10 Snap alumni who founded companies
All ten of these Snap alumni who founded companies worked at Snap Inc., in engineering, product, design and security roles, before starting the company each runs now. A reader can learn how people who worked at Snap went on to build companies, from the founders themselves.
Professionals to explore
Alex Mashrabov
LinkedInExperience: CEO & Co-Founder · Higgsfield AI
Alex Mashrabov was Head of Generative AI at Snap at Snap Inc. from 2020 to 2023, and has been CEO & Co-Founder of Higgsfield AI since 2023. The profile says Higgsfield AI works on AI-powered video creation.
Ash Wahi
LinkedInExperience: Founder & CEO · Revenaut
Ash Wahi was Sr. Director, Product at Snap Inc. from 2017 to 2024, and has been Founder & CEO of Revenaut since 2025.
Ben Chiang
LinkedInExperience: Co-founder + CEO · Director AI
Ben Chiang was Director of Product at Snap Inc. from 2021 to 2023, and has been Co-founder + CEO of Director AI since 2023.
Edward Koai
LinkedInExperience: Co-Founder & CEO · District
Edward Koai was Group Product Manager at Snap Inc. from 2017 to 2022, and has been Co-Founder & CEO of District since 2022.
Gaurav Misra
LinkedInExperience: Co-Founder, CEO · Mirage
Gaurav Misra was Software Engineer & Product Designer at Snap Inc. from 2016 to 2021, and has been Co-Founder, CEO of Mirage since 2021.
Jad Boutros
LinkedInExperience: CoFounder and CEO · TerraTrue
Jad Boutros was Chief Security Officer, VP Engineering at Snap Inc. from 2016 to 2018, and has been CoFounder and CEO of TerraTrue since 2018.
Matt Hanover
LinkedInExperience: Founder · Heliogram Labs
Matt Hanover was Head of Product Experience at Snap Inc. from 2019 to 2022, and has been Founder of Heliogram Labs since 2023.
Ozi Egri
LinkedInExperience: Co-Founder & CEO · WatAirGy
Ozi Egri was Head of Computer Vision, Algorithms and SW @ SnapLab (Sr Eng Mgr) at Snap Inc. from 2016 to 2021, and has been Co-Founder & CEO of WatAirGy since 2023.
Timothy Sehn
LinkedInExperience: Founder and CEO · DoltHub
Timothy Sehn was Senior Vice President, Engineering at Snap Inc. from 2013 to 2017, and has been Founder and CEO of DoltHub since 2017.
Yong Hum Na
LinkedInExperience: Co-Founder & CEO · Creatify AI
Yong Hum Na was Head of Content Moderation Engineering at Snap Inc. from 2020 to 2023, and has been Co-Founder & CEO of Creatify AI since 2023.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's role at Snap, such as engineering, product, design or security, to the part of the path from employee to founder you want to understand. Check when each company was started to judge how recent the person's experience of the early stage is.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What from your work at Snap turned out to be most useful when you started your own company?
- 02How did you decide what problem your company would work on?
- 03What did you have to learn quickly that your Snap role had not prepared you for?
Reaching Snap alumni who founded companies
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About this directory
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