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Muneeb Mushtaq on the TechTO stage

Muneeb Mushtaq

Co-founder & CEO, Airzai

ConsumerTorontoOn TechTO stages since 2012

Muneeb Mushtaq co-founded AskforTask from his University of Toronto dorm room in 2012 with his brother Nabeel, growing the home-services marketplace to more than 100 Canadian cities. He now runs Airzai, a connected-fragrance company he started in 2019 that partners with Swiss fragrance house Firmenich on AI-driven scent.

On the TechTO stage ×1

First seen on the TechTO stage in 2012. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Muneeb

In their words

I've co-founded my first company actually at an age of 18 with my brother he's right here in the audience as well my partner and we sold it at the age when I was 20

TechTO, Jul 2018 · watch at 2:04

you want to make sure that you have a specific mission because if you're starting a business to make money guys forget it like you're gonna lose before you even begin

TechTO, Jul 2018 · watch at 4:46
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Quick answers

What is Muneeb Mushtaq known for?

Co-founding AskforTask, the Toronto home-services marketplace, with his brother Nabeel in 2012, and later founding connected-fragrance company Airzai.

What is Airzai?

A connected home-fragrance company Mushtaq launched in 2019 with the Aroma smart diffuser, now working with Swiss fragrance house Firmenich on AI-generated scent.

What did he tell the TechTO stage?

That his mission is empowering others — launch something even as a side hustle, build it on a mission rather than money, and give before you expect anything back.

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