Zainab B.

Co-Founder

San Francisco, California, United States10 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Grew EasyApp AI to $1M ARR in just 4 months.
  • Led operations at a venture-backed generative AI startup.
  • Designed and taught coding curriculum for aspiring women in tech.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Robotics and AI entrepreneur with extensive experience in startup operations and product management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Operations ManagementProduct ManagementFinancial AnalysisEvent ManagementCorporate StrategyVenture CapitalFinancial ModelingFull-stack DevelopmentSalesCurriculum Development

Other Skills

Financial AccountingMarket ResearchQuality AssuranceVercelCursorFigmaC-level supportProject ManagementAnalytical SkillsDue DiligenceNetworkingEvent PlanningPublic SpeakingCustomer ValidationData Analysis

About

Currently serving as Founder at EasyApp AI an AI Native Engineering Firm that I grew from 0 - $1M ARR in 4 months. Previously Chief of Staff/Operations at Futureproof Labs, Generative AI startup studio backed by Flybridge Capital, managing operations, engineering efforts while facilitating angel investment deal sourcing and due diligence. I'm passionate about the future of engineering work, robotics and AI. I have an Honors Bachelor of Science in Biological and Biomedical Sciences from Toronto Metropolitan University and have a technical background.

Experience

10 mos
Total Experience
4 mos
Average Tenure
2 mos
Current Experience

Stealth startup

Founder

Mar 2026Present · 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Building the infrastructure to auto deploy robot intelligence

Easyapp ai

Founder and CEO

Aug 2025Present · 9 mos · San Francisco, CA

  • AI Native Engineering Firm working with Amazon, Apple and Series A+ companies. Went from 0 - $1M ARR in 4 months.
Operations ManagementFinancial AccountingMarket ResearchProduct ManagementQuality AssuranceVercel+2

Career break

Travel

Apr 2025Aug 2025 · 4 mos

  • Decided to travel and spend time with bereaved family. Well needed after 5 years of non-stop startups.

Stealth startup

Chief of Staff/Operations

Sep 2024Mar 2025 · 6 mos · Delaware, United States · Remote

  • Employee # 3 at Futureproof Labs; a Venture Backed Gen. AI Startup Studio building AI agentic products across multiple industries and leverage a 5M+ distribution channel.
  • Executive Support & Schedule Management for CEO
  • Assist in planning, executing and managing special projects by coordinating with
  • team members, external partners & executive team
  • Support CEO in Angel Investment deal sourcing, due diligence and memo creation
  • Operations Lead overseeing payroll, finances, new hire onboarding, engineering processes
  • Product Management for team of 4 engineers across AI/ML/Backend and Frontend teams.
  • Specialize in low code frontend, prompt engineering & QA
C-level supportOperations ManagementFinancial AccountingMarket ResearchProject ManagementProduct Management+6

Stealth mode

Chief Executive Officer

Apr 2024Sep 2024 · 5 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • Sync 'N Style is a fashion recommendation engine powered by AI aimed at helping women that struggle with body image issues. We democratize access to personal styling for all users to help them feel confident in their skin. We leverage our recommendation engine to sift through thousands of retailer inventory based on your personal needs including fit, size, color, fabric, and brand ethos. Shut down during my pre-seed RAISE when my dad passed away.
Financial AnalysisFinancial Modeling

Antler

Founder In Residence

Mar 2024May 2024 · 2 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · On-site

  • Shifted physical clothing product for women to a technical platform called Sync 'N Style.

Derun development

Event Manager - National Lead

Aug 2023Nov 2023 · 3 mos · New York, New York, United States · Remote

  • Derun organizes Startup Networking Events in New York, San Francisco, Toronto, Vancouver and London.
  • These events are held weekly, on best Rooftop bars of each city.
  • We have a Pitch session at each event, and invite private and VC investors to each event, to meet projects.
  • As the national lead for Canada, I hosted founder-focused networking events starting in Toronto held at Lavelle. We gathered crowds of 75+ founders, techies, industry professionals, and investors weekly on Wednesdays. In charge of fun, engagement, and pitching!
Event ManagementNetworkingEvent PlanningPublic Speaking

R-labs canada inc.

Venture Analyst

Jan 2023Sep 2023 · 8 mos · Toronto

  • R-Labs is a venture studio that builds and invests in startups that solve the most pressing problems in Real Estate and PropTech. Backed by Omers, Teranet, Empire, Oxford, Dorsay, LTSA, rennie and others.
  • Successfully helped launch a startup (completed a $1.5M+ priced funding round). Actively fundraising for a climate resiliency startup and a construction and trades labour shortage startup while exploring other venture ideas at various stages focusing on Commercial Real Estate, ESG and Housing Supply,
  • Started as an analyst and progressed to project lead to prototype and iterate new business models that address problems in the market with evidence-based learning and hypothesis testing (from ideation to new company formation) during resource and talent constraint at the company,
  • Conducted customer interviews and market-level research to develop a deep understanding of the new venture’s business strategy, needs, cost structures, competitive landscape, and business-critical must-wins,
  • Managed communications by acting as the main touchpoint for 3 Entrepreneurs in Residence
  • Helped establish R-LABS’ ESG team with four venture ideas down the pipeline.
  • Established R-LABS’ Venture Validation System, Investment Committee, and Data Room Structure.
  • #proptech, #startups, #realestate, #techinvesting, and #venturestudio
Corporate StrategyCustomer ValidationFinancial AnalysisData AnalysisVenture CapitalLean Startup+4

