Ahmed Al Zubairi

Chief Technology Officer, SARsatX. Co-founded SARsatX in 2019 out of KAUST's TAQADAM accelerator; it designs and builds small satellites carrying Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) for all-weather, day-and-night Earth-observation data (oil-spill and deforestation monitoring, disaster response, border security). Y Combinator (2022) alum with prior roles as Space Policy & Regulation Manager at NEOM and consultant to the Saudi Space Agency. SARsatX raised a $2.6M seed in 2025 led by NEOM's TONOMUS, with Wa'ed Ventures and KAUST participating.