Samiur Rahman

Samiur Rahman, CEO and Co-founder of Heyday

Samiur Rahman is the CEO and Co-founder of Heyday, an AI-powered thought partner for knowledge workers.12 He has over 12 years of experience building AI and machine learning applications.3

Born in Bangladesh to a diplomat father, Samiur spent his early years living in various countries including the United States, Saudi Arabia, England, Iran, and Bangladesh.1 He has a deep personal interest in using AI and automation to improve productivity and quality of life, as he himself has ADHD.2

Prior to founding Heyday, Samiur held roles such as Head of Data Engineering/Machine Learning at Mattermark, Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Mattermark, and Software Development Engineer at Amazon.3 He has a bachelor's degree from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.3

At Heyday, Samiur and his team are focused on using AI to automate repetitive tasks and empower knowledge workers to do their most creative and impactful work.12 The company started as a personalized search tool but has since pivoted to specialize in assisting executive coaches with note-taking, session prep, and generating insights during coaching sessions.14

Samiur emphasizes the importance of deeply understanding user needs and solving problems one persona at a time, rather than building a generalized product.2 He believes AI can be a powerful collaborative tool when applied thoughtfully to augment human workflows.1