# Ali Haghani

> Ali Haghani is co-founder and CEO. Circleback on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-11-06

Co-founder and CEO.

- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alihaghani
- X: https://x.com/iAligator

## What Ali builds

- [Circleback](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/circleback.md), graded B, 67.6/100, in Meeting capture & meeting infrastructure. Circleback is an AI meeting notetaker that records online and in-person meetings by bot, desktop or mobile app, and exposes notes, transcripts, action items, recordings, people and companies through a REST API, a remote MCP server and a CLI. Co-founder and CEO, researched 2026-11-06.

## Works with

- [Kevin Jacyna](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/kevin-jacyna/), Co-founder and CPO

## Backed by

- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)
- [Neo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/neo/)
- [Rebel Fund](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/rebel-fund/)
- [Pioneer Fund](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/pioneer-fund/)
- [Transpose Platform](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/transpose-platform/)
- [Kulveer Taggar](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/kulveer-taggar/)
- [Oliver Jung](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/oliver-jung/)
- [JJ Fliegelman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jj-fliegelman/)
- [Rich Aberman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/rich-aberman/)
- [Jason Freedman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jason-freedman/)

## Questions

### Who is Ali Haghani?

Ali Haghani is co-founder and CEO.

### What does Circleback (Circleback AI, Inc.) make?

Anchor Terminal lists Circleback from Circleback (Circleback AI, Inc.). Circleback is an AI meeting notetaker that records online and in-person meetings by bot, desktop or mobile app, and exposes notes, transcripts, action items, recordings, people and companies through a REST API, a remote MCP server and a CLI.

### Who has invested in Circleback (Circleback AI, Inc.)?

The sources our research read name Y Combinator, Neo, Rebel Fund, Pioneer Fund, Transpose Platform, Kulveer Taggar, Oliver Jung, JJ Fliegelman, Rich Aberman and Jason Freedman.

### How are Ali's tools graded?

Circleback is graded B, 67.6 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/circleback
- https://circleback.ai/blog/seed-funding
- https://circleback.ai/terms
- https://circleback.ai/.well-known/security.txt
- https://www.cs.ubc.ca/news/2024/03/technology-accelerator-invests-500k-cs-alums-start

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