About
Tom Hacohen is founder and CEO of Svix, an enterprise webhooks service. He has a background in software development and focuses on reliability, scalability, and developer experience.
Founder & CEO at SvixYC W21
Intro paths
YC
Tom went through Y Combinator (Winter 2021) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Svix's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Tom can intro founders to Svix's investors below.
Experience
- SvixFounder & CEOcurrent2021 β presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Forbes Technology CouncilOfficial Membercurrent2025 β presentNew York, New York, United States
- DevNetworkAPI Advisory Board Membercurrent2022 β present
- EteSyncMaintainercurrent2017 β presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- Google Summer of CodeMentor2020
- RockCo-Founder2018 β 2019London Area, United Kingdom
- Entrepreneur FirstCohort Member2018London Area, United Kingdom
- re:PlayerCo-Founder2017 β 2018London Area, United Kingdom
- Samsung ElectronicsSenior Open Source Software Engineer2012 β 2017London Area, United Kingdom
- Samsung ElectronicsSoftware Engineering Team Lead2010 β 2012
Skills & more
Embedded Systems36Embedded Linux31C36Linux30Shell Scripting6EFL (Enlightenment Foundation Libraries)10Software Engineering22Python7Git13Subversion4Open Source15Computer Science5
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Embedded SoftwareMobile Phone SoftwareTeam BuildingTeam LeadershipTeam ManagementProject ManagementARMObject Oriented DesignAndroidReact.jsJavaScriptHTML5Languages English Β· Hebrew
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Tom Hacohen?
- Tom Hacohen is founder and CEO of Svix, an enterprise webhooks service. He has a background in software development and focuses on reliability, scalability, and developer experience.
- Where does Tom Hacohen work?
- Tom Hacohen is Founder & CEO of Svix.
- What companies did Tom Hacohen found?
- Tom Hacohen founded Svix.
- Where did Tom Hacohen go to school?
- Tom Hacohen studied at Y Combinator (W21 batch).
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