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Panos Stravopodis

Founder

Founder & Chief Technology Officer at Elyos AI

London, England, United Kingdom

FoundedElyos AI · YC

About

Panos Stravopodis is founder and CTO of Elyos AI. He has spent over 15 years in engineering leadership across FinTech, MarTech, and Climate Tech, including roles as VP of Engineering at Bulb/Zoa overseeing a 150+ person team on Smart Energy products in the UK, and senior positions at Funding Circle and Bynder.

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Panos Stravopodis @pstrav

4 days to go and I'm really excited to announce the panel for the @Elyos_AI x @googlecloud Voice AI event on Tuesday. And what a lineup it is! 🎙️ @SaarasMehan - Co-founder & CTO @Jackandjillai 🎙️ Pieris Christofi - Forward Deployed Engineer @ElevenLabs 🎙️ Fabian Seipel-

Apr 24, 2026 · ♥ 1 · ⇄ 1

Panos Stravopodis @pstrav

The hardest problems in Voice AI can't be solved by Claude. (We checked.) The @Elyos_AI team will be in San Francisco next Monday hosting a dinner for Founders and Founding Engineers deep in this space. We've got an amazing group coming to talk about what's actually hard in

Mar 18, 2026 · ♥ 2

Panos Stravopodis @pstrav

If you geek out on real-time audio pipelines, follow along. Or even better: come build this with us 👇https://t.co/Xky6xCsdnA

Mar 13, 2026 · ♥ 1

Founder & Chief Technology Officer at Elyos AIYC S23

Intro paths

YC

Panos went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Elyos AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Panos can intro founders to Elyos AI's investors below.

Elyos AI's investors · 4

Blackbird VenturesPi LabsSterling RoadY Combinator

Co-founders at Elyos AI

AJAdrian Johnston
Adrian JohnstonFounder
PBPhilippa Brown
Philippa BrownFounder

Experience

  1. ElyosFounder & Chief Technology Officercurrent2023 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
  2. Episode 1 VenturesLimited Partnercurrent2026 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
  3. EndeavorMentorcurrent2026 — present
  4. EndeavorEndeavor Entrepreneur (ScaleUp)current2024 — present
  5. Orange CollectiveVenture Partnercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  6. ZoaVP of Engineering2022 — 2023Greater London, England, United Kingdom
  7. BulbVP of Engineering2020 — 2022Greater London, England, United Kingdom
  8. Funding Circle UKPrincipal Engineer2018 — 2020London Area, United Kingdom
  9. BynderChapter Lead DevOps - Lead Architect2016 — 2018The Randstad, Netherlands
  10. Vancis B.V.Senior Software Engineer2015The Randstad, Netherlands
  11. Byte B.V.Software Engineer2015The Randstad, Netherlands
  12. Bozonos Luxury Villa & Spa TreatmentSoftware Developer - IT Quality Engineer2009 — 2010Zakynthos, Greece

Education

  1. Y CombinatorSummer Batch 2023
  2. Imperial Business SchoolMachine Learning & Artificial Intelligence2024 — 2025
  3. University of PatrasDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Software Engineering
  4. University of AmsterdamMaster of Science (MSc), Software Engineering
  5. University of PatrasMaster of Engineering (MEng), Computer Engineering & Informatics

Skills & more

Early Stage Investment9Angel Investing10Start-up Ventures9OpenStack13Cassandra10Logstash4Graphite3RabbitMQ2Haskell1OpenShift1Software Development8Scrum1
+12 morevaultKubernetesSite Reliability EngineeringFinTechCross-functional Team LeadershipEngineering ManagementTechnical LeadershipInfrastructureAnsibleElasticSearchKibanaDjango

Languages English · French · Greek

From Panos's professional profile.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,668

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3

+ 8,661 more

University of Amsterdam mafia20

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Maarten EngelenArtificial IntelligenceFounded HiberBen WhiteResearch MasterFounded Vc4AGeorgia RobertsonBachelor's Degree LawsFounded HumanitixSebastian BrunemeierMScFounded Cambrian BioMadeline LawrenceBachelor’s DegreeFounded Aikido SecurityDesmin DekkerMaster of Science (MSc)Founded Polpo

+ 13 more

Imperial Business School mafia16

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Alex ZhouMaster of Science (Msc)Founded Hirebolt +1Maroof AhmedBachelor’s DegreeFounded PelagoYusuf SherwaniBachelor of Science (B.Sc. Hons)Founded PelagoAnthony OduwoleMBAFounded VertoSarim SiddiquiBachelor of Science (BSc)Founded PelagoKyriakos EleftheriouMaster of Science (MSc)Founded Terra API

+ 9 more

Bynder mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Grant ShaddickProduct ManagerFounded TellaMichiel WesterbeekJavascript DeveloperFounded Tella

University of Patras mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Nikos KaramolegkosDiploma (M.S. equivalency)Founded Gerald Technologies, IncDimitris Fotis SakellariouBachelor's degreeFounded Piramidal

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Leo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way VenturesSwapnil JainCEO, Observe.AI at EMERGENT VENTURESChase AdamPartner at Very Serious Ventures

+ 1,994 more

Also attended Imperial Business School74

Nikolai RiiberInvestor at InvestinorAlessandro De BenedettiAssociate at NorthzoneMillan SuriPrincipal at Episode1Adrian RaduInvestor at Khosla VenturesTroy PhoaAssociate at Marlin Equity PartnersMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus Ventures

+ 68 more

Also attended University of Patras7

Nikos DeligiannisMachine learning | Data | Tech at AngelwiseSpyros TrachanisManaging Partner at Odyssey Venture Funds LPMarina BoukiIndependent, Non-Executive Member (Investment Committee) at Halcyon Equity Advisors SARLNancy LivaFinance Director at Corallia VenturesLouisa ZahareasDesign Lead at HighTechXLNikos KaramolegkosFounder at Gerald Technologies, Inc

+ 1 more

Also attended University of Amsterdam172

TorjusInvestor at InvestinorDamien van der BijlInvestment Director at Capricorn Venture PartnersAndrea van ElsasInvestor at Third Rock VenturesFreya WordsworthAssociate at Nauta CapitalEmil SchaeferInvestor at Index VenturesDjoni de VosPrincipal at Keen Venture Partners

+ 166 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Orange Collective26

Tanya BejaGeneral Partner at AlleyCorpDavid TetenInvestor at Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New YorkAli DialloManaging Director at NOVA PrimeOmri BarzilayPrincipal at Peak State VenturesJason FreedmanGeneral Partner at Peak State VenturesRyan BednarFounder/Product & Engineering at Tutorspree

+ 20 more

Also worked at Bulb3

Oisin TeevanContent Lead at Founders FactoryTom ScowsillPrincipal at MMC VenturesOlivia LythInvestor at Sustainable Ventures

Also worked at Funding Circle UK8

Neil RimerInvestor at Index VenturesValerie Osband MahoneyInvestor at NFXKibriya RahmanInvestment Manager at AlbionVCHarry NelisPartner at AccelParik ChandraPartner and Head of Private Credit at Downing Private EquityMark DattaFounder/CEO at Tab

+ 2 more

Also worked at Bynder5

Robbert FlipsenEntrepreneur in Residence at PeakArco Van NieuwlandManaging Partner at CNBB Equity PartnersShelley PerryOperating Advisor at Elsewhere PartnersGrant ShaddickFounder at TellaMichiel WesterbeekFounder at Tella