About
Philip Abel worked on infrastructure and services at AWS, Twilio, and Akamai Technologies. He holds degrees in computer science and engineering from MIT and Georgia Tech.
Founder/CTO at ClevaYC W24
Intro paths
YC
Philip went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Cleva's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Philip can intro founders to Cleva's investors below.
Cleva's investors · 6
Co-founders at Cleva
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Tolu AlabiFounder/CEO
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Philip Adama AbelFounder
Experience
- Cleva (YC W24)Co-founder & CTOcurrent2023 — present
- TwilioSenior Software Engineer2022 — 2023
- Eazytranscripts, CoachCollegesTechnical Consultant2022
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)Software Development Engineer2019 — 2022Greater Boston
- Georgia Institute of TechnologyGraduate Research Assistant2018 — 2019Atlanta Metropolitan Area
- Akamai TechnologiesSoftware Engineer II2015 — 2018Cambridge,MA
- Metro Africa ExpressLead Application Backend Engineer2015
- Akamai TechnologiesSoftware Engineering Intern2015Cambridge, MA
- Akamai TechnologiesSoftware Engineering Intern2014Cambridge, MA
- Institute For Soldier Nanotechnologies (MIT)Undergraduate Reseacher, Software developer2013 — 2014Cambridge, MA
- Interactive Robotics Group (MIT)Undergraduate Researcher2013Cambridge, MA
- Exposure Robotics AcademyProgrammer/Instructor2012Lagos, Nigeria
Skills & more
Research4Programming23Engineering2Statistics1Android Development2Algorithms3Matlab32Microsoft Office16Python28Microsoft Excel9PowerPoint7Java10
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SolidworksHTMLMicrosoft WordJavaScriptC++MathematicaLanguages Creoles and pidgins, English-based · English · Hausa · Igala
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Philip Abel?
- Philip Abel worked on infrastructure and services at AWS, Twilio, and Akamai Technologies. He holds degrees in computer science and engineering from MIT and Georgia Tech.
- Where does Philip Abel work?
- Philip Abel is Founder/CTO of Cleva.
- What companies did Philip Abel found?
- Philip Abel founded Cleva.
- Where did Philip Abel go to school?
- Philip Abel studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science and Engineering); Georgia Institute of Technology (Masters in Computer Science, AI and Computing Systems); Rochas Foundation College, Nomansland, Kano (General O-level certificate, General Sciences).
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology mafia546
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Georgia Institute of Technology mafia180
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Shared employers
Also worked at Cleva (YC W24)1
Also worked at Twilio80
Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersDave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Sangeen ZebInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Scott RaneyManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesDylan PearcePartner at GreycroftLauren ReederSeed/early-stage investor at Sequoia Capital
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