About
John Rytel is the founder of Alex, a recruitment automation platform that handles candidate screening, interviews, and scoring for enterprise employers.
Founder at AlexYC W24
Intro paths
YC
John went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Alex's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, John can intro founders to Alex's investors below.
Alex's investors · 6
1984 Ventures Management, LlcSan Francisco · $1M checks · since 2025645 VenturesNew York · $1M – $5M checksHOF CapitalNew York · $25K – $15M checks · since 2024Peak XV PartnersTrianon · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025Uncorrelated VenturesLas Vegas · since 2025Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024
Co-founders at Alex
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Aaron WangFounder
Experience
- Alex AICo-Founder and CTOcurrent2024 — present
Skills & more
Next.js2Python (Programming Language)1JavaScriptFirebaseCloud FirestoreStripe (Software)Figma (Software)SQLCascading Style Sheets (CSS)HTMLReact.js1AWS Lambda
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Amazon CloudWatchAmazon Web Services (AWS)PHPMySQLTeam LeadershipPeople ManagementPolishWeb DevelopmentFull-Stack DevelopmentAmazon DynamodbFrom John's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is John Rytel?
- John Rytel is the founder of Alex, a recruitment automation platform that handles candidate screening, interviews, and scoring for enterprise employers.
- Where does John Rytel work?
- John Rytel is Founder of Alex.
- What companies did John Rytel found?
- John Rytel founded Alex.
- Where did John Rytel go to school?
- John Rytel studied at Y Combinator; Brown University (Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science); American School of Warsaw.
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