Summary
Farhad Noorzay is a mobile-first software engineer and founder based in the San Francisco Bay Area, currently a Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI and the founder and CEO of Hoopfit. He brings a decade of experience shipping consumer and enterprise iOS products at companies like Slack and Affirm and leading cross-platform teams. Farhad uniquely combines mobile engineering, computer vision, and hardware productization—building an advanced AI-powered basketball shooting machine that pairs on-device vision with cloud workouts. At OpenAI he’s focused on bringing conversational AI to native iOS experiences, translating research-grade models into polished consumer apps. He pairs hands-on engineering with product leadership and a track record of turning complex, multidisciplinary systems into delightful user experiences.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San Diego