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DevTools Founder Directory

Founders creating developer tools and infrastructure products.

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Andrew M. Dai
@andrewdai

Former director and principal researcher at Google DeepMind where he led the Gemini Data Area. Now co-founder and CEO of a stealth startup working on deep learning and LLMs.

TechnicalResearch
19 VCs

Former Google engineer and Ethereum Foundation alum, now founder and lead developer of Ethereum Name Service. Built ENS from the ground up starting in 2018 to become the leading blockchain naming system.

Web3Technical
18 VCs
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Erik Spock Gafni (hiring!)
@egafni

Cofounder and CTO of TypeSafe, leading the model training team.

Technical
18 VCs
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Aaron Katz
@ceo_clickhouse

CEO of ClickHouse, the open source columnar database management system designed for online analytical processing.

Founder
18 VCs
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Hunter Leath
@jhleath

Ex-Netflix and AWS engineer now building Archil (YC F24), a cloud storage solution for AI companies to manage data.

FundedTechnicalProduct
18 VCs
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Nicolai Ouporov
@nicoup

Machine learning researcher at Columbia AI and Robotics Lab, then founding engineer at Respell (acquired by Salesforce). Now co-founder and CEO of Fleet AI, working on AI simulation environments.

TechnicalResearch
18 VCs
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Henri Stern Ꙫ
@sternhenri

Research scientist at Protocol Labs turned co-founder and CEO of Privy, working on data and asset security. Previously software engineer at Mark43.

FundedWeb3TechnicalResearch
17 VCs
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Alex Rattray
@rattrayalex

Former Stripe engineer who worked on developer platform and products, now founder of Stainless API. Previously built software at Hired before joining Stripe.

TechnicalProduct
17 VCs
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Sasha Malysheva
@aimalysheva

PhD in Reinforcement Learning, previously at DeepMind and Google X. Currently building something for LLM communication and part of South Park Commons F25 cohort.

TechnicalResearch
17 VCs
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Wayne Nelms
@wayne_nelmz

MIT Math + CS student turned quant trader at Susquehanna International Group, now co-founder & CTO of Ornn building trading infrastructure.

FundedTechnicalResearchFinanceStudent
17 VCs
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