Ahmed is the founding Editor-in-Chief of Pace Layers, an annual print journal of essays, interviews, artwork, fiction, and poetry published by The Long Now Foundation. Previously, he worked in media, technology, and the networked arts and humanities. He was the Head of Video at Timeline; a co-creator of Pop (acquired by BuzzFeed); and an Editor/Producer at Zeega. He holds an MSt in Creative Writing from the University of Cambridge, a BA in History from Reed College, and has been a metaLAB Fellow at Harvard University. The recipient of a 2023 First Pages Prize from the de Groot Foundation, Ahmed is presently working on his first book.