About
Andrew Hoskins is co-founder and CTO of Upfront, which helps retailers offer clean energy products through rebate programs. He previously worked as an engineer at Affirm, where he contributed to payments and servicing systems.
Founder at UpfrontYC W23
Intro paths
YC
Andrew went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Upfront's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Andrew can intro founders to Upfront's investors below.
Upfront's investors · 1
Co-founders at Upfront
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Thomas StephensCo-founder & CEO
Experience
- BlockEngineering2025 — 2026
- Upfront (YC W23)Co-Founder & CTO2022 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
- Affirm, Inc.Senior Software Engineer2018 — 2022San Francisco, California, United States
- MesosphereSoftware Engineer2017 — 2018San Francisco, California, United States
- ShopifySoftware Engineer Intern2016Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- MesosphereSoftware Engineer Intern2016San Francisco, California, United States
- Garmin InternationalSoftware Engineer Intern2015Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- TELUSResearch and Development Intern2014Edmonton, Canada
Skills & more
Datadog1Elasticsearch1Node.js1Web Application DevelopmentEngineering LeadershipBatch ProcessingAirflowAmazon Web Services (AWS)KotlinJava5RubyStripe (Software)
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Large Language Models (LLM)Figma (Software)PostgreSQLDistributed SystemsJavaScriptPythonSoftware EngineeringAgile MethodologiesSimulationsChrome ExtensionsMySQLBash ShellFrom Andrew's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Andrew Hoskins?
- Andrew Hoskins is co-founder and CTO of Upfront, which helps retailers offer clean energy products through rebate programs. He previously worked as an engineer at Affirm, where he contributed to payments and servicing systems.
- Where does Andrew Hoskins work?
- Andrew Hoskins is Founder of Upfront.
- What companies did Andrew Hoskins found?
- Andrew Hoskins founded Upfront.
- Where did Andrew Hoskins go to school?
- Andrew Hoskins studied at University of Alberta (Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Co-op, Computer Engineering); Y Combinator.
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