Haytham Hakim

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Haytham Hakim is a full-stack software engineer, founder, and product builder whose experience spans enterprise software, AI applications, and consumer products. At Microsoft, he worked on Dynamics 365 Customer Insights, developing enterprise-facing software with React and TypeScript and data-processing capabilities using C# and Scala. He later co-founded Tribbel and served as its CTO, building a social app designed to turn shared interests into real-world friendships. The platform attracted a 4,700-person waitlist, connected more than 1,000 people through meetups, and achieved a 72% monthly active user rate during its private beta. His subsequent work includes leading product engineering at Cassi, where he helped build an AI application for homeowners and developed a multimodal AI agent using LangChain, and advising Henry.AI on architecture and frontend development. Through KONQR, he has built three AI-powered SaaS products end to end and grown a YouTube channel to 70,000 followers. His portfolio also includes Jrnly, an AI-powered journaling companion, and Mindfulspace, a focus and productivity platform. Haytham holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science with a minor in Computer Engineering from the University of Rochester. He previously attended the African Leadership Academy, where he received awards for creative thinking and entrepreneurial achievement. His work combines hands-on engineering, product design, and an interest in building technology that helps people connect, reflect, and work more effectively.