Saud Siddiqui
I help you go 0 to 1 with your startup. Med/Edtech 30M series A/exit
Studied at UC Irvine
Worked at Kaiser Permanente
Available Friday at 6:00 PM UTC
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Saud's Coaching Offerings
Custom hourly · $80/hr
Get help with AI Agents, AI Automation, and .
Saud’s Startup Founders Qualifications
Experience level: Executive
Co-founded EdTech platform Sketchy in medical school. Built it into the study platform used by nearly every U.S. med student with 500K+ users. Led the company as CEO through $30M Series A. Currently on the board. Built DDx, Sketchy's AI-powered clinical simulation platform — LLM-driven patient encounters with real-time evaluation of diagnostic reasoning and safety. Now piloting at 30+ programs and integrated into curriculum at over 15+ institutions. Designed the product, eval system, guardrails, and the go-to-market from scratch.
Saud can help with:
AI Agents
AI Automation
AI Fundamentals
App Development
Branding
Business Strategy Development
Compensation Strategy
Contract Drafting
Cover Letters
Fundraising
Go-to-Market Strategy
Hiring
Ideation
Interview Prep
Legal Research
Market Research
Resume
Venture Capital Strategy
Web Development
About Saud
Emergency physician. Built Sketchy.com in med school -- 500K+ users and $30M Series A. Recently built DDx, an AI clinical reasoning tool adopted at 30+ medical schools.
Why do I coach?
I coach to give back. I did not have a coach but it would have helped a lot when building my business. I am first gen, no entrepreneurs in the family, did not have capital or backing initially. Founding a business was life changing and I want to help other scrappy founders.
Work Experience
Emergency Medicine Physician
Kaiser Permanente
July 2019 - August 2020
Emergency Medicine, Clinical Decision Making and +1 skill
Emergency Medicine Physician
The George Washington University
2015 - 2019
Emergency Medicine, Clinical Research and +2 skills
Cofounder & CEO
Sketchy
2013 - 2025
Co-founded Edtech platform in medical school. Grew from hand-drawn whiteboard sketches into the dominant learning platform for U.S. medical students serving over 500K+ users. Expanded into PA, NP, and MCAT. Led the company as CEO through Series A fundraise ($30M), scaled team from a handful to 50+ across product, engineering, clinical content, sales, operations, and legal. Managed board, P&L, business planning, forecasting, and institutional sales. Led product org across core platform and growth. Deep expertise in 0→1 AI product. Built a clinical reasoning simulator where students work through LLM-powered patient encounters that evaluate diagnostic accuracy, reasoning quality, and safety in real time. Designed eval frameworks and guardrails. Drove adoption into 30+ medical, PA, and NP programs — cold outreach, conference demos (AAMC, PAEA, NBOME), pilot design, and institutional sales. Ongoing governance, strategic oversight, and advisory role through CEO transition and company's next phase of growth.
Education
UC Irvine
Doctor of Medicine - MD, Medicine
2011 - 2015
University of Southern California
B.A., Biological Sciences, Entrepreneurship
2007 - 2011