About
Cody Pawlowski is Co-Founder and CTO of FirstIgnite, a university-industry collaboration platform. He previously co-founded Convey, a social listening startup he built while attending UIUC, which worked with political campaigns.
Founder at FirstIgniteYC S21
Intro paths
YC
Cody went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Cody can intro founders to FirstIgnite's investors below.
FirstIgnite's investors · 7
Connetic VenturesCovington · $250K – $500K checksFrontier VenturesCupertino · $100K – $5M checksGaingelsNew York · $200K – $500K checksID VenturesDetroit · $50K – $250K checksIllinois VenturesChampaignMichigan RiseEast Lansing · $50K – $150K checks · since 2024Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2021
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Co-founders at FirstIgnite
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Chase BonhagFounder
Experience
- FirstIgniteCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2019 — present
- Convey SoftwareFounder & CEO2016 — 2019Greater Chicago Area
Skills & more
ISO 27001 Lead Auditor4Early-stage Startups7Programming7Machine Learning1ResearchServer Administration3Database Administration2Web Development3Entrepreneurship3Video Editing2Data Management1Audio Engineering
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Music ProductionNetwork EngineeringCloud ComputingSocial Media Optimization (SMO)Social Media MeasurementWeb ServicesArtificial Intelligence (AI)LSTMLeadershipPublic SpeakingManagementISO/IEC 27701:2025 Lead AuditorLanguages English · French · Russian
- ISO/IEC 27701:2025 Lead Auditor — Mastermind
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Lead Auditor — Mastermind
- Neo4j Graph Data Science Certification — Neo4j
- Neo4j Certified Professional — Neo4j
- HAM Radio Technician License — Federal Communications Commission
From Cody's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Cody Pawlowski?
- Cody Pawlowski is Co-Founder and CTO of FirstIgnite, a university-industry collaboration platform. He previously co-founded Convey, a social listening startup he built while attending UIUC, which worked with political campaigns.
- Where does Cody Pawlowski work?
- Cody Pawlowski is Founder of FirstIgnite.
- What companies did Cody Pawlowski found?
- Cody Pawlowski founded FirstIgnite.
- Where did Cody Pawlowski go to school?
- Cody Pawlowski studied at Y Combinator; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; York Comm High School.
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