Astrowealth

FullStack Developer

May 2022Dec 2022 · 7 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • ● Collaborated with CEO of a fin-tech startup to create MVP website using tech stack such as React Native, HTML5, Bootstrap, NodeJS, PostgreSQL
  • ● Effectively coded software changes and alterations based on specific design specifications on tight deadlines
  • ● Collaborated across marketing and graphic design teams to push UX designs with a consistent look and visual theme across the website
  • ● Performed QA checks after development milestones using Mocha and Chai testing
Node.jsCascading Style Sheets (CSS)BootstrapReact NativeHTMLAttention to Detail+1

Idrf (international development and relief foundation)

Introduction to Coding Instructor, Curriculum Writer

May 2022Oct 2022 · 5 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • Taught 25 wonderful aspiring Women In Tech the fundamentals of coding in a peer-to-peer environment.
  • Designed entire curriculum from scratch, created working projects for portfolio work and prepped top candidates for a $14K full-ride scholarship to Lighthouse Labs FullStack Development Program
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)JavaScriptHTMLLeadershipCurriculum DevelopmentReact.js

Spotted

Chief Executive Officer

Mar 2022Nov 2022 · 8 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • A Next36 Startup - Real Estate Gig Econ Marketplace streamlining the process of renting at a distance. Save time, and money, and avoid fraud as you move to a new city!
  • B2C Saas with over 1000+ customer validation.
  • Co-founder misalignment led to the dissolution of the startup.
Full-Stack DevelopmentSalesFundraisingBudget ManagementFinancial AnalysisStrategic Visionary+2

Next canada

Entrepreneur

Jan 2022Feb 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • NEXT36 is one of the most prestigious entrepreneurial program that develops 36 of Canada’s most promising young entrepreneurs by providing venture funding, mentorship, and world-class founder development.
Attention to DetailFinancial ModelingDue Diligence

Td

Customer Experience Associate

Nov 2021Nov 2022 · 1 yr · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • ● Helped to increase customer return rates by maintaining a 100% (LEI) customer satisfaction rate on random customer surveys
  • ● Developed sales plans to expand customer base bringing a 300% product increase at TD Branch within the first 3 months
  • ● Settled any customer disputes in a professional and pleasant manner leaving customers satisfied and heard by their TD representative
  • ● Maintained and grew relationships with high-value clients (IE. doctors, lawyers) resulting in increased business for TD Branch
Attention to Detail

Ryerson university

2 roles

Residence Advisor

Aug 2020May 2021 · 9 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • ● Work as an on-call staff during the pandemic while responsible for overseeing a section of 60 students
  • ● Intervene during student arguments to moderate and deescalate problems effectively
  • ● Develop community by supporting students one on one to achieve their academic, social, and
  • personal goals

Student Recruitment Ambassador

Sep 2018Aug 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • ● Engaged daily with a diverse group of parents and guardians providing insight about student life on campus to create a welcoming environment
  • ● Initiated video/statistical projects to maximize student engagement coverage at Ryerson resulting in increased student recruitment
  • ● Led weekly campus tours to prospective students and assisted with special events catering to 600+ students, parents and guardians (Ryerson Open House, Ontario University Fair

St. michael's hospital

Research Assistant

May 2020Jun 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • Working in unchartered territory (COVID-19) during the start of the pandemic was a difficult and error-filled journey but it taught me so much as a researcher.
  • ● Worked in a team to develop stable fluorescent liposome formulations using a highly parallel approach to explore various combinations of lipids for COVID-19 memetic
  • ● Used fluorescence correlation and cross-correlation spectroscopy (FCS, FCCS), UV-Vis Spectroscopy to measure stability and surface structure of nanoparticles
  • ●Produced three stable formulations for further use in COVID-19 related research
Data AnalysisAttention to Detail

Mars discovery district

Research Assistant

May 2019Sep 2019 · 4 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • ● Worked alongside a group of 6 lab members to create a stable S.pombe strain that tests for Pancreatic Chemotherapeutics
  • ● Took initiative to handle lab chores to ensure bench/area used by members was clean
  • ● Presented and communicated results in a poster format at a University-wide Research Symposium

Education

Toronto Metropolitan University

Honors Bachelor of Science - HB.Sc — Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Sep 2017Jun 2021

Lighthouse Labs

Diploma of Education — Full Stack Web Development

Nov 2021Feb 2022

Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute

Jan 2013Jan 2017

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