Safi Shamsi
Founder of Graphify Labs, On-device knowledge graph engine for enterprises
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Safi Shamsi is listed as a founder of Graphify Labs. Graphify builds queryable knowledge graphs from local codebases and documents, 96K GitHub stars, 3.8M downloads, used in production by engineers at Rootly, Geotab, and Tweddle Group.The enterprise layer on top, a self-learning brain that continuously syncs an organisation's knowledge, evolves its own graph over time without forgetting, and enables formal verification of code and architecture decisions. Runs fully on-premise. No data leaves the building.
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Looks like I’m the first solo founder from India to make it to Y Combinator
Looks like I’m the first solo founder from India to make it to Y Combinator
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3 months since we opensourcemaxxed Graphify.
3 months since we opensourcemaxxed Graphify. Here's what happened: 1. Got into @ycombinator (first solo founder from India in S26) 2. Turned down $300k offer to go all-in 3. Published a technical book + submitted paper to EMNLP 4. Won @unicorn_mafia hackathon + named Top 25 at...
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Got my first mini office in London today.
Got my first mini office in London today. Not flashy. Not big. Just mine. From shipping @Graphify to having a space I can actually call my own. Slow wins hit different when you’ve turned down the fast money and kept building anyway. To every founder still grinding solo or with...
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6,000 stars in 2 days.
6,000 stars in 2 days. I did not expect that. Karpathy posted about his /raw folder on April 2nd. He drops everything into it. Papers, tweets, code, notes. His idea: your knowledge should be queryable, not scattered across tabs you forgot about. I stayed up and built it....
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Race is on to become the first Indian developer to ship a 100k-star repo Also Currently on track with @graphify to become the 5th @ycombi...
Race is on to become the first Indian developer to ship a 100k-star repo Also Currently on track with @graphify to become the 5th @ycombinator backed open-source project ever to hit 100k stars https://t.co/ANYBBTda8R https://t.co/s6ozQ0Y2Bq
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I was offered a $300k MTS role at a US lab.
I was offered a $300k MTS role at a US lab. Safe money, stable path, respected work. I turned it down to join YC S26 and build Graphify. I have not looked back once. https://t.co/GMEMuFWEPE
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Figuring out the coding interview process as we scale the @graphify team.
Figuring out the coding interview process as we scale the @graphify team. We could send a problem statement and review the solution. Or we could let people submit PRs on our open source issues so we can see how they think and approach a problem- not just prompt CC....
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I love being a solo founder and the platform YC gives is incredible
I love being a solo founder and the platform YC gives is incredible