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Abdulrahman Alfozan

Abdulrahman Alfozan coauthored the Gradio paper, an open-source Python package for sharing machine-learning models through visual interfaces. He studied computer science and engineering at MIT, spent five years as a senior engineer at Meta, and became a founding engineer at Nash; his earlier roles included Microsoft and SAP. In February 2025, he joined RAED Ventures as a venture partner; in July 2025, he joined OpenAI as an engineer focused on AI agents and the data platform. OpenAI ended his employment in October 2026 when authorities arrested him. As of October 2026, he is a venture partner at RAED Ventures.

Now at
RAED Ventures
Works
2
Citations
134
h-index
2

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 18 October 2026.

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Timeline

  1. 2012

    An MIT campus event

    In 2012, he is an Arab Student Organization member at MIT at a cultural event in Maseeh Hall.

  2. 2019

    The Gradio paper

    He coauthors the Gradio paper, which describes an open-source Python package that creates visual interfaces for machine-learning models and makes sharing a model as easy as sending a URL.

  3. By February 2025

    Engineering at Meta and Nash

    By February 2025, he has spent five years as a senior engineer at Meta, focusing on machine learning and data platforms, and works as a founding engineer at Nash. His earlier roles include Microsoft and SAP, and he studies computer science and engineering at MIT.

  4. February 2025

    Joining RAED Ventures

    In February 2025, RAED Ventures names him a venture partner.

  5. July 2025–October 2026

    AI agents at OpenAI

    He joins OpenAI as an engineer in July 2025 and serves as Engineering Lead, focusing on AI agents and the data platform.

  6. October 2026

    OpenAI employment ends

    OpenAI ends his employment when authorities arrest him in October 2026.

  7. As of October 2026

    Venture partner at RAED

    He is a venture partner at RAED Ventures.

A language model matched the links in this timeline to people, organizations and papers (provisional, model-judged).

Career

  1. NowRAED VenturesVenture Partner
  2. Until 2025MetaSenior Engineer
  3. 2025–2026OpenAIEngineering Lead
  4. NashFounding Engineer

Education

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

From the biography.

Most-cited works

  1. Gradio: Hassle-Free Sharing and Testing of ML Models in the Wild2019 · 120 citationsWith Abubakar Abid and James Zou
  2. An online platform for interactive feedback in biomedical machine learning2020 · Nature Machine Intelligence · 14 citationsWith Abubakar Abid and James Zou

From OpenAlex, as of 18 October 2026.

  1. 11 of 71 people shaping AI with a former OpenAI role now work at AnthropicIncludes OpenAI. Our estimates of where OpenAI recruits came from and where people with former OpenAI roles work now.
  2. The median h-index is 55 at universities and 20 at frontier AI labsIncludes OpenAI. The median h-index is 55 at universities and 20 at frontier AI labs. We compare publishing careers, citations and moves to estimate how universities and frontier labs contribute to AI research.
  3. Google alumni founded or led 77 other organizations, the most among the labs we compareIncludes OpenAI. We trace 177 organizations founded or led by AI lab alumni, and 186 career moves between the labs.
  4. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers rose from 2% to 33%Includes Microsoft. We estimate where leading AI researchers worked when their most-cited papers appeared. The company share rose from 2% in 1975–1979 to 33% in 2020–2024.

Colleagues

People with dated positions at the same organization in the same years.

Sources and credits

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  1. One dorm, a world of culture news.mit.edu. Checked 18 October 2026.
  2. Gradio: Hassle-Free Sharing and Testing of ML Models in the Wild arxiv.org. Checked 18 October 2026.
  3. Raed Ventures Welcomes New Venture Partner – Abdulrahman Alfozan raed.vc. Checked 18 October 2026.
  4. Saudi National Arrested for Installing Surreptitious Audio Recording Device at OpenAI justice.gov. Checked 18 October 2026.
  5. About | RAED Ventures raed.vc. Checked 18 October 2026.
  6. FBI arrests OpenAI employee accused of planting hidden recording device in conference room techcrunch.com. Checked 18 October 2026.