Alumni Startup Spotlight
The University of Washington Information School is delighted to highlight iSchool alumni who exemplify the ideals of entrepreneurship. These alumni have taken their enterprising notions one step further by either establishing or being employed at new business ventures. To nominate someone for the Alumni Startup Spotlight series, please .
Rose Paquet, The Incluseum:
Rose Paquet co-founded The Incluseum alongside fellow Museology alum Aletheia Wittman, shortly after the duo graduated in 2012. Paquet鈥檚 commitment to the project continued throughout her Ph.D. studies from 2013 to...
Angela Mele, Studio Understory: "Angela Mele鈥檚 startup, Studio Understory, is a women-owned company with an appreciation for localized stories.Run by Mele, a Museology alum with expertise in visual communication, and her partner, Laura Frick, Studio..."
Ishita Bhandari, Watto AI: "Ishita Bhandari is the co-founder of Watto AI, a 2023 Y Combinator startup. Bhandari, formerly a software engineer, and her co-founders, Suryansh Soni and Rishabh Panwar, both prior engineering managers, had the initial..."
Abdullah 'Ax' Ali, 3rd Brain: "Dr. Abdullah 鈥淎x鈥 Ali arrived in the United States as a 19-year-old war refugee and worked his way from community college to a Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction at the iSchool. Ali took the knowledge he gained..."