
Abdullah Nauman
Co-Founder at Claybird (YC F25) and AI/ML Engineer
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San Francisco, California
Joined September 2025
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Summary
Abdullah Nauman is a co-founder of Claybird (YC F25), an AI ad agency that leverages AI agents to produce high-quality, personalized video advertisements rapidly. His work at Claybird aims to revolutionize marketing by replacing traditional, slow production cycles with an agentic pipeline that understands and generates cinematic content. ycombinator+1
With a strong background in Machine Learning, Abdullah built significant ML infrastructure at Google, powering core Search Ads systems and contributing to over $1B+ in revenue. His experience includes working on large-scale ML pipelines, shipping features for Google Search, and developing AI-driven tools for everyday users. ycombinator+2
Abdullah has a notable academic and research history, including deep learning research at Brookhaven National Laboratory where he co-authored a paper presented at the Supercomputing Conference (SC19). He also served as a Teaching Assistant for EECS 370 at the University of Michigan, instructing on processors, assembly-language, and virtual memory. google+1