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PJ Murray

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Founder at Great Question · Founder at Applied

Boulder, Colorado, United States

FoundedAppliedGreat Question · YC

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About

PJ Murray is a software engineer with over a decade of development experience, primarily in Ruby on Rails and working with early-stage startups. He previously founded and sold Elto, and is now CTO and founder of Great Question.

Founder at Great QuestionYC W21

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PJ went through Y Combinator (Winter 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Great Question's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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Great Question's investors · 25

Amplify.LALos Angeles · $500K – $5M checks · since 2026Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2026AV8 VenturesPalo Alto · $500K – $10M checks · since 2026B Capital GroupSan Francisco · $10M – $50M checks · since 2026BAM VenturesLos Angeles · $100K – $1M checks · since 2026Bonfire VenturesLos Angeles · $2M – $6M checks · since 2026CharacterMilwaukee · $2M checks · since 2026Eniac VenturesNew York City · $1.2M checks · since 2026FCVCSan FranciscoFika VenturesCulver City · $250K – $2M checks · since 2026FundersClubSan Francisco · $290K checks · since 2026GreycroftNew York · $100K – $5M checks · since 2026ImmeasurableLos Angeles · $25K – $100K checks · since 2021Inovia CapitalMontreal · $250K – $8M checks · since 2026January CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checks · since 2026Kohala VenturesSan Francisco · since 2026KW Angel FundNew York · $10K checks · since 2026NOMO VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $750K checksPitbull VenturesLos Angeles · since 2026Rebel FundSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2026S28 CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks · since 2026Software Holdings PtyWollongongThe Unified Fund PtyTwenty Two VenturesPalo Alto · $50K – $250K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2021

Co-founders at Great Question

NDNed Dwyer
Ned DwyerFounder

Founder at Applied

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Applied's investors · 24

.406 VenturesBoston · $1M – $4M checks1confirmationIncline VillageAera VCSingapore · $25K – $5M checksBattery VenturesBoston · $500K – $100M checksBlackbird VenturesSydney · $149K – $60M checksBlackRockNew YorkBond Capital ManagementSan Francisco · $100K – $25M checksCanaan PartnersStamford · $500K – $20M checksCento VenturesSingapore · $2M checksChaos VenturesNew YorkComcast VenturesNew York · $2M – $15M checksConductive VenturesMountain ViewCubit CapitalDallas · $500K – $3M checksFlucas VenturesJupiter · $100K – $5M checksGalaxy InteractiveNew York · $1M – $20M checksGeneral CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checksGolden SeedsFlushing · $250K – $2M checksGreat Oaks Venture CapitalNew York · $50K – $500K checksHouseBerkeley · $1M – $2M checksItalian Founders FundMilano · $270K – $3.3M checksKleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checksLux CapitalNew York · $100K – $100M checksNZ Growth Capital PartnersAucklandOutset VenturesAuckland · $100K – $10M checks

Co-founders at Applied

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Nelson SmithFounder
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Will JeremijenkoFounder
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Holly CardewFounder
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Mike AngellFounder
NDNed Dwyer
Ned DwyerFounder
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Haziq NordinFounder
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Jesse HeadFounder
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Mike KeatingFounder

Experience

  1. Great QuestionCTO and Cofoundercurrent2020 — presentBoulder, Colorado, United States
  2. TripwellCTO & Founding Team2020Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  3. FlaunterAdvisor and Interim CTO2019 — 2020Sydney, Australia
  4. SpritzFounding Engineer2019Melbourne, Australia
  5. EliizaIndependent Contractor2018Melbourne, Australia
  6. CodelingoHead of Commercialization2018Melbourne, Australia
  7. Self EmployedIndependent Contractor2017 — 2018
  8. GoDaddySenior Software Engineer2015 — 2017Sunnyvale
  9. Elto.comCofounder and CTO2012 — 2015Melbourne
  10. Inspire9Contracting Developer2012Melbourne, Australia
  11. ThoughtWorksConsultant Developer2011 — 2012Melbourne
  12. NRW Pty LtdSite Engineer2010 — 2011Western Australia
  13. Water Solutions Pty LtdGraduate Engineer2010
  14. SharpShooter ImagingPortait Photographer2008 — 2009
  15. Queensland RailStudent Engineer2007 — 2008

Skills & more

AgileSoftware Development16Civil Engineering2Ruby26Ruby on Rails32JavaScript15Agile Methodologies22Backbone.js2Lean Startup3CSS9Java4MongoDB3
+12 moreHTMLWeb DevelopmentPHPMySQLSQLjQueryBDDMicrosoft SQL ServerWeb ApplicationsRSpecTestingTest Driven Development

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Frequently asked questions

Who is PJ Murray?
PJ Murray is a software engineer with over a decade of development experience, primarily in Ruby on Rails and working with early-stage startups. He previously founded and sold Elto, and is now CTO and founder of Great Question.
Where does PJ Murray work?
PJ Murray is Founder of Applied and Founder at Great Question.
What companies did PJ Murray found?
PJ Murray founded Applied, Great Question.
Where did PJ Murray go to school?
PJ Murray studied at University of Canterbury (BE (Hons), Civil Engineering).

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