Episode 411: Faisal & Kaya

Kaya and Faisal break down the rise of a Muslim founder whose AI company is now valued at $3B—from coding in a Jordanian internet café and getting rejected by YC four times… to building a browser-based IDE in 2016, then pivoting into agentic AI that codes, debugs, and deploys while you sleep. We pull out the real lessons: grit over hype, "die on the path," and why building within halal limits brings barakah (with cautionary stories about riba). We also spotlight MENSPIRE, a global barbershop chain built on Muslim values (no music, no gossip, family-safe) that still scaled—proof you can build infrastructure for the community without compromising. Plus: dopamine from doing (not doom-scrolling), showing up daily, and being agile like water when markets shift. 👉 Join FG Premium: 👉 Hot Food Distribution in Gza: 📧 Freshly Grounded Newsletter: 💪 Buy The Game: ----------------------------------------­­­­­­­­---------------------------------­-­-­-­-­ ✉️ Contact Us • Instagram: • E-mail: hello@freshlygrounded.com ----------------------------------------­­­­­­­­---------------------------------­-­-­-­-­- The views expressed by our guests do not necessarily reflect the views of Freshly Grounded or its hosts.

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Episode 411: Faisal & Kaya is an episode from Freshly Grounded by Faisal & Sam.

This episode is 48:22 long.

This episode was published on Nov 14, 2025.

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