Edward Balassanian

With more than 25 years of experience in the technology industry, Edward Balassanian has founded and funded numerous startups ranging from operating systems to consumer packaged goods. He’s currently the founder and CEO of Aimi. This groundbreaking new music platform allows creators and businesses to integrate bespoke, royalty-cleared, copyright-free music powered by intelligent technology into any product or service while providing fans with immersive, customizable listening experiences.

Before Aimi, Edward founded startups, including BeComm Corporation, a pioneer in building operating systems for digital devices; Be Labs, an IP-centric incubator; Vital Juice, a food manufacturing company; and Strings Inc., a content publishing platform. A graduate of the University of Washington with a Distinction in Computer Science, Edward started his career at Microsoft, where he worked from 1990 to 1995. He is the named inventor of over 90 patents in technologies ranging from gesture interfaces, networking, distributed processing, and digital music synthesis.