Arhum Ishtiaq is a product, data, and AI expert with 6+ years of experience in building, scaling and consulting startups across South Asia and South America to boost their commercial, technological and social impact globally. His primary motivation is to enable scalable and sustainable social development through technology. He cofounded Pakistan’s first and largest Deaf-focused assistive-tech startup, ConnectHear, where he has developed and deployed cutting-edge AI-powered assistive solutions benefitting hundreds of thousands across the world. He’s one of Pakistan’s first ever winners of The Diana Award, hailed as a Young Innovator by the World Summit Awards, recognized as Pride of Pakistan by DG ISPR and covered across many publications like Forbes and BBC for his work.
