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About

Ahmed Allem

Entrepreneur, commercial pilot, and engineer. I've spent 15+ years building products across aviation, education, travel, legal tech, and e-commerce. I've founded or co-founded 20 companies, won 10+ international hackathons (including projects for Google, Facebook, ForeFlight, and Whirlpool), and speak 8 languages. Currently building the Agento suite of AI products and scaling Aviation Infinity, the first AI flight academy.

Ahmed Allem — Entrepreneur, Aerospace Engineer and Pilot

Experience

Risely

Founding CTO

Riselyrisely.ai
2026 - Present
San Francisco, CA

Operating system for universities. AI agents that handle enrollment, student advising, and fundraising. Y Combinator backed.

LegalAgento

Founder

LegalAgentolegalagento.com
2026 - Present
Milan, Italy

Operating system for lawyers. Unbundled legal services marketplace where clients get matched with real attorneys for $50-100 instead of $500+.

MedAgento

Founder

MedAgentomedagento.com
2026 - Present
Milan, Italy

Operating system for doctors, hospitals, and clinics. Patient management, scheduling, billing, prescriptions, and clinical workflows in one platform.

PowerAgento

Founder

PowerAgentopoweragento.com
2026 - Present
Milan, Italy

Operating system for startups. Turns an idea into a business plan, pitch deck, financial model, and product spec in minutes.

TravelAgento

Founder

TravelAgentotravelagento.com
2026 - Present
Milan, Italy

Operating system for travel agencies. Builds full itineraries with flights, hotels, restaurants, and local experiences. Partnered with Marriott.

CodeAgento

Founder

CodeAgentocodeagento.com
2026 - Present
Milan, Italy

Operating system for developers. Generates, debugs, and deploys full applications through natural language. Connected to GitHub, AWS, and Vercel.

Avioyx

Founder

2026 - Present
Milan, Italy

Operating system for pilots. EFB, flight planning, aircraft rental, instructor booking, and flight school management in one platform.

Surfyx

Co-Founder & CTO

2026 - Present
Milan, Italy

Operating system for surfers. Track sessions, rate surf spots, follow other surfers, and find instructors or board rentals nearby.

Bocads

Co-Founder & CTO

2026 - Present
Milan, Italy

Operating system for ads. Generate scroll-stopping ads for Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Google in minutes.

ClickAi

Co-Founder & CTO

ClickAiclickai.co
2019 - Present
Milan, Italy

AI website builder where you describe what you need by voice or text and get a live website in seconds. Available on iOS, Android, and web.

Babonbo

Co-Founder & CTO

2021 - 2024
London, UK

Baby gear rental marketplace for traveling families. Rent strollers, car seats, and cribs delivered to your hotel or Airbnb in 600+ cities worldwide.

BorderBot

Founder

BorderBotborderbot.com
2018
Tijuana, Mexico

Live border crossing wait times for the Tijuana-San Diego border. AI reads camera feeds and predicts how long until you cross.

Brojure

CTO

2018 - 2019
San Diego, CA

Online brochure creator for businesses. Interactive, media-rich digital brochures with video, analytics, and personalized content.

Comensalaqui

CTO

Comensalaquicomensalaqui.com
2017 - 2018
Tijuana, Mexico

Food delivery marketplace where you order homemade meals from home cooks in your neighborhood. Virtual restaurants with built-in delivery.

Cal Hacks

Hacker, Mentor & Judge

Cal Hackscalhacks.com
2017 - Present
Berkeley, CA

UC Berkeley's flagship hackathon. Participated as a hacker, mentored for three editions, and judged the last two editions.

HackIfy.io

Co-Founder & Judge

HackIfy.iohackify.com
2017 - Present
Tijuana, Mexico

The first binational hackathon between San Diego and Tijuana. Co-founded it and judged editions 1, 4, 5, and 6.

