Summary
Ashkon Farhangi is a product-minded engineer and two-time founder with 12 years of experience building ML-driven products at the intersection of legal tech, fintech, and infrastructure. A Stanford CS alumnus with two AI-focused degrees and a non-residential fellowship at CodeX, he has shipped 0→1 systems at Google (Search Ads) and led product and engineering teams at Blend and Mithril. He cofounded startups backed by Floodgate and other investors, built legal AI tools (an automated citator and a SCOTUS decision predictor), and now focuses on agentic prior-art search used by Am Law 10 firms. Equally comfortable in code and strategy, Ashkon combines hands-on engineering, product leadership, and startup operating experience across advising, angel investing, and mentoring. Based in New York, he has a track record of translating academic research into commercial software that wins enterprise customers.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Lick-Wilmerding High School
Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science, Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science at Stanford University
English, Spanish, Persian