# Ali Tabba

> Ali Tabba is a British repeat founder and former BlackRock analyst based in the San Francisco Bay Area. After co-founding KiranaKart, the venture that became Zepto, and later building the job-application startup Piko with Max Church, he reunited with Church to launch Gravy, a Y Combinator Spring 2026 company creating a local-first AI agent for personal finances.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Gravy
- **Organizations:** Gravy, Y Combinator, BlackRock, KiranaKart, Zepto, Piko, Voltap
- **Nationality:** British
- **Education:** Spring 2026 batch, Y Combinator, BSc (Hons) Economics, University of Warwick, Entrepreneurship Program, MIT LaunchX, Dubai College, Karachi Grammar School
- **Known for:** Co-founded KiranaKart at age 18, an early venture that became Zepto., Co-founded Piko, an AI job-application product backed by Initiator VC's 2023 cohort., Worked in the iShares business at BlackRock.

## Career timeline

- **2019-2020** — Co-founded Voltap.
- **2020-2024** — Co-founded KiranaKart, the venture that later became Zepto; remained a shareholder until 2024.
- **2022-2023** — Worked as a summer analyst and then began an analyst career at BlackRock.
- **2022-2023** — Co-founded Piko with Max Church, building AI-assisted job-application software.
- **2023-2024** — Worked as an analyst in BlackRock's iShares business.
- **2026** — Joined Y Combinator's Spring 2026 batch and launched Gravy with Max Church in San Francisco.

## Achievements

- Co-founded KiranaKart at age 18, an early venture that became Zepto.
- Co-founded Piko, an AI job-application product backed by Initiator VC's 2023 cohort.
- Worked in the iShares business at BlackRock.
- Selected for Y Combinator's Spring 2026 batch with Gravy.
- Received Bronze, Silver and Gold levels of The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Gravy publicly launched as an AI agent for personal finances, with Tabba as co-founder and CEO.
- **2026-06** — Y Combinator introduced Gravy as an active Spring 2026 company based in San Francisco.
- **2026-04** — Tabba began his current role as co-founder and CEO of Gravy.

## Links

- Website: https://gravy.finance
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alitabba
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU7hGT8zpfY

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Last updated: 2026-08-17