Ali Davar

Founder (Zite, Qudos), Qudos

ConsumerVancouverOn TechVancouver stages since 2017

Ali Davar is a Vancouver serial founder. He co-founded Zite, the personalized-news app spun out of UBC research that reached number one in the App Store and was acquired by CNN in 2011, and later founded Qudos, a B2B professional-services marketplace that has since closed. He spoke at TechVancouver in 2017.

On the TechVancouver stage ×1

TECHVANCOUVER25:22

Ali Davar of Qudos presents Shaping users perception of Ratings and Rankings

TechVancouver · November 2017

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First seen on the TechVancouver stage in 2017. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Ali ↗

In their words

data driven systems are complex they're multi-dimensional they look at big data in ways that we can't possibly understand

TechVancouver, Nov 2017 · watch at 03:10 ↗

sometimes the problem is really not the problem

TechVancouver, Nov 2017 · watch at 04:20 ↗

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Around the web ×1

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CNN Officially Acquires Vancouver Startup ZiteBrainStation

2011

Quick answers

What is Ali Davar known for?

Co-founding Zite, a personalized-news app spun out of UBC research that was acquired by CNN in 2011, and later founding the B2B marketplace Qudos.

What happened to Qudos?

Qudos, a Vancouver marketplace matching businesses to professional-services firms, has since closed.

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