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Zia Chishti, 45, is an American entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of Afiniti, the US-based artificial intelligence company. Afiniti combines artificial intelligence and big data to pair customers and agents in contact centers based on behavior. . Afiniti closed its Series-D fundraising round in May 2017 at a $1.6B valuation, and is rumoured to have filed for an IPO.

Previously, Zia founded and was the CEO of Align Technology, the manufacturer of 3D digital scanners and clear aligners used in orthodontics, which he founded with Kelsey Wirth whilst a student at Standard business school in 1997. Zia left Align in 2004 after the business went public on the Nasdaq Stock Market on January 26, 2001

Zia was listed as one of America’s top 50 bachelors in 2001 by People Magazine.