Awais Ahmed

Bio

Awais Ahmed is the founder and CEO of Pixxel, a space data company building a constellation of the world’s highest-resolution hyperspectral earth imaging satellites and the analytical tools to mine insights from the data. Awais conceptualized and founded Pixxel in 2019 while still pursuing undergraduate studies at a university in India to build a global space technology startup that could help bring the benefits of space down to earth and build a health monitor for the planet.

Awais completed his Master's degree in Mathematics from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, India. Awais was one of the founding members of Hyperloop India, a national team that was a finalist at the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition in 2017 and built India’s first Hyperloop pod prototype. While still wrapping up his undergraduate degree, Awais entered the SpaceX Hyperloop competition as their engineering lead and became the only winning team from India, resulting in an invite to the SpaceX HQ.