Nima is co-founder and CEO at durable.ai, a startup developing an AI agent to automate the full software development lifecycle for non-technical enterprise users, from problem statement to production, maintenance, and modification. Before Durable, he was co-founder and CTO of Canvas Technology, a Boulder CO based startup developing vision-based autonomous mobile robots for manufacturing and logistics, acquired by Amazon. Post-acquisition, Nima was a venture partner at Xplorer Capital, helping the team source and assess early-stage startup deals in deep tech, AI, and sustainability. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado Boulder, where his research focus was visual perception and control for agile autonomous vehicles.








