Panos Stravopodis
FounderFounder & 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.
Founder & Chief Technology Officer at Elyos AIYC S23
Intro paths
Panos went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Elyos AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Panos can intro founders to Elyos AI's investors below.
Elyos AI's investors · 5
Co-founders at Elyos AI
Experience
- ElyosFounder & Chief Technology Officercurrent2023 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
- Episode 1 VenturesLimited Partnercurrent2026 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- EndeavorMentorcurrent2026 — present
- EndeavorEndeavor Entrepreneur (ScaleUp)current2024 — present
- Orange CollectiveVenture Partnercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- ZoaVP of Engineering2022 — 2023Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- BulbVP of Engineering2020 — 2022Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Funding Circle UKPrincipal Engineer2018 — 2020London Area, United Kingdom
- BynderChapter Lead DevOps - Lead Architect2016 — 2018The Randstad, Netherlands
- Vancis B.V.Senior Software Engineer2015The Randstad, Netherlands
- Byte B.V.Software Engineer2015The Randstad, Netherlands
- Bozonos Luxury Villa & Spa TreatmentSoftware Developer - IT Quality Engineer2009 — 2010Zakynthos, Greece
Skills & more
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vaultKubernetesSite Reliability EngineeringFinTechCross-functional Team LeadershipEngineering ManagementTechnical LeadershipInfrastructureAnsibleElasticSearchKibanaDjangoLanguages English · French · Greek
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Panos Stravopodis?
- 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.
- Where does Panos Stravopodis work?
- Panos Stravopodis is Founder & Chief Technology Officer of Elyos AI.
- What companies did Panos Stravopodis found?
- Panos Stravopodis founded Elyos AI.
- Where did Panos Stravopodis go to school?
- Panos Stravopodis studied at Y Combinator (Summer Batch 2023); Imperial Business School (Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence); University of Patras (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Software Engineering).
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