Where does Matt Riley work?

Matt Riley is Founder/CEO of Fixture and Founder at Swiftype.

What companies did Matt Riley found?

Matt Riley founded Fixture, Swiftype.

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).

Matt Riley

Founder

Founder/CEO at Fixture · Founder at Swiftype

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedFixture · YC Swiftype · YC

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DougunlockedMatt: together at The University of Texas at Austin (2002–2008)

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Matt: together at Scribd

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 Fixture YC W26

Intro paths

Matt went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Fixture's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Matt can intro founders to Fixture's investors below.

Fixture's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Fixture

Quin HoxieFounder

Founder at Swiftype YC W12

Intro paths

Matt went through Y Combinator (Winter 2012) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Matt can intro founders to Swiftype's investors below.

Swiftype's investors · 3

Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2012

Co-founders at Swiftype

Quin HoxieFounder

Experience

Y CombinatorVisiting Partnercurrent2024 — present
ElasticGVP & General Manager, Search2023 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
ElasticGeneral Manager, Search2021 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
ElasticVP of Product, Enterprise Search2020 — 2021
ElasticSr. Director of Product Management2019 — 2020
ElasticDirector of Product Management2017 — 2019
Swiftype (an Elastic company)Co-Founder & CEO2012 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
ScribdDirector of Product2010 — 2011San Francisco, California
ScribdSenior Software Engineer2008 — 2010San Francisco, California
The University of Texas at AustinGraduate Research Assistant, Computer Vision2007 — 2008Austin, Texas
HomeAway is now VrboSoftware Engineer2007 — 2008Austin, Texas
Covi Technologies IncSoftware Engineer2006Austin, Texas
Applied Research Laboratories, The University of Texas at AustinUndergraduate Research Assistant2004 — 2005Austin, Texas

Skills & more

Ruby on Rails7Ruby7Strategic Partnerships11Web Applications26Scalability7Start-ups16

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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 and Founder at Swiftype.
What companies did Matt Riley found?: Matt Riley founded Fixture, Swiftype.
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).