Ali Partovi
Ali Partovi is the Founder and CEO at Neo, Co-Founder at Code.org, and Co-Founder at Sway. He previously served as CEO at iLike, Inc, Chief Strategy Officer at Hampton Creek Foods, and was an advisor and angel investor at companies including Airbnb, Dropbox, Facebook, Uber, and Zappos.
Microsoft, OpenAI, and startups, with Neo CEO Ali Partovi
This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we're joined by Ali Partovi, a technology investor, entrepreneur, and mentor who is the CEO of Neo, a startup accelerator, mentorship community, and venture firm. Neo's accelerator this week announced a new AI track, working in collaboration with OpenAI and Microsoft to help startups build businesses on newly emerging artificial intelligence capabilities. Partovi, who grew up in Tehran during the Iran-Iraq war, sold his startup LinkExchange to Microsoft in 1998, was an early investor in companies including Airbnb, Dropbox, Facebook, and Uber, and 10 years ago co-founded Code.org with his twin brother Hadi Partovi…
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Harvard University A.B. and S.M., Computer Science · 1990–1994
