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Eric Rowell
FounderCTO at Wayline · Founder at Second · Founder at Y Combinator
San Francisco Bay Area
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About
Eric Rowell is co-founder and CTO of Wayline (YC S25), and previously founded Second (YC W23), a company that raised $1.9M for enterprise codebase maintenance tools. He was co-founder and CTO of Uiflow (YC W21), which secured $21M in funding, developed a no-code platform for enterprises, and was acquired by Workday; prior to that, he held roles as Head of Data Visualization at Workday, UI architect at LinkedIn and Yahoo, and authored technical books and open source libraries in visualization and web technologies.
CTO at WaylineYC S25
Intro paths
Eric went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Wayline's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Eric can intro founders to Wayline's investors below.
Wayline's investors · 12
Co-founders at Wayline
Founder at SecondYC W23
Intro paths
Eric went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Second's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Eric can intro founders to Second's investors below.
Second's investors · 9
Founder at Y CombinatorYC Unspecified
Intro paths
Eric went through Y Combinator (Unspecified) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
In turn, Eric can intro founders to Y Combinator's investors below.
Y Combinator's investors · 2
Co-founders at Y Combinator
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Eric Rowell?
- Eric Rowell is co-founder and CTO of Wayline (YC S25), and previously founded Second (YC W23), a company that raised $1.9M for enterprise codebase maintenance tools. He was co-founder and CTO of Uiflow (YC W21), which secured $21M in funding, developed a no-code platform for enterprises, and was acquired by Workday; prior to that, he held roles as Head of Data Visualization at Workday, UI architect at LinkedIn and Yahoo, and authored technical books and open source libraries in visualization and web technologies.
- Where does Eric Rowell work?
- Eric Rowell is Founder of Second and CTO at Wayline and Founder at Y Combinator.
- What companies did Eric Rowell found?
- Eric Rowell founded Second, Wayline, Y Combinator.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,594
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LinkedIn mafia195
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Workday mafia44
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Y Combinator mafia35
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Texas Tech University mafia21
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