Where does Peyton Shields work?

Peyton Shields is Founder of Interface.

What companies did Peyton Shields found?

Peyton Shields founded Interface.

Where did Peyton Shields go to school?

Peyton Shields studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master of Engineering - MEng, Computer Science); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science).

Peyton Shields

Founder

Founder at Interface

United States

FoundedInterface · YC

About

Peyton Shields is co-founder and CTO at Interface. Previously, he worked as a quantitative developer at Citadel building risk infrastructure and analytics systems. He holds undergraduate and master's degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT, with focus on distributed and embedded systems.

Founder at Interface YC S25

Intro paths

Peyton went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — 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 Interface's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Peyton can intro founders to Interface's investors below.

Interface's investors · 7

Avataar Venture PartnersBangalore · $10M – $30M checks · since 2024 Olive Tree CapitalBoston Sarona VenturesTel Aviv · $100K – $25M checks · since 2026 Susquehanna Growth EquityNew York · since 2026 Transpose Platform ManagementHouston Vertex Ventures IsraelTel Aviv · $3.5M – $100M checks · since 2026 Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Interface

Max RavenFounder

Experience

InterfaceCo-Foundercurrent2025 — presentNew York, New York, United States
CitadelQuantitative Developer2023 — 2025New York, United States
Five Rings LLCSoftware Engineering Intern2022New York, New York, United States
BCG GAMMASoftware Engineer2021Boston, Massachusetts, United States
General MotorsSoftware Engineer2020
Real Random LLCSoftware Engineer2019 — 2020Cambridge, Massachusetts
Inter-American Development BankProduct Consultant2019Mexico City Area, Mexico

Skills & more

DjangoSpanish Translation33D Printing1Computer Science1Electrical EngineeringMicrosoft Office2SpanishRobot Operating System (ROS)FirebaseNode.jsExpress.jsAlgolia

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RISC-VNanoelectronicsPython (Programming Language)BluespecMachine Learning

Languages German · Spanish

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Peyton Shields?: Peyton Shields is co-founder and CTO at Interface. Previously, he worked as a quantitative developer at Citadel building risk infrastructure and analytics systems. He holds undergraduate and master's degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT, with focus on distributed and embedded systems.
Where does Peyton Shields work?: Peyton Shields is Founder of Interface.
What companies did Peyton Shields found?: Peyton Shields founded Interface.
Where did Peyton Shields go to school?: Peyton Shields studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master of Engineering - MEng, Computer Science); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science).