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Elliott Thompson

Founder

Founder at ideate.xyz

London, England, United Kingdom

Foundedideate.xyz · YC

About

Elliott Thompson studied computer graphics at University College London and worked as a graphics generalist at Snap Inc., with prior experience across 3D engines, game developer tools, graphics editors, and e-commerce platforms. He now leads ideate.xyz as a software engineer.

Founder at ideate.xyzYC S24

Intro paths

YC

Elliott went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran ideate.xyz's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

In turn, Elliott can intro founders to ideate.xyz's investors below.

Experience

  1. ideate.xyz (YC S24)Co-Foundercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Snap Inc.Software Engineer2020 — 2023London, England, United Kingdom
  3. MADE.COMSoftware Engineer2018London, England, United Kingdom
  4. MOOSoftware Engineer2015 — 2017London, England, United Kingdom
  5. Metrarc LtdSoftware Engineer2013 — 2015Canterbury, England, United Kingdom
  6. Northwestern UniversityResearch Intern2012Chicago, Illinois, United States

Skills & more

Computer VisionImage Processing2Computer Graphics2Scrum1Programming5User Interface Design2Android Development2Agile Methodologies1iPhone Application Development4OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL)ShadingC++3
+12 moreJavaScriptPythonHTMLCSSSQLObjective-CC#MySQLAndroid SDKMicrosoft WordPhotoshopC

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Elliott Thompson?
Elliott Thompson studied computer graphics at University College London and worked as a graphics generalist at Snap Inc., with prior experience across 3D engines, game developer tools, graphics editors, and e-commerce platforms. He now leads ideate.xyz as a software engineer.
Where does Elliott Thompson work?
Elliott Thompson is Founder of ideate.xyz.
What companies did Elliott Thompson found?
Elliott Thompson founded ideate.xyz.
Where did Elliott Thompson go to school?
Elliott Thompson studied at UCL (MSc (Computer Graphics, Vision & Imaging)); University of Essex (BSc Computer Science).

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