Navid Hadzaad
| Navid Hadzaad | |
|---|---|
 Hadzaad at DLD Conference Munich in 2016 | |
| Born | Berlin, Germany |
| Residence | New York City |
| Education | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Organization | GoButler |
| Awards | Forbes 30 Under 30 |
Navid Hadzaad is CEO and co-founder of GoButler,[1] a mobile application which uses artificial intelligence to act as a virtual assistant through text messaging.[2] Hadzaad was featured on Forbes' 2016 30 Under 30 list of the top businesspeople in the consumer tech category.[3]
Education
Hadzaad attended Westborough High School[4] and earned a B.B.A. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[5]
Career
After graduating, he worked at the Boston Consulting Group before becoming a manager at Volaris Group.[5]
While working for Rocket Internet, Hadzaad co-founded ZipJet, an on-demand laundry app.[6][7] He also worked on building Rocket's on-demand house cleaning start-up, Helpling.[8][3]
In February 2015, Hadzaad founded GoButler, a virtual assistant company which uses intelligent algorithms to process automated requests.[9][10][7] Within 48 hours of the application's launch, the company had 10,000 requests. Hadzaad subsequently left Rocket Internet to focus on GoButler as the company's CEO.[11][12][1] Within three weeks, the app was available in Canada, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, and had processed over 100,000 requests.[6][13] In July 2016, the company announced an $8 million Series A financing round from investors including Ashton Kutcher and Jared Leto.[8][14] Though originally founded in Berlin, Hadzaad moved the company headquarters to New York City in 2015.[15][16] In March 2016, Hadzaad announced GoButler's shift to a fully automated service driven by artificial intelligence.[17]
References
- 1 2 Kia Kokalitcheva (July 30, 2015). "GoButler, yet another on-demand service for 'anything,' raises $8 million". Fortune. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- ↑ Sarah Kessler (July 30, 2015). "Doing Your Errands, For Free, Is Now Someone's Job". Fast Company. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- 1 2 "2016: 30 Under 30: Consumer Tech". Forbes. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- ↑ Chris Sinacola (June 4, 2006). "Grads lived up to goals". Telegram. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- 1 2 "Navid Hadzaad". Digital Age Summit. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- 1 2 Steve O'Hear (April 1, 2015). "And Just Like Magic, GoButler Is A Virtual Assistant Founded By Ex-Rocket Internet Execs". Tech Crunch. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- 1 2 Martin U. Müller (March 17, 2015). "Start-ups: Der Butler kommt per SMS". Spiegel Online. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- 1 2 Anthony Ha (July 30, 2015). "GoButler Takes Its SMS Personal Assistant Out Of Beta, Raises $8M". Tech Crunch. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- ↑ Lucy England (August 12, 2015). "We tried the free service that promisees to get you anything you want, 24/7 with just a text". Business Insider. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- ↑ "Startup-Interview mit Navid Hadzaad: Dein persönlicher Butler per SMS!". Unternehmer. April 13, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- ↑ Steve O'Hear (April 13, 2015). "GoButler, The Magic Clone Founded By Ex-Rocket Internet Execs, Launches Virtual Assistant In NYC". Tech Crunch. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- ↑ "GoButler: Turn to Virtual Job to Get Things Done Quicker and Faster". Carve. March 24, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- ↑ Alejandro Alba (July 30, 2015). "GoButler text message-based concierge service rolls out of beta, launches worldwide". Daily News. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- ↑ Christina Kyriasoglou (January 2016). "GoButler dissolves Berlin office, actor Jared Leto invested". Grunder Szene. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- ↑ Cade Metz (January 21, 2016). "Do We Really Want Messaging To Replace Our Apps?". Wired. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- ↑ "Babysitter aus dem Netz: GoButler entwickelt automatischen SMS-Diener". Focus. January 23, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- ↑ "GoButler pivots to fully-automated service, starting with flight search and discovery". TechCrunch. March 17, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2016.