Michael Shuffett
FounderFounder / CEO at Compose.ai
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedCompose.ai · YC
About
Michael Shuffett is founder and CEO of Compose.ai, which provides AI-powered text autocompletion across web applications. He holds seven college degrees and has achieved a second-degree black belt.
Founder / CEO at Compose.aiYC W21
Intro paths
YC
Michael went through Y Combinator (Winter 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Co-founders at Compose.ai
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Wilson MitchellFounder
Experience
- StealthChief Agentcurrent2025 — present
- Compose AIFounder / CEOcurrent2020 — present
- Quant CollectiveCo-Founder2017 — 2020
- The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)Guest Expert Consultant2016 — 2017
- The Walt Disney CompanySenior ML Engineer2016 — 2017
- AmazonMachine Learning Engineer2014 — 2016
- Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA)Researcher2012 — 2014
- OhMyGov!Software Developer2012 — 2014
- AmazonSoftware Development Engineering Intern2013Seattle, WA
- The Washington PostIT Intern2012
- Virginia TechResearcher2011 — 2012
- OPOWERFirst Software Engineer Intern2011
- New River Valley Community ServicesIT/IS Intern2010 — 2011
Skills & more
Python32Java25Machine Learning19C++10Data Mining11Hadoop7Software Engineering7Spring5C6Ruby5Object Oriented Design5Unix5
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HTMLGitSoftware DevelopmentMapReduceRelational DatabasesData AnalyticsCSSJavaScriptMavenMatlabPerlAngularJSLanguages English · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Michael Shuffett?
- Michael Shuffett is founder and CEO of Compose.ai, which provides AI-powered text autocompletion across web applications. He holds seven college degrees and has achieved a second-degree black belt.
- Where does Michael Shuffett work?
- Michael Shuffett is Founder / CEO of Compose.ai.
- What companies did Michael Shuffett found?
- Michael Shuffett founded Compose.ai.
- Where did Michael Shuffett go to school?
- Michael Shuffett studied at Y Combinator (W21); Virginia Tech (B.S.c, M.Sc.); Northern Virginia Community College (Associate of Science, Computer Science).
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