About
Francesco Bonacci previously worked on Xbox and Microsoft AI, and is now developing cloud desktop infrastructure at Cua.
Founder at CuaYC X25
Intro paths
YC
Francesco went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Cua's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Francesco can intro founders to Cua's investors below.
Cua's investors · 3
Co-founders at Cua
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Dillon DuPont
Experience
- Cua (YC X25)Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- MicrosoftSoftware Engineer 22024 — 2025Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- MicrosoftSoftware Engineer 22022 — 2024Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
- MicrosoftCustomer Engineer - App Innovation2020 — 2022Milan, Lombardy, Italy
- MicrosoftTechnical Evangelist - Azure Lab Services2019 — 2020Wallisellen, Zurich, Switzerland
- Swatch GroupSoftware Development Engineer2019Bern Area, Switzerland
- SgameProSoftware Engineer2018 — 2019Ticino, Switzerland
- Textplaces LLCSoftware Engineer2017 — 2018Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Gaia srlSoftware Engineer2017Milan, Lombardy, Italy
- Cure-IT AGSoftware Developer2016 — 2017Zug, Switzerland
- Allyn Technology GroupSoftware Developer2016
- PT.TransactSoftware Engineer2016
- MYAPPFREE S.R.L.Software Developer2016Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
- LionbridgeSearch Engine Evaluator2012 — 2013Lionbridge Technologies, Inc., Waltham (United States)
Skills & more
Xamarin39Visual Studio36UWP24WPF17HTML511CSS9JavaScript15Java8C#23C++8HTML6.NET Framework14
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XMLjQuerySQLAJAXDatabasesEntity FrameworkMicrosoft ProductsLanguage Integrated Query (LINQ)XAMLWinRTTypeScriptSoftware DevelopmentLanguages English · French · Italian
- Microsoft Certified Trainer 2022-2023 — Microsoft
- Microsoft Global Hackathon 2022 — Microsoft
- Microsoft Certified Trainer 2021-2022 — Microsoft
- Professional Scrum Master™ I (PSM I) — Scrum.org
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate — Microsoft
- Xamarin Mobile Certification — Xamarin
- First Certificate in English (FCE) — University of Cambridge
From Francesco's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Francesco Bonacci?
- Francesco Bonacci previously worked on Xbox and Microsoft AI, and is now developing cloud desktop infrastructure at Cua.
- Where does Francesco Bonacci work?
- Francesco Bonacci is Founder of Cua.
- What companies did Francesco Bonacci found?
- Francesco Bonacci founded Cua.
- Where did Francesco Bonacci go to school?
- Francesco Bonacci studied at Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna (Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering); Liceo Scientifico (High School).
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