Ryan Elliott
FounderFounder at ZeroSettle
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedZeroSettle · YC
About
Ryan Elliott is a systems software engineer who previously worked at Apple and now leads ZeroSettle, a mobile gaming payments platform.
Founder at ZeroSettleYC W26
Intro paths
YC
Ryan went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran ZeroSettle's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Ryan can intro founders to ZeroSettle's investors below.
ZeroSettle's investors · 1
Co-founders at ZeroSettle
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Gabe RoeloffsFounder
Experience
- ZeroSettleCo-Foundercurrent2025 — present
- AppleSoftware Engineer2023 — 2025San Diego, California, United States
- AppleSoftware Engineer2022 — 2023San Diego, California, United States
- AppleSoftware Engineer Intern2021Cupertino, California, United States
- AppleSoftware Engineer Intern2020Cupertino, California, United States
- Skillz Inc.Software Engineer Co-op2019San Francisco, California
- Windy City Web DesignsWebsite Development Intern2017Chicago, Illinois, United States
Skills & more
Computational Linguistics1Data Structures2Data AnalysisObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)1Teamwork2C++2Python5C3Java2SQLitePython (Programming Language)2
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ryan Elliott?
- Ryan Elliott is a systems software engineer who previously worked at Apple and now leads ZeroSettle, a mobile gaming payments platform.
- Where does Ryan Elliott work?
- Ryan Elliott is Founder of ZeroSettle.
- What companies did Ryan Elliott found?
- Ryan Elliott founded ZeroSettle.
- Where did Ryan Elliott go to school?
- Ryan Elliott studied at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo (Bachelor's, Computer Science).
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