Noor Siddiqui

Noor Siddiqui is an American entrepreneur. She is a Thiel Fellow, and the co-founder of the medical company Remedy.

Noor Siddiqui
Siddiqui at Web Summit 2014.
Born (1994-06-20) June 20, 1994
NationalityAmerican
EducationStanford University, Computer Science
Alma materRobinson Secondary School[1]
OccupationEntrepreneur
OrganizationRemedy
Parent(s)Uzair Siddiqui, Rubina Siddiqui[1]
Websitenoorsiddiqui.com

Early life

Siddiqui grew up in Northern Virginia, and her parents are of Pakistani origin.[2] At age 14, she started a nonprofit to provide scholarships to poor families.[3] She was awarded the Thiel Fellowship in June 2012, where participants are paid $100,000 to drop out of college and start their own projects;[4] Siddiqui was the youngest Fellow selected in 2012 and one of two women, she was accepted to several colleges, but chose not to attend any of them so that she could pursue the Fellowship.[1] When her application was selected, Siddiqui's initial focus was on ending poverty, but she switched to the medical technology industry several years later.[5]

Education

Siddiqui studied Computer Science at Stanford University. She conducted research in the AI Lab under Sebastian Thrun and in genomics under Anshul Kundaje. As an Masters student, she taught CS17si: Frontiers in Reproductive Technology, with the faculty sponsor Russ Altman. [6]

Entrepreneurship

Noor Siddiqui started Remedy with her sister Gina Siddiqui, who took a leave of absence from University of Pennsylvania's medical school in order to join her. The company's initial product, an app named Beam, used Google Glass to let medical providers talk with each other and stream video.[5] In a small pilot study, 91% of surgeons said that they found the app useful for managing treatments.[7] Remedy later developed a mobile phone app that allowed primary care doctors to quickly consult with specialists over video chat, without needing Google Glass hardware.[8]

[9] Siddiqui returned the funds raised to investors in order to attend Stanford University full time. [10]

gollark: Have a crash handler which makes the screen go red or something.
gollark: Use a frequency doubler circuit.
gollark: I should check on them.
gollark: GTech™ has had thing-doing drones for ages.
gollark: You should be using a hologram projector instead.

References
  1. Goldstein, Jessica (3 August 2012). "Jumping off the college track". The Washington Post. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  2. Kelly, Caitlin (September 15, 2014). "Forgoing College to Pursue Dreams". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  3. Kelly, Guy (September 20, 2014). "The Thiel Fellowship: meet the college dropouts ready to change the world". The Telegraph. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  4. Lynley, Matt (June 13, 2012). "Peter Thiel Is Paying These 20 Entrepreneurs Who Can't Even Drink Yet $100,000 To Drop Out Of College". Business Insider. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  5. Schwartz, Ariel (April 3, 2014). "A Google Glass App For Doctors To Stream Video Of Patients To Consult Other Doctors". Fast Company. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  6. {title=CS 17si: Frontiers in Reproductive Technology|url=https://reproductivetech.stanford.edu/%7Caccessdate=3 April 2019|}}
  7. Cutler, Kim-Mai (August 25, 2014). "Remedy Bets That Google Glass Will Find Its Sweet Spot In The Medical Industry". TechCrunch. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  8. Miguel, Ken (June 15, 2015). "Remedy app connects doctors with each other to speed up access for patients". ABC7 San Francisco. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  9. Pai, Aditi (November 17, 2014). "Consumer startups abandon Google Glass, healthcare companies weigh alternatives". MobiHealthNews. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  10. Washington, Corey (February 7, 2019). "Noor Siddiqui, Thiel Fellow, on Stanford and Silicon Valley-Episode3". Manifold. Retrieved 7 Feb 2019.
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