Hossein Rahnama

Founder & CEO, Flybits

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Hossein Rahnama is the founder and CEO of Flybits, a Toronto enterprise-software company that helps large organizations, especially banks, turn scattered data into personalized digital experiences. He founded the company in 2013, spinning academic research into a global business, and also teaches at Toronto Metropolitan University and researches at the MIT Media Lab.

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Panels and roundups Hossein appeared on.

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On a panel

Understanding The Power of Data & Value Creation | Hossein Rahnama

TechTO · October 2021

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Around the web ×1

Interview

Flybits' Hossein Rahnama on the vertical shifts AI might enable for FinTechBetaKit

2018

Quick answers

Who is Hossein Rahnama?

Founder and CEO of Flybits and an academic in AI and data personalization at Toronto Metropolitan University and MIT.

What is Flybits?

A 'context-as-a-service' platform that helps enterprises unify data and build personalized customer experiences, widely used in financial services.

What did he speak about at TechTO?

Using data and value creation, and leading a company through the pandemic, in a 2021 fireside chat.

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