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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/CTO at OneStopYC 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 OneStop's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Peyton can intro founders to OneStop's investors below.
OneStop's investors · 7
Co-founders at OneStop

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
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RISC-VNanoelectronicsPython (Programming Language)BluespecMachine LearningLanguages 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/CTO of OneStop.
- What companies did Peyton Shields found?
- Peyton Shields founded OneStop.
- 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).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology mafia1,221
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Same school
Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology2,000
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Shared employers
Also worked at Interface2
Also worked at Citadel123
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