# Karim Rahme

![Karim Rahme at a mountain lookout above a lake, with snow-capped peaks in the distance](https://karimrahme.com/image.webp)

I'm the co-founder and CEO of [Metorial](https://metorial.com), where we're building the infrastructure for companies to deploy, govern, and operate AI agents.

Metorial was part of [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com)'s F25 batch, with [Andrew Miklas](https://www.ycombinator.com/people/andrew-miklas) as our partner. We're backed by over 40 investors, including [Paul Graham](https://paulgraham.com).

I've learned from many mentors, like [Jason Freedman](https://humbledmba.com) of [Orange Collective](https://www.orangecollective.vc), who keep me honest about what matters: staying kind and humble, and giving back more than we take.

Before Metorial, I pursued a deliberately anachronistic education, triple-majoring in computer science, mathematics, and philosophy at [NYU Abu Dhabi](https://nyuad.nyu.edu), an intimate liberal arts campus with students hailing from more than 120 countries.

I write essays, fiction, and code—and have an immoderate fondness for the em dash, which LLMs won't take from me. I also have complete aphantasia: I cannot conjure images in my mind's eye. Nor do I have an inner monologue. That means I think in neither pictures nor words. I'm still not sure what's left.

I grew up in a small Austrian village. Naturally, I boulder, hike, and run.