I amsterdam #FoundersFridays: meet Shadi Alhakimi, and Taaly at World Summit AI

Amsterdam Impact, part of I amsterdam, interviewed Taaly founder Shadi Alhakimi in its #FoundersFridays series. The same month, StartupAmsterdam selected Taaly as one of twelve startups exhibiting at World Summit AI 2024.

Choose one problem close to your heart

In the interview Shadi talks about how Taaly started, how the concept was tested and how the first funding came together through grants and the IGNITE Award. His advice to other founders: choose one problem close to your heart and solve it.

Standing on its own feet

Taaly had thousands of users at the time and a clear goal: 50 percent self-sustaining within three years, fully within six, and able to support other initiatives in ten.

Taaly at World Summit AI 2024

In September 2024 StartupAmsterdam presented twelve Amsterdam startups at World Summit AI. Taaly topped that list, with the ambition to become a key driver in empowering displaced populations.

“Choose one problem close to your heart and solve it.”
Shadi Alhakimi in I amsterdam #FoundersFridays

Taaly today

Taaly has since grown into the digital integration assistant for newcomers: language, participation and work in one app, with more than 30,000 learners, 4,200 taalcoaches and partnerships with 18 municipalities.

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#FoundersFridays: Meet Shadi Alhakimi. I amsterdam (8 August 2024). See also: iamsterdam.com.

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