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Eric Rowell

Founder

Founder at Second · Founder at Wayline

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedSecond · YCWayline · YC

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.

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Eric Rowell @ericdrowell

Ditch Three.js and start using the future of web graphics for the AI coding era, https://t.co/Alarj5H3ok. Everything is compiled at build time and runs in the GPU. Completely different architecture than Three.js. No, this isn't a video of water, this is water rendering in the https://t.co/UPXtUOPKza

Aug 1, 2026 · ♥ 562 · ⇄ 32

Eric Rowell @ericdrowell

Build your games and visualizations the https://t.co/Alarj5H3ok way. All of the rendering and physics on the GPU. Everything compiled at build time. Ultra light runtime. All TypeScript. No boot-up time. First frame hits instantly. Don't make your AI coding agents build all https://t.co/14tHR9OxAR

Jul 27, 2026 · ♥ 1

Eric Rowell @ericdrowell

New "Bro Craft" demo built on BroMetal running entirely on the GPU. Shaders built in TypeScript. A single plane geometry with block elevations, stacking, material logic, all in the shaders compiled at build time, with an ultra thin runtime. https://t.co/OBHtzCTkgt https://t.co/pSyvATlBxJ

Jul 26, 2026 · ♥ 1

Founder at SecondYC W23

Intro paths

YC

Eric went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Second's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Eric can intro founders to Second's investors below.

Second's investors · 1

Y Combinator

Founder at WaylineYC S25

Intro paths

YC

Eric went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Wayline's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Eric can intro founders to Wayline's investors below.

Wayline's investors · 3

Moonfire VenturesValia VenturesY Combinator

Co-founders at Wayline

JOJason Okra
Jason OkraFounder

Experience

  1. WaylineCo-founder & CTO (YC S25)current2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. SecondFounder & CEO (YC W23)2023 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  3. UiflowCo-founder & CTO (YC W21)2020 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  4. WorkdayHead of Data Visualization2018 — 2020San Mateo, CA
  5. WorkdayPrincipal UI and Data Visualization Engineer2016 — 2018San Mateo, California
  6. PlatforaPrincipal Data Visualization Engineer2014 — 2016San Mateo, CA
  7. Html5CanvasTutorialsFounder2010 — 2015
  8. MeteorCharts, Inc.Founder & CEO2013 — 2014Sunnyvale, CA
  9. LinkedInSenior Frontend Engineer2012 — 2014Mountain View, CA
  10. KineticJSFounder2011 — 2014Silicon Valley
  11. Yahoo!Frontend Engineer2011 — 2012Sunnyvale
  12. BNSF RailwaySenior System Developer2009 — 2011

Education

  1. Y CombinatorS252025
  2. Y CombinatorW232023
  3. Y CombinatorW212021
  4. Texas Tech UniversityComputer Science, Mathematics2001 — 2009

Skills & more

Dust1Coffee1JavaScript62HTML 546CSS37HTML16jQuery11HTML59Node.js6JSON4REST3LAMP4
+12 morePHPJavaSASSGitBackbone.jsthree.jsHTML5 CanvasMySQLPhotoshopIllustratorWeb DevelopmentMobile Applications

From Eric's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator1,463

Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City

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Also attended Texas Tech University22

Adam BriceTrader at Hivemind Capital PartnersBjarmi Leó HlynssonAnalyst at BlockwallJuliannaInvestor at LiveOak VenturesCraig AndersonPartner at Pentech VenturesFelipe MendozaManaging Director at Aristos VenturesMadina NiangInvestment Manager at SAGANA

+ 16 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Workday39

Mike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalHemamAdvisor at Clear VenturesMike ArpaiaComputer scientist working on machine learning and data infrastructureAndy LeaverOperating Partner at Notion CapitalShashank SaxenaInvestor at Sierra Ventures

+ 33 more

Also worked at Platfora3

Viviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesRobert Ackerman Jr.Managing Director and Founder at AllegisCyber CapitalTim BabcockOperating Partner, GTM and Sales at Amplify Partners

Also worked at LinkedIn136

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersDeep NisharInvestment Team at General Catalyst

+ 130 more

Also worked at Yahoo!239

Jess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalMike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesFrédérique DameInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Marcie VuPartner at GreycroftIsabelle PhelpsPartner at Lerer HippeauPaul LevineOperating Partner at Sapphire Ventures

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