A collective of Muslim builders pursuing ihsan in every endeavor.
ihsan (Arabic: إحسان) translates to "perfection" or "excellence." It is a matter of taking one's inner faith and showing it in both deed and action, a sense of social responsibility borne from religious convictions.
We believe the next generation of great institutions will be built by those who couple excellence in output with excellence in character.
"God has prescribed Ihsan (proficiency and excellence) in all things."
Founders building businesses big and small. From launching a coffee shop to an AI startup, we support those creating value and solving hard problems.
Venture TrackLeaders maximizing every dollar of our charitable giving, at home and abroad. We focus on long-term sustainability and operational excellence.
Impact TrackVoices representing our community in policy-making and election outcomes.
Policy TrackWe are a community of high-agency individuals who help each other build and launch ventures aligned with our values.
Some fun side projects & some "personal use" software.
A simple flashcard & quiz app that helps you learn the 100 most common phrases in the Quran, the 99 names of God, and the 100 most common words. Taught me how to build some pretty slick web apps that go beyond static websites.
Launch AppThis came out of my friends' passion for putting together ranked lists, and my desire to put the algorithm behind Beli to work. The result is an app that pits IMDB's top movies against each other in head-to-head matchups until one movie is crowned king. Taught me how to work with APIs and how to use Supabase for backend databases.
Launch AppThis came out of a personal problem: how do I do a better job keeping in touch with my family & friends across multiple timezones?
Launch AppA right of passage for vibe coders: building Goodreads but better. Learned a lot about UI/UX, rolling out new features, version control, turning web apps into iOS apps, weaving together multiple APIs, how tricky it is to get good LLM-based recommendations, and optimizing performance until an app is buttery-smooth (still working on it).
Launch AppTurns out there are a LOT of APIs available for non-commercial use. This app uses the Ticketmaster API to look for events in your city/state.
Launch AppThe SF Exploratorium has a highly addicting game: Snake, but you play with four players, each of whom can only move the snake in one direction. Every time I've visited the Exploratorium, we've played this until the museum closed. Now I can keep playing. Taught me how to optimize for multi-player & low-latency.
Launch AppA previous "Bloomberg-Lite" app I used to track company financials gated a bunch of features behind a paywall. So I decided to tap the Yahoo! Finance API to build this for myself.
Launch AppA writing app designed to help me become a better storyteller.
Launch App