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Preston Ellis

Founder

Founder at Axiom

Austin, Texas, United States

FoundedAxiom · YC

About

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

Founder at AxiomYC W25

Intro paths

YC

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

GP

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

HZHenry Zhang
Henry ZhangFounder

Experience

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

Skills & more

Kotlin3Embedded Systems7Arduino5Python (Programming Language)ArcGIS ProC++MongoDBNode.jsJavaScriptEthereumSmart ContractsProject Planning8
+9 moreArtificial Intelligence (AI)Data AnalysisData VisualizationEntrepreneurshipSoftware Project ManagementGo (Programming Language)Cloud ComputingWeb DevelopmentSoftware Development

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Frequently asked questions

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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