Advisor Appointments
One of two appointment-setting agencies Zayd co-founded before Valley, started while he was in high school. It was later acquired by Next Stage Ventures.
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Zayd Ali
The lead
Founder & CEO of Valley, building AI outbound in New York
Before Valley, he co-founded and exited two appointment-setting agencies, including Advisor Appointments.
Zayd Ali (also known as Zayd Syed Ali) is a New York-based entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Valley, an AI outbound platform for B2B sales teams.
Section A
About
Zayd Ali is the founder and CEO of Valley (also known as Valley AI), which he started in 2023 in New York. He also goes by Zayd Syed Ali, the name on several of his public profiles.
Before Valley, he co-founded and exited two appointment-setting agencies, including Advisor Appointments. As a teenager he founded OnSide, a program connecting refugees to communities through soccer.
He attended Columbia University and has written that he dropped out of Columbia to build Valley. He graduated from Sidwell Friends School in 2020.
Section B
Valley
An AI outbound platform for B2B sales teams, founded in 2023.
Valley finds buyers through signals, researches them, and drafts outreach in your voice across LinkedIn and email. The company is also referred to as Valley AI.
Valley's about page lists investors including General Catalyst, Antler, Launch, Transform VC, and House Capital.
300+teams
30M+messages sent
$3.2Mraised
Previous work
FISH
After the Advisor Appointments sale, Zayd started FISH (“Funding is Hard”), a second agency. He handed it to a co-founder who led the exit.
OnSide
As a teenager he founded OnSide, a program connecting refugees to communities through soccer. FOX 5 DC and Sidwell Friends covered the work in 2020, and it earned a Daily Point of Light award.
Section D
Press & podcasts
Section E
Education
Columbia UniversityAttended. Dropped out to build Valley.
Tulane UniversityAttended.
Sidwell Friends SchoolClass of 2020.
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