Founder & CEO
I started braiding hair when I was a teenager. It helped me pay for school and taught me how much time, effort, and skill go into this work.
Later, I became an engineer at Google, building systems used by millions of people. But I kept thinking about the same problem: braiding still takes hours, and the tools haven’t meaningfully improved.
Braidiant is where those two worlds come together.
I’m building tools to make braiding faster, easier, and less physically demanding — without taking away the craft behind it.
Chisom Okwor
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I started braiding hair when I was a teenager. It helped me pay for school and taught me how much time, effort, and skill goes into this work.
Later, I became an engineer at Google, building systems used by millions of people. But I kept thinking about the same problem: braiding still takes hours, and the tools haven’t meaningfully improved.
Braidiant is where those two worlds come together.
I’m building tools to make braiding faster, easier, and less physically demanding — without taking away the craft behind it.
- Chisom Okwor
I started braiding hair when I was a teenager. It helped me pay for school and taught me how much time, effort, and skill goes into this work.
Later, I became an engineer at Google, building systems used by millions of people. But I kept thinking about the same problem: braiding still takes hours, and the tools haven’t meaningfully improved.
Braidiant is where those two worlds come together.
I’m building tools to make braiding faster, easier, and less physically demanding — without taking away the craft behind it.
- Chisom Okwor
Mission
Mission
Building better tools for textured hair — with care at the center
Building better tools for textured hair — with care at the center
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