About
Ryan Ewing is a software engineer who previously built cloud and networking services at AWS. He is now developing Lilac, a platform that provides access to unused GPU capacity from data centers and on-premise infrastructure.
Founder at LilacYC S25
Intro paths
YC
Ryan went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Tyler Bosmeny, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Lilac's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Ryan can intro founders to Lilac's investors below.
Lilac's investors · 6
Co-founders at Lilac
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Lucas EwingFounder
Experience
- LilacFoundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)Software Development Engineer II2021 — 2025Seattle, Washington, United States
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)Software Development Engineer2020 — 2021Seattle, Washington, United States
- Boston UniversityUndergraduate Teaching Assistant2019 — 2020Greater Boston Area
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)SDE Intern2019Greater Seattle Area
- Boston UniversityLaboratory Assistant2018 — 2019Boston, MA
- OnBoard Security, Inc.Research Intern2018Wilmington, Massachusetts, USA
- Boston UniversityTeaching Assistant2017Boston, MA
- Boston UniversityResearcher2017Greater Boston Area
- Tufts BME Department TUBERS ProgramResearch Assistant2015Medford, MA
Skills & more
C++2Matlab1C (Programming Language)1JavaMicrosoft ExcelPython (Programming Language)1Linux1LaTeXVerilogPublic SpeakingSoftware Defined RadioWeb Development2
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MicrocontrollersSecurityResearchNetworkingTeachingLanguages English · Spanish · Swedish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ryan Ewing?
- Ryan Ewing is a software engineer who previously built cloud and networking services at AWS. He is now developing Lilac, a platform that provides access to unused GPU capacity from data centers and on-premise infrastructure.
- Where does Ryan Ewing work?
- Ryan Ewing is Founder of Lilac.
- What companies did Ryan Ewing found?
- Ryan Ewing founded Lilac.
- Where did Ryan Ewing go to school?
- Ryan Ewing studied at Boston University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering).
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