# Fahad Jalal

> Fahad Jalal is the founder and CEO of QLU.ai, a San Francisco AI platform that lets executive recruiters describe an ideal hire in plain English and surface qualified candidates in seconds rather than months. A Stanford computer scientist with a Wharton MBA, he scaled a business unit at Mentor Graphics from zero to $100M ARR in two years and has exited multiple startups to Fortune 100 companies. At QLU.ai he is building tools that automate prospect research and outreach while insisting human judgment stays at the center of hiring.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at QLU.ai
- **Organizations:** QLU.ai, Chowmill, SitterFriends, Smartron, Mentor Graphics, ScoopSpy
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering (Circuit Design), Queen's University, Master of Science, Computer Science, Stanford University, MBA, Finance (Financial Derivatives), The Wharton School
- **Known for:** Founded and leads QLU.ai, an AI executive-search platform claiming 97% executive coverage, Grew a business unit at Mentor Graphics from $0 to $100M ARR in two years, Exited multiple startups to Fortune 100 companies, creating over $1 billion in shareholder value

## Career timeline

- **2008** — Founded and led ScoopSpy as Founder and CEO (through 2010)
- **2014** — Joined Mentor Graphics as Head of Business Development
- **2015** — Became Advisor to the CEO at Mentor Graphics
- **2016** — Founded SitterFriends, a childcare marketplace; founding investor at Smartron
- **2018** — Founding Investor and Chairman at Chowmill (through 2019)
- **2020** — Founded QLU.ai and became its CEO
- **2023** — QLU.ai raised a $5M seed round
- **2025** — Launched QLU.ai 2.0 and spoke at Hunt Scanlon's AI Talent Conference at the Harvard Club, NYC

## Achievements

- Founded and leads QLU.ai, an AI executive-search platform claiming 97% executive coverage
- Grew a business unit at Mentor Graphics from $0 to $100M ARR in two years
- Exited multiple startups to Fortune 100 companies, creating over $1 billion in shareholder value
- Raised a $5M seed round for QLU.ai (2023)
- Scaled QLU.ai to roughly 73 employees
- Speaker at Hunt Scanlon Media's 2025 AI Talent Conference on driving AI adoption in executive search

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Spoke at Hunt Scanlon Media's AI Talent Conference at the Harvard Club in New York on driving AI adoption in executive search.
- **2025-02** — Launched QLU.ai 2.0.

## Links

- Website: https://qlu.ai
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/aiandjustice
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/aiandjustice

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