About
Joel Ritossa is co-founder and CTO at Duckie. He previously worked as an AI software engineer at C3 AI building enterprise solutions, and studied computer science at Princeton, graduating in 2020.
Joel Ritossa @joelritossa
Vibe coding and getting pummeled by a 60lb missile https://t.co/kuwle0Ev8E
Jul 30, 2025 Β· β₯ 5
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I also expanded on these points in a blog post here: https://t.co/SQRtm88AJ8
Jun 5, 2025 Β· β₯ 5 Β· β 1
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Tool Approval Finally, when Duckie is used to perform specific actions, users can configure their tools such that Duckie requires explicit approval from the team prior to taking an action. For example, let's say that you want Duckie to update customer's information via a database https://t.co/juNrPVrXdZ
Jun 5, 2025 Β· β₯ 3
Founder at DuckieYC W24
Intro paths
Joel went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Duckie's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Joel can intro founders to Duckie's investors below.
Duckie's investors Β· 2
Co-founders at Duckie
