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Khurram Virani

Co-founder, Lighthouse Labs

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Khurram Virani co-founded Lighthouse Labs, the coding bootcamp founded in Vancouver in 2013, and served as its Head of Technology. He built the first curriculum and taught its first cohort of five students in October 2013. He also co-founded Functional Imperative, a Toronto development studio. Lighthouse Labs and parent company Uvaro filed for bankruptcy on August 1, 2025.

Khurram hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Khurram co-founded Lighthouse Labs, which appears in 2 talks in the archive.

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Did he really co-found Lighthouse Labs?

Course Report's 10-year Lighthouse Labs feature, updated November 20, 2023 and checked 2026-09-20, bylines him as 'Co-Founder & Head of Technology' and quotes him saying 'I started at Lighthouse Labs in 2013, building out our initial curriculum and teaching to our first cohort of (only!) five grads that started in Vancouver on October 28, 2013!'

Who were his co-founders?

In the same Course Report feature, checked 2026-09-20, he says 'I've been lucky to have amazing co-founders in Jeremy Shaki and Josh Borts.'

Is Lighthouse Labs still operating?

No. Vancouver Tech Journal, published August 8, 2025 and checked 2026-09-20, reports that 'Uvaro Inc. and Lighthouse Labs Inc. filed for bankruptcy on August 1, 2025 - just seven months after Uvaro acquired the Vancouver-founded coding bootcamp.'

What else has he built?

The Jewish Independent article 'Lighthouse as beacon', published October 23, 2015 and checked 2026-09-20, describes him as a founder and partner of 'the Toronto-based development company Functional Imperative' and notes he 'now also lives here' in Vancouver and 'is Lighthouse's head of education'.

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