Khamzat Asabaev is the founder and CEO of SoftSmile, a technology company focused on delivering best-in-class orthodontic treatment. Khamzat’s mission is to make orthodontic care more accessible and affordable, and he is committed to prioritizing patients over profits. As the leader and visionary, he focuses on advancing the AI-driven capabilities of SoftSmile’s flagship software, VISION, with the goal of empowering doctors to provide higher quality clear aligners at a fraction of the cost. Before starting SoftSmile, Khamzat was an M&A attorney at Linklaters for more than a decade, and along the way he founded and co-founded a number of startups, most notably a braces producer in Switzerland (3D Med) and a car-sharing company in Dubai (Motor).