Chris Nolet
FounderFounder and CEO at Button Computer
San Francisco Bay Area
FoundedButton Computer · YC
About
Chris Nolet held a staff engineering position at Apple developing Vision Pro hardware and software. He has prior experience founding companies and working in venture capital, with training in both mechanical engineering and software development.
Founder and CEO at Button ComputerYC W26
Intro paths
YC
Chris went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Tyler Bosmeny, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Button Computer's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Chris can intro founders to Button Computer's investors below.
Button Computer's investors · 1
Experience
- Button Computer (YC W26)Founder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- South Park CommonsMember2023 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- AppleStaff AR/VR Software Engineer2022 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- AppleSenior AR/VR Software Engineer2018 — 2022
- VisbySenior Software Engineer2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- 500 GlobalVenture Partner2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- CoinbaseSenior Software Engineer2014 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- App.ioCo-Founder & CTO/COO2012 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
Skills & more
Swift (Programming Language)C++2C#UnityObjective-C5Ruby on Rails8Node.js2Business Strategy15Product Development20Entrepreneurship43Start-ups39User Experience11
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Chris Nolet?
- Chris Nolet held a staff engineering position at Apple developing Vision Pro hardware and software. He has prior experience founding companies and working in venture capital, with training in both mechanical engineering and software development.
- Where does Chris Nolet work?
- Chris Nolet is Founder and CEO of Button Computer.
- What companies did Chris Nolet found?
- Chris Nolet founded Button Computer.
- Where did Chris Nolet go to school?
- Chris Nolet studied at RMIT University (Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering).
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