# Ashfak Ahmed

> Ashfak Ahmed is an Atlanta-based cloud infrastructure engineer and founder. He works as a Lead DevOps Engineer at real-time data company Striim and is Founder and CEO of Senseminder, the company behind SensePC. He began working on the cloud-PC idea in 2020 after noticing that gamers, developers, and creators were constrained by costly, aging local hardware. SensePC now offers remotely accessible Windows and Linux computers, and Ahmed's longer-term ambition is a computer whose useful power lives in the cloud rather than in a heavy local device.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Senseminder; Lead DevOps Engineer at Striim
- **Organizations:** Senseminder, SensePC, Striim, AasthaSoft, Aastha.life, RouteSmart Technologies
- **Known for:** Founded SensePC, a cloud-PC service offering persistent remote Windows and Linux computers., Developed the SensePC concept from 2020 into a publicly available product., Earned the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate credential.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2020** — Held technical and leadership roles including Co-Founder and CTO at Aastha.life and Director and CEO at AasthaSoft, according to the organizations' team pages.
- **2020** — Began developing the idea that became SensePC while working at RouteSmart, focusing on the cost, limits, and replaceability of local computer hardware.
- **2024-09** — Published a technical overview of connecting Striim with Azure Private Link for secure real-time data streaming.
- **2025-08** — A SensePC service-mark application was filed for SaaS providing virtual desktops, cloud storage, and file management; the filing lists Ahmed as the applicant.
- **2026** — Continued as Lead DevOps Engineer at Striim and Founder and CEO of Senseminder while SensePC expanded cloud gaming, AI developer workstations, Performance Mode, and SensePC Studio.

## Achievements

- Founded SensePC, a cloud-PC service offering persistent remote Windows and Linux computers.
- Developed the SensePC concept from 2020 into a publicly available product.
- Earned the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate credential.
- Published a technical architecture overview for using Striim with Azure Private Link.
- Filed a 2025 US service-mark application for SensePC covering virtual desktops, cloud storage, and file management.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — SensePC continued publishing and demonstrating cloud-gaming configurations, emphasizing latency, streaming quality, network stability, and persistent Windows environments.
- **2026-08** — SensePC launched SensePC Studio, a gallery for users to showcase gaming, AI, creative, educational, and remote-work sessions.
- **2026-08** — SensePC announced an AI development phase for SensePilot with support from AWS and GoML.
- **2026-07** — SensePC introduced Ubuntu-based GPU cloud workstations aimed at AI developers, machine-learning engineers, researchers, and startups.
- **2025-08** — The SensePC service-mark application was filed in the United States, with first use in commerce stated as August 1, 2025.

## Links

- Website: https://sensepc.com/about
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashfak-ahmed-a86669135

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Last updated: 2026-09-27