# Shahid Azim

> Shahid Azim is the Cambridge-based co-founder, CEO and managing partner of C10 Labs, an AI venture fund and studio. An MIT Sloan MBA graduate and former Harvard entrepreneur-in-residence, he co-taught the MIT course that brought C10’s founding team together and advises early-stage founders.

- **Role:** Co-Founder, CEO & Managing Partner at C10 Labs
- **Organizations:** C10 Labs, MIT Media Lab, Harvard University Office of Technology Development, Lantos Technologies, Quanttus, Braintree Group, MIT Angels, TitanPayAI, Cambridge Public Library Foundation
- **Education:** MBA, Sloan Fellows program, MIT Sloan School of Management, Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Seattle University, Postgraduate study in management, Harvard University
- **Known for:** Co-founded C10 Labs, an AI venture fund and studio born from MIT teaching relationships., Helped launch MIT spinouts Lantos Technologies and Quanttus., Selected as one of Harvard Office of Technology Development’s first entrepreneurs-in-residence in 2017.

## Career timeline

- **2002-2007** — Founder and CEO of Braintree Group; C10 biography records its acquisition in 2008.
- **2009** — Graduated from the MIT Sloan Fellows MBA program and co-founded Lantos Technologies with Doug Hart.
- **2012-2015** — Founder and CEO of Quanttus; continued as a board member through 2017.
- **2017-2018** — Entrepreneur-in-Residence in Harvard’s Office of Technology Development.
- **2022-2023** — Co-instructor of AI for Impact at MIT Media Lab; also advised TitanPayAI founder Zeeshan Shaikh.
- **2023-05** — Co-founded C10 Labs with Patricia Geli and Ramesh Raskar.
- **2023-11** — C10 Labs and CIC announced an AI hub partnership in Kendall Square.
- **2025-10** — NYCEDC announced C10 Labs as one of two operators of NYC AI Nexus.

## Achievements

- Co-founded C10 Labs, an AI venture fund and studio born from MIT teaching relationships.
- Helped launch MIT spinouts Lantos Technologies and Quanttus.
- Selected as one of Harvard Office of Technology Development’s first entrepreneurs-in-residence in 2017.
- C10 Labs became an NYC AI Nexus operator following NYCEDC’s competitive selection process.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — C10 Labs advertises its Fall 2026 NYC AI Nexus accelerator, with a cohort launch event scheduled for October 15 and Demo Day planned for December.
- **2025-10** — NYCEDC announced C10 Labs and Plug and Play as the NYC AI Nexus operators.
- **2025-06** — Appeared on episode 386 of the VentureFizz Podcast to discuss his entrepreneurial career and C10 Labs.

## Links

- Website: https://www.c10labs.com/shahid
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sazim/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/Shahid_Azim

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