# Hamza Alsamraee

> Hamza Alsamraee is the co-founder and CEO of NewForm, a New York based performance marketing company built around short-form content and AI. Before startups, he was a teenage math phenomenon: he self-published the #1 Amazon bestseller Advanced Calculus Explored at 16, followed by Paradoxes at 18, and built Daily Math into one of the largest math communities on Instagram with hundreds of millions of views. A 2020 Strogatz Prize winner and a Stanford dropout in math and management science, he is originally from Baghdad, Iraq, where a TV documentary once dubbed him 'Iraq's Einstein.'

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at NewForm
- **Organizations:** NewForm, Daily Math, Faves, Stanford University
- **From:** Baghdad, Iraq
- **Nationality:** Iraqi-American
- **Education:** Mathematics and Management Science & Engineering (left during studies), Stanford University
- **Known for:** Self-published Advanced Calculus Explored at 16; reached #1 Amazon bestseller status, Authored a second book, Paradoxes, at 18, Won the 2020 Strogatz Prize for Math Communication from the National Museum of Mathematics

## Career timeline

- **2019** — Self-published Advanced Calculus Explored at age 16; it became a #1 Amazon bestseller
- **2019** — Grew Daily Math (@daily_math) into one of the largest math communities on Instagram
- **2020** — Won the Steven H. Strogatz Prize for Math Communication (Social Media category), National Museum of Mathematics
- **2021** — Published second book, Paradoxes, at age 18
- **2022** — Co-Founded Faves, a Lightspeed-backed startup, serving as Head of Growth
- **2023** — Co-Founded NewForm, a performance marketing company focused on short-form content and AI
- **2025** — NewForm bootstrapped past $3M ARR; launched an AI performance marketing agent

## Achievements

- Self-published Advanced Calculus Explored at 16; reached #1 Amazon bestseller status
- Authored a second book, Paradoxes, at 18
- Won the 2020 Strogatz Prize for Math Communication from the National Museum of Mathematics
- Built Daily Math to 200K+ Instagram followers and over 100M views (300M+ total creator views across platforms)
- Bootstrapped NewForm to more than $3M in annual recurring revenue
- Featured in a national TV documentary in Iraq, where he was nicknamed 'Iraq's Einstein'

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — NewForm reported surpassing $3M in annual recurring revenue, a 15+ person team, and 30+ clients including Western Union, Acorns, Perplexity and Binance.
- **2025-01** — NewForm launched what the company describes as an AI performance marketing agent that analyzes creative and media performance in real time.

## Links

- Website: https://newform.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hamza-alsamraee/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/hamzaalsamraee
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZP1_H13Lqg
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daily_math/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/NewFormDigital/

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Last updated: 2026-06-12