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Philip Scott

Founder

Founder at Hyperbeam

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

FoundedHyperbeam · YC

About

Philip Scott is co-founder and CEO of Hyperbeam, an API for multiplayer web browsers. He studied software engineering at the University of Waterloo, where he met co-founders Ambareesh Balaji and Declan Goncalves, and previously interned at several technology companies.

Founder at HyperbeamYC W22

Intro paths

YC

Philip went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Hyperbeam's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Philip can intro founders to Hyperbeam's investors below.

Hyperbeam's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Hyperbeam

ABAmbareesh Balaji
Ambareesh BalajiFounder

Experience

  1. Hyperbeam API (YC W22)Co-founder and CEOcurrent2022 — present
  2. HyperbeamCo-founder and CEOcurrent2019 — presentWaterloo, Ontario, Canada
  3. LuminaSoftware Engineering Intern2019San Francisco Bay Area
  4. AdknownFull-Stack Developer Intern2018Guelph, Ontario
  5. YahooSoftware Engineering Intern2018Sunnyvale, California
  6. AGF Investments Inc.Junior Web Developer2017Toronto, Ontario

Skills & more

Node.js2PostgreSQL1React2GraphQL2Golang1
  • Triplebyte Certified Generalist Software Engineer — Triplebyte

From Philip's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Philip Scott?
Philip Scott is co-founder and CEO of Hyperbeam, an API for multiplayer web browsers. He studied software engineering at the University of Waterloo, where he met co-founders Ambareesh Balaji and Declan Goncalves, and previously interned at several technology companies.
Where does Philip Scott work?
Philip Scott is Founder of Hyperbeam.
What companies did Philip Scott found?
Philip Scott founded Hyperbeam.
Where did Philip Scott go to school?
Philip Scott studied at University of Waterloo (Computer Software Engineering).

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