# Omar Shaya

> Omar Shaya is the Founder and CEO of Please (formerly MultiOn), a Palo Alto-based AI company building a life planning platform that bridges the gap between what people dream of doing and what they actually achieve. Born in Syria to a Venezuelan mother and Lebanese father, raised across Syria, Germany, and the UK before landing in Silicon Valley, Shaya brings a multicultural perspective to democratizing personal assistance through AI. With an MS from Stanford GSB, dual BS/MS in Computer Science from Göttingen University, and prior product leadership at Meta and Microsoft, he founded MultiOn in 2023, raised a $20M seed round led by General Catalyst at a $100M valuation, then rebranded to Please in early 2025 to signal a gentler, more human approach to AI assistance.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Please (formerly MultiOn)
- **Organizations:** Please (formerly MultiOn), Meta, Microsoft, Crealytics, LiquidM, Jusoor (nonprofit, collaborator)
- **From:** Suwayda, Syria
- **Nationality:** German (Syrian-born, multicultural background: Venezuelan mother, Lebanese father)
- **Education:** MS in Management, Stanford Graduate School of Business, MS in Computer Science (AI focus), University of Göttingen, Germany, BS in Computer Science (AI focus), University of Göttingen, Germany
- **Known for:** Founded Please (formerly MultiOn) and raised $20M at a $100M valuation from General Catalyst, Forerunner Ventures, Amazon Alexa Fund, and others, Built MultiOn's waitlist to 30,000+ users before full launch, Panelist at TEDAI San Francisco conference

## Career timeline

- **2013-2019** — Studied Computer Science (BS + MS, AI focus) at University of Göttingen, Germany
- **~2017-2020** — Product Manager at LiquidM, an AI-focused marketing automation startup
- **~2019-2021** — Product Manager at Crealytics, an AI-focused marketing automation company
- **~2021-2022** — Product Manager on Microsoft Search, Assistant, and Intelligence (MSAI) team; contributed to Microsoft Copilot for Office
- **~2021-2023** — MS in Management at Stanford Graduate School of Business
- **~2022-2023** — Led product management for Core Product Ranking at Meta
- **2022** — Initiated what would become MultiOn in July 2022; met co-founder Div Garg at Stanford
- **2023-01** — Launched MultiOn as a browser-based AI agent extension
- **2023** — MultiOn raised seed funding led by General Catalyst with Amazon Alexa Fund, Samsung Next, Maven Ventures
- **2023-11** — Over 30,000 users waitlisted for MultiOn's next release
- **2024-01** — MultiOn featured at CES 2024 as Alexa Fund portfolio company
- **2024-05** — MultiOn raised $20M seed round at $100M valuation, led by General Catalyst; additional investors: Forerunner Ventures, Blitzscaling Ventures, Amazon
- **2025-01** — Company renamed from MultiOn to Please, signaling shift to consumer life-planning platform

## Achievements

- Founded Please (formerly MultiOn) and raised $20M at a $100M valuation from General Catalyst, Forerunner Ventures, Amazon Alexa Fund, and others
- Built MultiOn's waitlist to 30,000+ users before full launch
- Panelist at TEDAI San Francisco conference
- Holds multiple patents in AI applications
- Led Core Product Ranking at Meta and contributed to Microsoft Copilot for Office
- Successfully rebranded a company from MultiOn to Please and pivoted product focus to life planning for creative professionals

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — Announced company rename from MultiOn to Please, pivoting toward consumer life-planning platform for creative professionals
- **2026-02** — Please app published on iOS App Store (App ID: 6739724516), offering AI-powered idea capture, planning, and human concierge services
- **2025-06** — Launched #StartHere content series on Please AI, interviewing inspiring people about bridging the gap between dreams and achievement

## Links

- Website: https://blog.omarshaya.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/omarshaya
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/omarshaya

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Last updated: 2026-05-13