About
Matt Riley founded Swiftype, a search platform acquired by Elastic in 2017, and served as a Visiting Partner at Y Combinator. He was an early engineer at Scribd.
Founder/CEO at FixtureYC W26
Intro paths
YC
Matt went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner β the partner who ran Fixture's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Matt can intro founders to Fixture's investors below.
Fixture's investors Β· 1
Co-founders at Fixture
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Quin HoxieFounder
Experience
- Y CombinatorVisiting Partnercurrent2024 β present
- ElasticGVP & General Manager, Search2023 β 2024San Francisco, California, United States
- ElasticGeneral Manager, Search2021 β 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- ElasticVP of Product, Enterprise Search2020 β 2021
- ElasticSr. Director of Product Management2019 β 2020
- ElasticDirector of Product Management2017 β 2019
- Swiftype (an Elastic company)Co-Founder & CEO2012 β 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- ScribdDirector of Product2010 β 2011San Francisco, California
- ScribdSenior Software Engineer2008 β 2010San Francisco, California
- The University of Texas at AustinGraduate Research Assistant, Computer Vision2007 β 2008Austin, Texas
- HomeAway is now VrboSoftware Engineer2007 β 2008Austin, Texas
- Covi Technologies IncSoftware Engineer2006Austin, Texas
- Applied Research Laboratories, The University of Texas at AustinUndergraduate Research Assistant2004 β 2005Austin, Texas
Skills & more
Ruby on Rails7Ruby7Strategic Partnerships11Web Applications26Scalability7Start-ups16
From Matt's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Matt Riley?
- Matt Riley founded Swiftype, a search platform acquired by Elastic in 2017, and served as a Visiting Partner at Y Combinator. He was an early engineer at Scribd.
- Where does Matt Riley work?
- Matt Riley is Founder/CEO of Fixture.
- What companies did Matt Riley found?
- Matt Riley founded Fixture.
- Where did Matt Riley go to school?
- Matt Riley studied at The University of Texas at Austin (MS, Electrical Engineering); The University of Texas at Austin (BS, Electrical Engineering).
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Shared employers
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