Babak Parviz
CEO and Founder at newdays.ai at NewDays
Babak Parviz is CEO and Founder at NewDays and serves as a member of the Board of Directors at AAAS and Professor at University of Washington. He previously held leadership roles at Amazon and Google, and has expertise in high tech with social impact and engineering at scale.
NewDays raises $16M seed round led by Madrona and General Catalyst, expands AI-driven dementia care to Nevada
Seattle startup NewDays closed a $16 million seed round led by Madrona and General Catalyst to scale a telehealth program combining clinicians with an AI companion, Sunny, for treating mild dementia; early research suggests the platform may preserve about 18 months of cognitive function and the service now operates in six states including Nevada.
Organizations
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NewDays Executive Officer, Director, Promoter 2025–present, CEO and Founder at newdays.ai 2024–present · current
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AAAS member of the Board of Directors 2022–present · current
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University of Washington Professor 2003–present · current
Education
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Harvard University postdoctoral fellow, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
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University of Michigan Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Electrical Engineering
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University of Washington Master of Science - MS, Computational and Applied Mathematics
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University of Michigan Master of Science (MS), Physics
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University of Michigan Master of Science (MS), Electrical Engineering
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Sharif University of Technology Bachelor of Science (BS), Electronics Engineering
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University of Washington Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Literature
