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Syrus Akbary

Founder

Founder at Wasmer

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedWasmer · YC

About

Syrus Akbary is founder and CEO of Wasmer. He previously served as CTO at uSpeak and Try.com, and has built open-source projects including a GraphQL library for Python.

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Syrus Akbary — eu/acc @syrusakbary

Love this 😍 https://t.co/7LabV4ArYl

Jul 29, 2026

Syrus Akbary — eu/acc @syrusakbary

Escape depressive thoughts by solving hard problems to get your mind into solution-driven thoughts. One of the worst things of modern psychology is the inclination that dwelling into problems is the way to get over them. That's never the case, you get over a problem by solving https://t.co/hgRpMN868L

Jul 28, 2026 · ♥ 4 · ⇄ 2

Syrus Akbary — eu/acc @syrusakbary

Wasmer Edge has handled +1B requests in the last 30 days. Is great to see how much the product is maturing 🥹. Thanks everyone for trusting @wasmerio with your workloads 🙏 https://t.co/74I4XWHnDV

Jul 28, 2026 · ♥ 9 · ⇄ 1

Founder at WasmerYC S19

Intro paths

YC

Syrus went through Y Combinator (Summer 2019) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Syrus can intro founders to Wasmer's investors below.

Wasmer's investors · 4

468 CapitalOSS CapitalY CombinatorZero Prime Ventures

Experience

  1. Y CombinatorWasmer - YCS19current2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. WasmerFounder & CEOcurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. GrapheneFounder & CEOcurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco, California
  4. Try.comCTO2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Affirm, Inc.Full Stack Engineer2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  6. Chegg Inc.Senior Software Engineer2014 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  7. uSpeak Ltd.CTO2013Greater Madrid Metropolitan Area
  8. uSpeak Ltd.Software architect2013Greater Madrid Metropolitan Area
  9. uSpeak Ltd.Frontend Lead Manager2012 — 2013Greater Madrid Metropolitan Area

Education

  1. Universidad Complutense de MadridLicenciado, Matemáticas, Computación, Optimización2006 — 2011

Skills & more

PhoneGap1CoffeeScript1Big Data1Web Analytics1SEO2Mathematical Programming19Redis1Programming16Mathematics14Agile Methodologies6Metodologías ágiles2Programación3
+12 morePythonCSS3HTML 5JavaScriptRESTVagrantLinuxGitNoSQLProblem SolvingMongoDBElasticSearch

Languages Español · Inglés

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Same school

Also attended Universidad Complutense de Madrid70

Kike MirallesInvestment Director at Intel CapitalRaúl GallegoGeneral Partner at Inveready Technology Investment GroupPablo GoceAnalyst at Inveready Technology Investment GroupMaria PovedaDirector at Inveready Technology Investment GroupSamantha WulfsonPrincipal at FinTech CollectiveJosé Mª AmusáteguiCo-founder & Partner at Kibo Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Y Combinator151

Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorJessica LivingstonCo-founder of Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianFounder & General Partner of Seven Seven SixMichael SeibelPartner Emeritus at Y CombinatorDalton CaldwellCo-founder of Standard Capital; Partner Emeritus at Y CombinatorHarj TaggarGeneral Partner at Y Combinator

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Also worked at Wasmer1

Dominik TobschallGeneral Partner at backtrace capital

Also worked at Affirm, Inc.29

Hans TungManaging Partner at Notable CapitalRohan MongaInvestment Associate at Luge CapitalRobin LiInvestor at GGV CapitalChristina (Phillips) Melas-KyriaziPartner at Bain Capital VenturesAlex RampellGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzJC Bahr-de StefanoInvestor at Better Tomorrow Ventures

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Also worked at Chegg Inc.14

Sid KrommenhoekPartner at Peak VenturesChris GirgentiVenture Advisor at Alpha PartnersAayush PhumbhraInvestor at Streamlined VenturesMatt MurphyGeneral Partner at Electric Feel Ventures LlcGustav RydstedtAdvisor, Infrastructure Software at Verissimo VenturesChi-Hua ChienCo-Founder & Managing Partner at Goodwater Capital

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