Where does Preston Ellis work?

Preston Ellis is Founder of Axiom.

Where did Preston Ellis go to school?

Preston Ellis studied at UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS) (Master of Engineering - MEng, Computer Science); UC San Diego (Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering); The Harker School.

Preston Ellis

Founder

Founder at Axiom

Austin, Texas, United States

FoundedAxiom · YC

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170 people in our graph share verified history with Preston — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Annie KadavyunlockedPreston: together at DoorDash (2024)

×4Preston: together at DoorDash

×2Preston: together at UC San Diego

×5Preston: together at The Harker School

About

Preston Ellis is the founder of Axiom, a decentralized finance platform for trading memecoins and perpetual contracts with yield generation features.

Founder at Axiom YC W25

Intro paths

Preston went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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 Axiom's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Preston can intro founders to Axiom's investors below.

Axiom's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Axiom

Henry ZhangFounder

Experience

AxiomCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2024 — presentAustin, Texas, United States
DoorDashSoftware Engineer Intern2024San Francisco, California, United States

Skills & more

Kotlin3Embedded Systems7Arduino5Python (Programming Language)ArcGIS ProC++MongoDBNode.jsJavaScriptEthereumSmart ContractsProject Planning8

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)Data AnalysisData VisualizationEntrepreneurshipSoftware Project ManagementGo (Programming Language)Cloud ComputingWeb DevelopmentSoftware Development

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Who is Preston Ellis?: Preston Ellis is the founder of Axiom, a decentralized finance platform for trading memecoins and perpetual contracts with yield generation features.
Where does Preston Ellis work?: Preston Ellis is Founder of Axiom.
What companies did Preston Ellis found?: Preston Ellis founded Axiom.
Where did Preston Ellis go to school?: Preston Ellis studied at UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS) (Master of Engineering - MEng, Computer Science); UC San Diego (Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering); The Harker School.

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Henry ZhangFounder at Axiom

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About

Founder at AxiomYC W25

Intro paths

Axiom's investors · 1

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Experience

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Frequently asked questions

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Y Combinator mafia10,230

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DoorDash mafia20

UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS) mafia6

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Also attended UC San Diego571

Also attended The Harker School60

Shared employers

Also worked at Axiom1

Also worked at DoorDash86

Founder at Axiom YC W25