites.[8] Dental Web Now was acquired by New Patients Inc., in 2018.[8][9]
In 2016, he built Call Sumo, an AI technology that analyzes call data for actionable insights.[10]
In 2018, Reza founded Yobi, an AI company that uses AI-powered synthetic agents for sales, customer service, and marketing tasks.[11] Yobi helps teams manage large amounts of information. Reza is known for building a team of software engineers in North Africa and has played a role in accelerating the startup ecosystem in Algeria.[12][5][13]
Recognition
edit- Stevie Awards Best Use of AI & Machine Learning[14]
Personal life
editReza is married with four children and lives in Los Gatos, California.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Korea advised to keep balance in US-China AI rivalry". Korean Times. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "Meet Your Digital Doppelgänger: How Ahmed Reza's Yobi Is Creating AI-Powered Clones". Esquire Middle East. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "Ahmed Reza on 5 Things You Need to Create a Highly Successful App". The Product Manager. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Latest Edition of The Milken Dialogues Unites Finance, Philanthropy, and AI Innovation". Global Banking & Finance Review. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Here's Where to See Ahmed Reza Speak at SxSW". Grit Daily. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "Local Tech Incubator to Host Global NASA Hackathon". Space Coast Daily. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "Entrepreneur Ahmed Reza". Florida Today. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ a b "The AI revolution in customer service: How Yobi helps businesses work smarter, not harder". Dataconomy. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "Europe vs the US: Ahmed Reza's Insights on the AI Dominance Race and Regulatory Approaches". Mashable Netherlands. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "Want to track calls to your dental office? Call Sumo can help". Dentistry IQ. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ a b "I'm a startup founder eager to hire laid-off Big Tech workers. Here's what I look for during interviews". Business Insider. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "San Jose-based Yobi enlists help from Mark Zuckerberg's dad for its small business phone app". The Business Journals. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "Middle East and West Have Much to Learn from Each Other to Unleash AIs Potential". Saudi Gazette. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "Building bridges: Ahmed Reza's mission to foster global collaboration in AI". The Gulf Times. Retrieved 10 December 2023.