saaim khan

hey. i'm Saaim

i recently moved to san francisco from the uk with $1500. probably not the smartest decision. to be honest, my whole life i've just followed my curiosity

at 9, i started kung fu, specifically wing chun

at 10, i started a blog called 'things you should know', sharing interesting things i was learning

at 11, i bashed games and became pretty good. although relative to some of my friends who became #1 globally, i wasn't that gooood

at 12, i coded my first project - a basic website in html and css

at 13, i started cold emailing random internet people and i got replies from some heroes

at 14, i started playing the piano

at 15, i did some home servicing and sold stuff at school. eventually a much older 'competitor' ratted me out and personally made it very clear that i should stop

at 16, i edited videos for a youtuber with 250k subs

at 17, i started cooking and baking ... if you're in san francisco, lmk, i'll make you some food ... if i have time

at 18, i joined unilever as a data analyst in a <1% acceptance, fully paid degree apprenticeship - then i left 2 years later - corporate life wasn't for me or maybe i wasn't for corporate life

at 20, i became employee #1 at univeristy.co.uk - then i left after 1 month because i didn't agree with the founders' vision

soon after, i joined an early stage b2b startup called shape - this was amazing - the ceo gave me tons of freedom and agency - i worked on hiring, sales, partnerships, and more

9 months later, i moved to san francisco and started spidey with a friend from los angeles. we were turning learning into a game, bringing the worlds best gaming mechanics to education. we gave up far too quickly and this still haunts me. btw, shoutout jaivin - one of the most cracked, tasteful, and kindest people i know

after sf, i went back to the uk. i joined a legal tech startup and very quickly got fired for the first time ever, because i had a disagreement with my manager. that was a rough time and ultimately i came to the conclusion that i'm unemployable

now i'm building again ... properly this time. i've started a new company called magic and our goal is to build products that inspire creativity and agency in the age of ai. to start we've built an ai toy that encourages limitless and open ended play. our goal is to build the most fun toy that children will ever play with - a toy i wished i had as a child. we named the toy lumo - check him out and consider buying one ... i'm kinda broke lol

ps: if you wanna chat, email me at saaimkhan28@gmail.com or message me on x