Hind Hamdan

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Co-founder & CTO at Saffron AI · developer tools, product

Saffron AI
Dubai, UAE · GST (UTC+4)
8+ years experience
INSEAD Abu Dhabi
English, Arabic, French
Raising
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Overview

Founder of Saffron AI (developer tooling). 8 years of building before that. Previously built and sold a small developer tooling company. Before that: Aramco and Etihad Airways. I speak at conferences a couple of times a year.

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productcommunityopen sourceRustdeveloper tools
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closes in 3 months

Raising a $15M pre-seed for compliance automation for community banks

Stage
Pre-seed
Raising
$15M
Instrument
Priced round
Committed so far
Opening the round now
Lead investor
Looking for a lead
Traction
$88k MRR after 23 months
Use of funds
Go-to-market in two new countries

$88k MRR after 23 months. Looking for investors who know supply chain and can help with regulatory approvals.

Dubai, UAErustcommunitydeveloper tools
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Experience

  1. Co-founder & CTO
    May 2024 - Present
    Saffron AI · 2 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Dubai, UAE
    • Raised $11 million across 3 rounds.
    • Grew the team to 39 people across 2 countries.
    • Took Saffron AI from zero to $3 million ARR.
  2. Senior Consultant
    Jul 2020 - May 2024
    Aramco · 3 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Dubai, UAE
    • Designed the operating model for a 20 thousand-person transformation.
    • Delivered 25 engagements across 9 countries.
  3. Associate Partner
    Oct 2018 - Jul 2020
    Etihad Airways · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Dubai, UAE
    • Mentored 8 engineers through their first promotion.

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Education

  1. INSEAD Abu Dhabi
    MBA, Business Administration
    2020 - 2022
  2. Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    BSc, Computer Science
    2013 - 2017

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