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Who founded Blynk?
The Globe and Mail's coverage of the Kik acquisition, published 2015-12-21, said Blynk was founded in 2013 by Jaclyn Ling and Shums Kassam. BetaKit reported on 2014-07-18 that Kassam, 21 and from the University of Toronto, was Blynk's CTO and co-founder alongside CEO Jaclyn Ling.
What happened to Blynk?
TechCrunch reported on 2015-12-21 that Kik acquired Blynk and its four-person team, including co-founders Jaclyn Ling and Shums Kassam, who moved to Kik's Waterloo office to work on bots and personal chat assistants.
What did Kassam do after Blynk?
BetaKit reported on 2019-08-21 that Hatchways, a startup matching new grads and career-shifters with software engineering jobs, was founded by former Kik engineers Jaclyn Ling and Shums Kassam. A LaunchPod podcast episode published 2020-05-04 features Ling and Kassam discussing Hatchways as co-founders.
What is Kassam's role today?
Hatchways' own website, checked 2026-09-25, quotes him as "Shums Kassam, CTO, Hatchways" in a hiring guide. Y Combinator's company page for Hatchways, also checked 2026-09-25, lists him as a co-founder and lists his role as Co-founder/CTO of Hatchways (S19) and Co-founder/CTO of Blynk (acquired by Kik).