About
Chrisjan Wust is co-founder and CTO of Sphinx. He previously co-founded and sold Adorno AI, and served as Head of Engineering at RelyComply, where he led engineering efforts as the company scaled to $12M ARR and secured a major banking client partnership.
Founder at SphinxYC F24
Intro paths
Chrisjan went through Y Combinator (Fall 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Sphinx's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Chrisjan can intro founders to Sphinx's investors below.
Sphinx's investors · 3
Co-founders at Sphinx
Experience
- SphinxCo-Foundercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Adorno AICo-Founder2024Paris, Île-de-France, France
- RelyComplyHead of Engineering2019 — 2023City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
- TheslData Scientist2018 — 2019Somerset West, Western Cape, South Africa
- FreelancingWeb Developer2010 — 2019City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
- FreelancingVideo Producer2014 — 2017Stellenbosch, South Africa
- Techairos ConsultingFull-stack Developer2017 — 2018Stellenbosch, South Africa
Skills & more
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Chrisjan Wust?
- Chrisjan Wust is co-founder and CTO of Sphinx. He previously co-founded and sold Adorno AI, and served as Head of Engineering at RelyComply, where he led engineering efforts as the company scaled to $12M ARR and secured a major banking client partnership.
- Where does Chrisjan Wust work?
- Chrisjan Wust is Founder of Sphinx.
- What companies did Chrisjan Wust found?
- Chrisjan Wust founded Sphinx.
- Where did Chrisjan Wust go to school?
- Chrisjan Wust studied at Stellenbosch University (Bachelor's Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering); Stellenberg High (High School); Zhejiang University (International Summerschool: Entrepreneurship in China, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies).
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