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We're so lucky to have Ahmad Sadeddin Saeddedin, founder of Corgea (YC S23), onstage for the inaugural Kernel Camp showcase in San Francisco. https://luma.com/igunc6l4 Ahmad is a 3x founder who sold his last company to Coupa. He will round out one of our panels alongside Mona Ahmad and Ahmed Rashad for a conversation on the rise of MENA technical talent inside Silicon Valley startups and what it takes to build globally relevant companies from the region. Ahmad has been a close member of the Propeller tribe for a long time now and we can't wait for him to share his experience with the broader Kernel Camp and Propeller community.

Next up - we’re honored to welcome Ahmed Rashad, founder of Perle, to the inaugural Kernel Camp showcase. RSVP to hear from him! https://luma.com/igunc6l4 Before launching Perle in 2024 to build the foundation of AI, Ahmed led teams, product, and growth at Amazon and Scale AI. Ahmed will join Mona Ahmad and Ahmad Sadeddin for a panel discussion on MENA tech talent inside Silicon Valley startups, and why the region continues to produce globally competitive founders and engineers. Ahmed has been deeply involved in building across both the MENA and SF ecosystems, and we’re excited to have him share his perspective with the community. cc Hani Azzam Zaid Farekh

We’re excited to welcome Mona Ahmad, Reevo AI's first Product Hire, to the inaugural Kernel Camp showcase. RSVP: https://luma.com/igunc6l4 Mona has built software products at high growth startups for the past six years, first in the MENA region and then in the Bay Area. Mona will moderate a panel discussion with Ahmed Rashad and Ahmad Sadeddin focused on MENA tech talent inside SF-based startups, and why we believe the region is producing globally competitive founders and engineers. We’re grateful to have Mona helping lead this conversation as we bring together founders, operators, and investors from across the ecosystem!

There’s a massive amount of technical talent coming out of the Middle East and North Africa right now. What’s still underappreciated is how many of those founders can build globally competitive companies when given proximity to customers, capital, and the Silicon Valley ecosystem. That’s the idea behind Kernel Camp. On May 30th in San Francisco, we’re hosting the inaugural Kernel Camp Showcase Day — a focused, high-context gathering to meet a small group of founders we believe are genuinely exceptional. These startups were selected from the top 3% of applicants. The companies span robotics infrastructure, AI operations, cybersecurity, onboarding infrastructure, and enterprise AI tooling. You’ll hear: → Live pitches from 5 AI and infrastructure startups → A discussion on MENA talent inside SF startups → A fireside chat with a co-founder one of the largest Silicon Valley unicorns that has MENA origins → Catered lunch + conversations with founders, operators, and investors building across the U.S. and MENA Stay tuned to this page as we announce all the exciting speakers! If you’re a founder, operator, investor, or engineer in the Bay Area, we’d love to have you join us. Spots are limited: https://luma.com/igunc6l4

Silicon Valley, here we come ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ We're hosting our next demo night on May 19th with a host of great partners - Essence Venture Capital, 1984 Ventures Mozilla Ventures - at Snowflake's Innovation Hub in Menlo Park. This is an event engineers, ⁠builder, ⁠hackers, tinkerers, ⁠⁠technical product managers. RSVP using this link: https://luma.com/unvaodr3 We've already locked in a few tech leaders to provide feedback on the demos, including: Gagan Kanjlia, ex-CPO at places like SVB and Capital One Yazan Risheq, a Sr. Product Manager at Google + more names to be announced soon! As a special treat, Zaid, Hani, and Omar from Propeller will all be there in-person 😃 📍 Infra Demo Night | Silicon Valley 📅 May 19th 🍕 Food, drinks, demos and great conversations. cc Moataz Soliman Mark Percival Naomi Walker-Garrett Saayeli Mukherji Bruni Chad Chalker

To SF Bay area eng leaders and tech builders in my network, a great event by Propeller, in partnership with Essence Venture Capital and Mozilla Ventures, is happening at a beautiful Snowflake venue on May 19 in Menlo Park. Hope to catch up with you there! https://lnkd.in/gDpyufxF

Thrilled to have HoundDog.ai powering the privacy layer of Replit's new Security Agent. Static analysis on its own is cheap, fast, and deterministic - but can miss context. Paired with AI reasoning, it gets powerful: deep analysis on log leaks, PII/PHI flowing to third parties, and AI integrations that quietly exceed what privacy notices or DPAs actually cover. This fits the broader vision we're building at HoundDog.ai - becoming the deterministic context layer for AI agents. Privacy first, which has been our focus for the past two years. API graphs next, so agents stop burning tokens rediscovering your own APIs and ship faster without breaking downstream services. More on that soon. Read the Replit announcement → https://lnkd.in/gqYgdR6y

We are excited to announce that Hani Azzam will be joining #ACH26 as a speaker this April 🌟 Hani Azzam is an experienced startup operator, investor and ecosystem builder, currently serving as Partner at Propeller. He founded Viaka, a community and angel syndicate for MENA’s global community of startup builders, investors, and operators. He previously served as Vice President at Silicon Valley Bank and started his career at Freebird (acquired by Capital One) in Operations, Customer Experience, and Product Management. He also spent a year leading Plus Venture Capital’s investments in founders outside the MENA region.

From The FORGE to Silicon Valley. Huge shoutout to Yassine Loqmane, founder of FlowBrave, for joining the Propeller Kernel Camp cohort in Silicon Valley for the next 8 weeks. At The FORGE, we believe our founders belong on world-class stages. Yassine’s selection is a testament to the caliber of builders emerging from the Moroccan ecosystem. Keep building, Yassine Stay tuned; more portfolio news and wins to come!

✦ Jordan-rooted, AI-focused VC Propeller has launched the first cohort of its Kernel Camp residency, bringing five deep-tech startups from MENA to Silicon Valley. ✦ The selected startups come from Tunisia, Morocco, Jordan, and Egypt, operating across AI infrastructure, developer tools, and cybersecurity. ✦ The eight-week programme aims to embed founders into Silicon Valley’s ecosystem, providing access to engineers, investors, and operators. https://lnkd.in/dvNCzHwR