Steven Willmott
FounderCEO at Safe Intelligence
London, England, United Kingdom
FoundedSafe Intelligence
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About
Steven Willmott is CEO of Safe Intelligence and a Venture Partner at Piton Capital. He previously co-founded and served as CEO of Timewarp Labs and 3scale Inc., the latter acquired by Red Hat, where he continued as Senior Director and Head of API Infrastructure. Willmott holds a Doctorate in AI from EPFL in Switzerland, has authored more than 100 scientific publications, and has made angel investments in companies including Elemeno Health, GDPR.Dev, Restack.IO, Sharplaunch, and Mercury.
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Experience
- Safe IntelligenceCEO at Safe Intelligence / Spec27current2025 — present
- Safe IntelligenceProduct and Engineering Lead2023 — 2025London, England, United Kingdom
- Piton CapitalVenture Partnercurrent2023 — presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
- Timewarp IncCo-Founder2020 — 2023Austin, Texas, United States
- Red HatSenior Director and Head of API Infrastructure2016 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- 3scale Inc.CEO2010 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- 3scale Inc.Co-founder and Technical lead2008 — 2010
- Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaResearch Leader2002 — 2008
- Agentlink IIIResearch Action Coordinator2003 — 2006
- AgentcitiesProject Coordinator2002 — 2006
- École polytechnique fédérale de LausannePostdoctoral Researcher2001 — 2002
- Madame TussaudsGuide1995 — 1996
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Open-Source SoftwareStrategic ThinkingLeadershipSalesFundraisingArtificial Intelligence99Distributed Systems99SOA8Mobile6Ruby20Programming24Web Development11
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XMLEntrepreneurshipHTMLCSSUMLComputer ScienceProduct DevelopmentSemantic WebWeb 2.0Open SourceMySQLPHPLanguages German, Spanish, French, English
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- Who is Steven Willmott?
- Steven Willmott is CEO of Safe Intelligence and a Venture Partner at Piton Capital. He previously co-founded and served as CEO of Timewarp Labs and 3scale Inc., the latter acquired by Red Hat, where he continued as Senior Director and Head of API Infrastructure. Willmott holds a Doctorate in AI from EPFL in Switzerland, has authored more than 100 scientific publications, and has made angel investments in companies including Elemeno Health, GDPR.Dev, Restack.IO, Sharplaunch, and Mercury.
- Where does Steven Willmott work?
- Steven Willmott is CEO of Safe Intelligence.
- What companies did Steven Willmott found?
- Steven Willmott founded Safe Intelligence.
- Where did Steven Willmott go to school?
- Steven Willmott studied at EPFL (PhD, Artificial Intelligence / Distributed Systems / Communication Networks); The University of Edinburgh (Msc, Artificial Intelligence / Informatics); University of Warwick (Bsc, Mathematics).
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The University of Edinburgh mafia118
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Raquel UrtasunDoctor of Philosophy - PhDFounded WaabiSteve AnaviMaster of Science (MSc)Founded QontoRavi JainInternshipFounded Genylabs +1Veronica Gambillara FonckPhDFounded LimmaTech Biologics +1Anna VybornovaBachelor's degreeFounded Polari Group +1Daniel YanisseBachelor of Science (B.Sc.)Founded Checkr Group +1
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University of Warwick mafia72
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Sean MoriartyFounded Saatchiart +2Tal BrownBScFounded Zone7 Technologies Inc. +1Tommaso TombaBachelor of Science - BSc Economics (First Class Hons.)Founded Moons +1Kiiru MuhoyaBachelor of Science (BSc)Founded Fingo Holdings +1Ross TaylorBachelor of Science (BSc)Founded Atlas Metrics +1Tom WatsonBSc Hons with Intercalated YearFounded Hubble +1
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Also worked at Red Hat58
Issac RothVenture Partner at Copper Sky CapitalJoe ColopyFounding Partner at Primordial VenturesJason CaplainCo-Founder & General Partner at Bull City Venture PartnersMatt GorinManaging Partner at Contour Venture PartnersHebatalla GadInvestment Analyst at Orbit StartupsLuke CurranSenior Analyst at Naples Technology Ventures
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Also worked at 3scale Inc.2
Also worked at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya30
Carlos BuenosvinosVenture Partner - AI & Telecom at Encomenda VCAurore AsparInvestment Director at Citizen CapitalMarc AlmendrosPartner at Grow Venture PartnersLaura SubíasVP at Abac Capital Manager S.G.E.I.C.,Fernando RayonAdvisor at Grow Venture PartnersCamille CouteletPartner at Parquest Capital
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Also worked at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne128
Raquel UrtasunFounder & CEO of WaabiBouraux LeopoldAI & Data Engineer at Newfund CapitalChristoph FreiPartner, Head of Energy at Emerald Technology Ventures AgYannick RitschelInvestor at Backbone VenturesChristian JaagBoard Member at CV VCSara ShabaniSenior Associate at Cota Capital
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