# Zayd Enam

> Zayd Enam is the CEO and founder of Enam Co. and a co-founder and former CEO of Cresta. His work grew from Stanford research on helping people perform tasks into AI coaching for contact centers. He now acquires services businesses and builds AI into their operations, pursuing wider access to expertise.

- **Role:** CEO at Enam Co.
- **Organizations:** Enam Co., Cresta, Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab
- **Education:** BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; high honors, University of California, Berkeley, Doctoral study in artificial intelligence; left without completing the PhD, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Cresta and led it through its early enterprise growth and 2022 Series C., Selected for Forbes 30 Under 30 2018 in enterprise technology., Recognized as Pakistani entrepreneur of the year by OPEN Silicon Valley in 2023, according to his public announcement.

## Career timeline

- **Before Berkeley** — Worked at a Southern California startup and attended community college before transferring to Berkeley.
- **2014-2017** — Studied at Stanford’s AI Lab with Sebastian Thrun.
- **2017** — Co-founded Cresta, bringing research on human performance into enterprise software.
- **2020** — Cresta emerged from stealth; Enam discussed real-time coaching in public interviews.
- **2021** — Cresta raised a $50 million Series B led by Sequoia.
- **2022** — Cresta announced an $80 million Series C at a $1.6 billion valuation.
- **2023** — Stepped down as Cresta CEO into an advisory role; Ping Wu’s appointment was announced in May.
- **2024** — Publicly discussed his next venture and building a team in San Francisco and Berlin.
- **2026** — Enam Co. publicly describes acquiring and transforming services businesses with AI.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Cresta and led it through its early enterprise growth and 2022 Series C.
- Selected for Forbes 30 Under 30 2018 in enterprise technology.
- Recognized as Pakistani entrepreneur of the year by OPEN Silicon Valley in 2023, according to his public announcement.
- Co-authored Audio Super Resolution using Neural Networks with Volodymyr Kuleshov and Stefano Ermon.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — As checked in October 2026, Enam Co.’s public website identifies Zayd Enam as CEO and describes its services-business acquisition model; this is a research check date, not a launch date.
- **2026-03** — Posted a team update from Pitztal and described hiring across San Francisco, Berlin, and Toronto.
- **2024-07** — Announced work on a new venture and said Andy Bechtolsheim had written its first check.

## Links

- Website: https://enam.co/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zaydenam
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/zaydenam
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zaydoooooo/

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Last updated: 2026-10-14