Want To Be a Pilot

Co-Founder & CTO

Want To Be a Pilotwanttobeapilot.com
2016
Milan, Italy

Mentoring platform for aspiring pilots. Get matched with airline captains, flight instructors, and aviation professionals for one-on-one guidance.

AvioSharing

Founder

AvioSharingaviosharing.com
2015 - Present
Milan, Italy

Flight-sharing platform where private pilots share flights with passengers under EASA and FAA cost-sharing rules. The BlaBlaCar of the sky.

New Pilot Shop

Co-Founder & CTO

New Pilot Shopnewpilotshop.com
2015 - Present
Milan, Italy

Aviation supplies and premium pilot uniforms made in Italy. Everything a student, private, or commercial pilot needs in one shop.

Aviation Infinity

Founder

Aviation Infinityaviationinfinity.com
2014 - Present
San Diego, CA

The first AI flight academy. Study for PPL, CPL, ATPL online with an AI instructor. 92% exam pass rate, 50,000+ students, 140+ partner flight schools.

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Aerospace Engineering
2011 - 2012
Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza

Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza

Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering
2011 - 2014
Flight Academy of Varese

Flight Academy of Varese

Private Pilot License (PPL)
2013 - 2014
Belgian Flight School

Belgian Flight School

Commercial Pilot License (CPL)
2014 - 2015
Cantor Air

Cantor Air

ATPL Frozen
2015 - 2016

Hackathon Wins

  • Winners with Special Honors, #Hacktravel 2015
  • 1st Place, #HackRice 2017
  • 1st Place, #HackSB 2018
  • 1st Place, #ExpoMilano 2015
  • 3rd Place, #Spacehack 2016

Languages

  • 🇫🇷FrenchNative
  • 🇲🇦ArabicNative
  • 🇮🇹ItalianNative
  • 🇪🇸SpanishNative
  • 🇬🇧EnglishProfessional
  • 🇧🇷PortugueseProfessional
  • 🇳🇱DutchLimited
  • 🇹🇷TurkishElementary

Certifications

EASA
Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL)
EASA
EASA
Commercial Pilot License (CPL)
EASA
EASA
Private Pilot License (PPL)
EASA
EASA
Air Navigation Certification
EASA
FAA
Private Pilot License (PPL)
FAA
MIT
MITx - Circuits and Electronics
MIT
MIT
MITx - Aerodynamics
MIT
MIT
MITx - Computer Science
MIT

Skills & Technologies

Frontend

ReactReactNext.jsNext.jsReact NativeReact NativeSwiftSwiftFlutterFlutterTypeScriptTypeScriptHTML/CSSHTML/CSSVue.jsVue.jsTailwind CSSTailwind CSSFramer MotionFramer Motion

Backend & Infrastructure

Node.jsNode.jsPythonPythonPostgreSQLPostgreSQLMongoDBMongoDBRedisRedisSupabaseSupabasePrismaPrismaElasticsearchElasticsearchGraphQLGraphQLSocket.ioSocket.io

AI & Machine Learning

OpenAIOpenAIClaudeClaudeLangChainLangChainHugging FaceHugging FaceRAGRAGVector DBsVector DBsTensorFlowTensorFlowPyTorchPyTorchGeminiGeminiStable DiffusionStable DiffusionWhisperWhisperComputer VisionComputer VisionNLPNLPAI AgentsAI Agents

Mobile & Platforms

iOSiOSAndroidAndroidApp StoreApp StoreGoogle PlayGoogle PlayExpoExpoShopifyShopify

Cloud & DevOps

AWSAWSVercelVercelDockerDockerKubernetesKubernetesCloudflareCloudflareGitHub ActionsGitHub ActionsFirebaseFirebase

Tools & Productivity

FigmaFigmaGitGitStripeStripeMapboxMapboxNotionNotionLinearLinear

Let's Work Together

Looking for a technical co-founder, CTO, or full-stack engineer? I build products from zero to launch across aviation, AI, travel, and e-commerce.