Kabir Shahani
Kabir Shahani is currently Founder & Executive Chairman at Adora, Founder at Amp it Up Ventures, and Founder & CEO at Amperity. He previously founded Appature, which was acquired, and has held roles at Avanade, Blue Dot, IMS Health, and Mosaic.tech. He is a technology entrepreneur with expertise in founding and leading startups.
Prem Kumar - Co-Founder and CEO of Humanly
Prem Kumar is the Co-Founder and CEO of Humanly, a Bellevue-based hiring technology company built to fix something he saw up close: two people interviewing for the exact same job with the exact same panel getting treated completely differently. Before Humanly, Prem spent about a decade at Microsoft and led product and design at TinyPulse. Humanly went through Y Combinator and has raised roughly $52 million to date—most recently a $25 million Series B. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
How AI is Rewriting Software Engineering with Amperity CTO Derek Slager
In this episode of the Shift AI Podcast, Derek Slager, CTO and co-founder of Amperity, joins host Boaz Ashkenazy for a conversation that spans 10 years of company building, the evolution of AI-assisted software development, and what it really means to lead a technical organization through genuine disruption. Derek shares the founding story of Amperity, how he and co-founder Kabir Shahani stumbled into the customer data problem while building marketing automation at their previous company, Aperture, and how that experience became the thesis for building an entire platform around getting data right. The conversation moves into the heart of how…
Building AI-Driven Ventures with Amp It Up Ventures Founder Kabir Shahani
In this illuminating episode of the Shift AI Podcast, serial entrepreneur Kabir Shahani joins Boaz Ashkenazy to discuss his journey from founding Amperity to launching Amp It Up Ventures. Shahani shares deep insights into building AI-powered enterprises and his unique approach to company creation through his new venture studio. He reveals details about two stealth companies, Adora and Avante, both tackling trillion-dollar markets with innovative AI solutions. From digital advertising to healthcare, Shahani explains how AI is fundamentally shifting business paradigms and why staying ahead of this transformation is crucial for modern enterprises. This episode offers invaluable lessons about entrepreneurship…
Kabir Shahani
Kabir Shahani, rightfully so, was recently recognized as one of the “100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs” by Goldman Sachs. As a child, he got to travel the world playing violin and began attending summer college classes when he was only in sixth grade. Kabir co-founded his first company, Appature, at the age of 24 and successfully sold it in 2013. He is now the Co-founder and CEO of Amperity, which has received $37 million in funding in just three years. Kabir discusses Amperity’s values, how they hire, and the important role philanthropy plays in the company and his life. You’ll also…
Organizations
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Amperity Founder, Co-CEO, & Board of Directors 2026–present, Founder & Board of Directors 2016–present, Founder & CEO, Former CEO, Former Board Member · current
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University of Washington Affiliate Professor 2024–present · current
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Adora Founder & Executive Chairman 2023–present · current
Education
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University of Washington Bachelor of Science, Informatics · 2004
