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.
Tom Hacohen @tomhacohen
I'd love to see a better mosh. I hope that's in scope! https://t.co/FXy8bWa5tF
Aug 1, 2026 Β· β₯ 1
Tom Hacohen @tomhacohen
It still amuses me how effective it is to have Code implement something, and then open a new session and write: "I just implemented the latest commit, can you review it to see if I got anything wrong? I'm pretty sure I messed up somewhere, so please check extra hard."
Jul 31, 2026
Tom Hacohen @tomhacohen
MCP moving past the anti-pattern of live connections is the right move on so many angles. Event-driven MCP is the correct design, and making the protocol stateless is just the first step. https://t.co/cNh3mRZnUW
Jul 31, 2026 Β· β₯ 1
Founder & CEO at SvixYC W21
Intro paths
Tom went through Y Combinator (Winter 2021) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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
In turn, Tom can intro founders to Svix's investors below.
Svix's investors Β· 5
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
Education
- Y CombinatorW21 batch2021
Skills & more
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Embedded SoftwareMobile Phone SoftwareTeam BuildingTeam LeadershipTeam ManagementProject ManagementARMObject Oriented DesignAndroidReact.jsJavaScriptHTML5Languages English Β· Hebrew
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Y Combinator mafia8,668
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Entrepreneur First mafia62
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Also worked at Forbes Technology Council61
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Also worked at DevNetwork1
Also worked at Google Summer of Code11
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