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- Mojtaba Mozaffar@MozaffarMojtabaFounder/CTO · Shiraz AIS26Industrials · San Francisco
- Navid Aghasadeghi@realnavidaFounder/CEO · Shiraz AIS26Industrials · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Mojtaba MozaffarShiraz AIFounder/CTOSummer 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/MozaffarMojtabaNavid AghasadeghiShiraz AIFounder/CEOSummer 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/realnavida
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Navid Aghasadeghi
Founder/CEO·Shiraz AI
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size2
BatchSummer 2026
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Founder at Shiraz AI (YC S26). Previously Senior Staff Robotics Engineer at Boston Dynamics, where he was part of the core team that brought Spot from R&D to commercial deployment and led industrial manipulation. Previously Principal Robotics Engineer at Rethink Robotics, where he developed full-stack controls for Sawyer and led force control development. Also founded GenZArt, an AI consumer app that scaled to 1M users. PhD in ECE from UIUC.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
CredentialsPhD
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
Shiraz AIRobots that learn on the job
Co-foundersMojtaba Mozaffar@MozaffarMojtaba
