3x founder

Shahryar Abbasi

Building AI Agents for Higher Ed | CEO & Co-Founder at Risely AI (YC S25)

Co-founder

Risely AI· Summer 2025 San Francisco Bay Area

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2024Co-founder· Risely AI (YC S25)

Founder · since 2010

Company

Risely AI (YC S25)

Role

CEO & Co-founder

current

Stage

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no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

San Francisco Bay Area

current

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

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Risely AI

AI agents that automate administrative work across college campuses.

Summer 2025

Experience

Career

Risely AI (YC S25)
Co-founder
CEO & Co-founder · San Francisco Bay Area · 2024 – Present
2024
Trusted Health
VP & Head of Product, Growth, Design and Data · San Francisco Bay Area · 2023 – 2024
2023
The Success Company
Co-founder
Co-founder and CEO · Bay Area · 2014 – 2023
2014
Airwallex
VP/GM | Head of Product Growth, Americas · San Francisco Bay Area · 2021 – 2022
2021
Airwallex
VP/GM, Head of SMB (Product & Revenue) · 2021 – 2022
2021
NerdWallet
Head of Platform Growth · San Francisco · 2019 – 2021
2019
NerdWallet
Head of Product Partnerships · San Francisco Bay Area · 2017 – 2019
2017
NerdWallet
Product Growth Lead, B2B · San Francisco Bay Area · 2015 – 2017
2015
Al-Maqasid
COO & Managing Director · 2019 – 2021
2019
Bain & Company
Management Consultant · 2013 – 2015
2013
City of Berkeley
Co-founder
Co-Founder and Director of Growth | City Redistricting Campaign · Berkeley · 2010 – 2013
2010
University of California Student Association
Director · 2012 – 2013
2012
J.P. Morgan
Investment Banking -- Public Finance · San Francisco Bay Area · 2012
2012
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
Growth Strategy & Planning · 2011
2011
SupplyBank.Org
Growth Strategy & BD · 2010
2010
UniversalGiving
Marketing · 2010
2010
San Ramon Valley Unified School District
Speech and Debate Instructor · 2007 – 2008
2007

Bio

CEO & Co-founder of Risely; serial operator with 13+ years building businesses. As GM at Airwallex, I built the Americas business from 0 to 1 and delivered 11x revenue growth. As VP Product at Trustedhealth, I transformed the growth funnel with automation and drove double-digit conversion gains. As Head of Platform Growth at NerdWallet, I drove $17M+ in P&L impact, and at Bain, I shaped market strategy for leading tech firms. I’m most at home building from zero & closing seven-figure deals.