Awais Hussain

Awais Hussain is a product-minded software engineer and entrepreneur based in New York City.1 He is currently the CTO and Co-Founder of Path, a company that develops software tools for immigration lawyers and immigrants.4

Professional Background

Awais has 7 years of experience working at early-stage startups.1 Before co-founding Path, he spent 4 years at Wave (YC '12), where he started as the 3rd engineer on the team and later became a tech lead.1 During his time at Wave, the company grew to reach a $1.7B valuation.1

Education and Personal Interests

Awais studied physics and philosophy at Harvard University.1 His diverse background includes experiences such as backpacking around India before his professional career.1

Current Work

At Path, Awais is focused on building software for US immigration.1 He has personal experience with the immigration process, having gone through the O-1 visa application himself.13

Writing and Sharing Knowledge

Awais is active in sharing his experiences and insights:

• He has written about his learnings from his time at Wave.1
• He documented his experience with the O-1 visa process.1
• He maintains a blog where he shares his writing on various topics.1

Professional Network

Awais has a strong professional network, with over 500 connections on LinkedIn.2 His LinkedIn profile username is awais-hussain-117bb119, as mentioned in the query.