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Did Kaheer Suleman co-found Maluuba?
Yes. GeekWire reported on January 13, 2017 that "Maluuba was co-founded in 2011 by CEO Sam Pasupalak and CTO Kaheer Suleman, who were classmates at the University of Waterloo in Canada." The same article captions its lead photo "Maluuba co-founder and CTO Kaheer Suleman (left) and co-founder and CEO Sam Pasupalak."
What happened to Maluuba?
Microsoft acquired it. GeekWire reported on January 13, 2017 that Microsoft had agreed to buy Maluuba, by then Montreal-based, for its deep-learning work on natural-language understanding, question-answering and decision-making. Skyfall AI's launch announcement, distributed by WebWire on July 20, 2026, puts the price at $160 million and says the group went on to become Microsoft AI in Canada.
What does Kaheer Suleman do now?
He is chief technology officer of Skyfall AI. The company's launch announcement, distributed by WebWire on July 20, 2026, states: "The founding team of Skyfall consists of Sam Pasupalak (CEO), Kaheer Suleman (CTO), and Sumit Pasupalak (CPO)." The University of Waterloo's Artificial Intelligence Institute had already listed him among Skyfall's research team on the page for a campus talk held November 6, 2025. Skyfall says it is headquartered in San Francisco with a research hub in Toronto.