Incubator-Backed Founder · Student Athlete · International Chess Player
He founded a company on a simple conviction — that the better player should win. A national chess champion with a finance mind, Ahad builds with care and lets the results make the argument.
Founder — Wager960
Morrissette · Demo Day
Demo Day · 2026
Ahad has pitched Wager960 from the Morrissette stage more than once — grant panels, demo days, a room full of polite skeptics. The spotlight is nice, but it was never the point. A pitch is only ever as good as the thing standing behind it.
His Story →The Big Bet
Wager960 is Ahad's answer to a rigged premise — that betting has to mean luck. On his platform, players stake real money on 1v1 chess, and the sharper mind takes the pot. Concept to MVP, twenty-five beta testers, an $11,000 grant, and a thesis he'll defend at any table.
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Wager960
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The Method
Ambiguity is where he's most comfortable. Ahad picks a direction, commits, and corrects in motion — rather than waiting on information that never fully arrives.
Nothing gets made to look busy; everything gets made to earn its place. Wager960 reached real users because each decision had a clear reason behind it.
He would rather the results carry the argument than the volume. He notes what worked, what didn't, and why — so the next decision compounds on the last.
