Roundtable: What Y Combinator Can Teach The Ummah
What does it really take to get into Y Combinator and what can we learn from it?
In this intimate roundtable, Rabii Malik shares hard-earned insights from applying to YC 3 times, raising millions, pivoting fast, and building Remo — an AI startup solving compliance problems for banks and fintechs.
But more than a success story, this session opens up a conversation about the realities of being a founder, and what founders need to know, build, and believe before they apply or scale.
Key Discussion Points:
Why do so few Muslims take the leap into startups?
How do we shift from seeing failure as shameful to seeing it as a step?
What makes a good “AI-enabled” startup idea vs. a gimmick?
What’s the difference between pitching a business and simply applying with a concept?
How much progress should you really have before applying to YC?
Who It’s For:
Muslim founders who want to apply to YC or accelerators
Builders navigating pivots, product-market fit, or fundraising
Creators stuck between “safe” career paths and big ideas
Rabii Malik is the co-founder and CEO at Remo, a YC-backed startup using AI to automate compliance and onboarding workflows for financial institutions. He read PPE at the University of Oxford and began his career at McKinsey, before leading international expansion at Telda, a Sequoia-backed fintech. At Remo, he works with banks and fintechs to help automate their onboarding operations to achieve scale, regulatory compliance, and free up time to work on more complex cases.
This one’s for founders who want to go further, faster for their community — without losing themselves on the journey.
With limited seats available, the facilitator will hand-select participants to ensure meaningful, collaborative discussion.