Welcome.
My name is Zizo Bahnasy. I'm a start-up founder with a background in technology investing and a love for learning. I graduated from Harvard with a degree in economics & computer science and have broad interests across technology, economic development, culture, philosophy, and the design of complex and enduring systems.
I've had a life-long interest in technology that addresses core human needs at scale. In the process of pursuing this interest, I spend a lot of time reading history, working through textbooks, talking to people, and dreaming about the future.
In the majority of cases, technology has enabled broad increases in our material wellbeing over the last century, with one glaring exception… our cities. In many parts of the world, cities were better a hundred years ago than they are today.
It's time to fix that.
Recent changes in economic circumstance, societal demands, shifting regulation, and the state of resource-constrained AI inference have set the foundation for this coming decade to be the decade that bridges digital innovation and the physical world.
Behind the scenes, I'm working on an end-to-end simulation toolkit and interface that allows us to build more dynamic, beautiful, and livable cities using applied economic theory & AI at every layer of the city. This is what I call the "City Stack".
These are the current layers of the City Stack:
- Cairo — real-time geospatial data, including foot traffic, weather, local business offerings, and ambient emotion detection
- ProjectHousing.org — one-stop shop for housing compliance and block-level economic forecasting across American municipalities
- Silver — Community Trust formation and business valuation software that allows community members to buy out local SMBs in opportunities surfaced through community surveys as part of the expected $100 trillion business ownership transition
Send me an email if you're excited about early-stage technology that has the potential to impact a billion people — I love meeting founders working on interesting problems and do my best to bring them together.
All the best,
Zizo Bahnasy