# Saureen Shah

> Saureen Shah is a San Francisco based founder and engineer. He was an early engineer at YouTube, co-founded Instawork (YC S15) and served as its CTO, advised Mozart, and now leads Nudge AI as founder and CEO. Carnegie Mellon graduate in business administration and computer science.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Nudge AI
- **Organizations:** Nudge AI, Instawork, Mozart, YouTube, Google, Curios.me, Digital Green
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BS, Business Administration and Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
- **Known for:** Founding-era engineer at YouTube, Co-founder and CTO of Instawork (YC S15), Helped scale Instawork into a labor marketplace serving warehousing, hospitality, events, and food service

## Career timeline

- **early 2000s** — Early engineer at YouTube; stays through the Google acquisition
- **2010s** — Co-founder and CTO at Curios.me (NEA backed)
- **2015** — Co-founds Instawork with Sumir Meghani; joins Y Combinator S15 batch
- **2015-present** — Serves as CTO at Instawork; company grows to ~700 employees and ~$172M in funding
- **2022** — Co-founds Mozart, a Web3 / NFT infrastructure company; serves as chairman
- **2024** — Founds Nudge AI, building AI agents in healthcare; serves as CEO

## Achievements

- Founding-era engineer at YouTube
- Co-founder and CTO of Instawork (YC S15)
- Helped scale Instawork into a labor marketplace serving warehousing, hospitality, events, and food service
- Chairman at Mozart (Web3 infrastructure)
- Founder and CEO of Nudge AI

## Latest updates

- **2024** — Launched Nudge AI as founder and CEO, focused on AI agents.

## Links

- Website: https://instawork.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saureenshah/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/saureen
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf4wOZV75fY

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Last updated: 2026-05-30