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Kairan Quazi Biography: Age, Career, Family and More

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated September 29, 2026 • 6 min read

Quick Info

Date of birthJanuary 27, 2009

Age14 Years (as of 2023)

BirthplaceSan Francisco Bay Area, USA

ProfessionSoftware Engineer

NationalityBangladeshi-American

Marital statusUnmarried

FamilyParents: Mustahid Quazi and Julia Quazi; only child

Kairan Quazi Biography

Bangladeshi-American prodigy Kairan Quazi became notable for early achievements in computer engineering and research. A dual-national from the San Francisc

Early life and background

Kairan Quazi was born on January 27, 2009, and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is Bangladeshi-American and the only child of Mustahid Quazi, a former chemical engineer, and his wife Julia. From a very young age Kairan showed advanced verbal ability, beginning to speak in clear full sentences by around two years old.

His childhood education included attendance at Helios in Sunnyvale and participation in specialized programs such as YoungWonks Coding Academy. Recognizing his accelerated learning profile, his parents enrolled him in a specialized elementary program. While still very young he also took part in a master’s class program focused on open-source machine learning.

Education

Kairan’s formal postsecondary journey started unusually early. He enrolled at Las Positas College at age nine and graduated with an Associate of Science degree in Mathematics by age eleven, becoming the youngest student to do so in the college’s records. He continued at Santa Clara University, where he completed a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering in 2022 and a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering in 2023.

Kairan has been involved with the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth and is a Young Scholar at the Davidson Institute. His testing milestones include SAT-level performance at a young age that qualified him for advanced programs, and reports indicate his IQ tested above the 99.9th percentile during his childhood.

Career

Kairan’s career in technology and research began while he was still a child. In 2019 he worked as a research collaborator with Intel Labs’ Anticipatory Computing Lab, contributing to next-generation development related to assistive communication technology. He has held roles at Las Positas College as a staff assistant and STEM tutor, completed a summer internship at a venture-backed cyber intelligence startup, and worked as an AI intern at Blackbird AI in 2022.

His writing has appeared in outlets such as MIT Technology Review and the Frederick Douglass Foundation, and he has presented as a keynote speaker — for example at the 2020 Shift AI Conference where he spoke about AI and social justice. Kairan also pursued a role at SpaceX where he gained recognition for being among the youngest software engineers associated with the company.

Public profile

Kairan’s interests extend beyond academics and research. He codes in many programming languages and interfaces, with reported familiarity with at least 19 languages. He maintains a public presence through media appearances on outlets like Good Morning America and has given talks at events and fundraisers, including a Khan Academy fundraiser that supported education initiatives.

He runs a YouTube channel titled "Kairan Quazi – Let’s Go Molecular!" where he posts vlogs about news, gaming, and pop culture aimed at making complex topics accessible to younger audiences. Kairan also participated in local civic activities such as a June 2020 march in his hometown advocating against racism and for peace.

Personal interests and profile

Outside of technology, Kairan enjoys a variety of activities: martial arts (he earned a Student Black Belt in Kajukenbo in 2018 after beginning training around age 3.5), tennis, video games including Pokémon and Minecraft, and piano lessons. He lists reading among his passions, consuming both fiction series such as Game of Thrones and classic non-fiction like Neil deGrasse Tyson’s work. He is learning Bengali from his parents and has taken Mandarin classes.

Teachers and peers have noted both his exceptional intellect and everyday challenges: he has been described as having particularly strong asynchronous learning abilities and a high emotional quotient, while also struggling at times with handwriting, languages, and sustained focus. His academic path has included active management of social and classroom dynamics, such as sending preparatory emails to professors as the youngest student in his university classes.

Latest updates

By 2023 Kairan had completed a Master’s in Computer Engineering and was exploring further research ambitions, including interest in pursuing work at institutions such as MIT. In April 2023 he took part in student government elections at Santa Clara University. He continues to combine research, public engagement, media work, and creative projects aimed at helping peers better understand science and technology.
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Recent Work

Research collaborator, Intel Labs’ Anticipatory Computing Lab

Contributed to next-generation development related to assistive communication technology (2019)

2019
AI Intern, Blackbird AI

Internship role focused on artificial intelligence (2022)

2022
Master's degree in Computer Engineering

Completed a Master’s in Computer Engineering at Santa Clara University

2023
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Career Highlights

  1. Youngest student to enroll at Las Positas College (age 9) and youngest to graduate with an AS in Mathematics (age 11)
  2. Research collaborator at Intel Labs’ Anticipatory Computing Lab
  3. Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Computer Engineering from Santa Clara University
  4. Keynote speaker at the Shift AI Conference (2020)
  5. Student Black Belt in Kajukenbo martial art
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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Kairan Quazi born?

January 27, 2009

What is Kairan Quazi known for?

Software Engineer

What is Kairan Quazi’s marital status?

Unmarried