Alumni Startup Spotlight
The University of Washington Information School is delighted to highlight iSchool alumni who exemplify the ideals of entrepreneurship. These alumni have taken their enterprising notions one step further by either establishing or being employed at new business ventures. To nominate someone for the Alumni Startup Spotlight series, please fill out our form.
Abdullah 'Ax' Ali, 3rd Brain:
Dr. Abdullah “Ax” Ali arrived in the United States as a 19-year-old war refugee and worked his way from community college to a Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction at the iSchool. Ali took the knowledge he gained...
Cedric Ith, Forward: "Cedric Ith has been involved in startups throughout his career. While studying Informatics at the UW, he worked as part of a four-person healthtech startup called Pyrus Medical. The startup partnered with the UW..."
Riley del Fierro, Pricesmith: "Riley del Fierro, MSIM '23, co-founded Pricesmith, an SaaS company that leverages AI to improve pricing management for B2B distributors. "
Raiham Malik, mAlIk software: "As an iSchool student, Raiham Malik found inspiration from her professors and learned to seek more from technology. Since her Capstone team project, the ListeningPal app, Malik says she has continually sought AI..."