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Will Taylor

Founder

Founder/CTO at Aklimate

United Kingdom

FoundedAklimate · YC

About

Will Taylor was an early engineer at a venture led by GitHub co-founders and now builds productivity tools at Aklimate.

Founder/CTO at AklimateYC W22

Intro paths

YC

Will went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Aklimate's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Will can intro founders to Aklimate's investors below.

Aklimate's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Aklimate

HHHarry Humfrey
Harry HumfreyFounder
MFMark Fischel
Mark FischelFounder

Experience

  1. Attiosenior product engineercurrent2025 — presentUnited Kingdom
  2. Zuni (YC S24)co-founder2024 — 2025
  3. Pinpoint Applicant Tracking Systemproduct2023 — 2024
  4. Aklimatecto2021 — 2023
  5. Ottafounding engineer2020 — 2021London Area, United Kingdom
  6. Chatterbugsenior product engineer2019 — 2020
  7. Chatterbugproduct engineer2017 — 2019Berlin Metropolitan Area
  8. Entrepreneur Firstfounder (ef5)2015 — 2017London Area, United Kingdom

Skills & more

PostgreSQLContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)API DevelopmentProduct DesignGo-to-Market Strategy2Strategic Planning for Growth2CI2Project ManagementGolangScalabilityCustomer AcquisitionSales & Marketing
+12 moreCustomer ResearchProduct StrategyShopifyEnterprise Resource Planning (ERP)Stakeholder ManagementCarbon AccountingProduct ManagementPython (Programming Language)StorybookMapReduceTailwind CSSFigma
  • T2D3 B2B SaaS Go-to-market Masterclass — T2D3

From Will's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Will Taylor?
Will Taylor was an early engineer at a venture led by GitHub co-founders and now builds productivity tools at Aklimate.
Where does Will Taylor work?
Will Taylor is Founder/CTO of Aklimate.
What companies did Will Taylor found?
Will Taylor founded Aklimate.
Where did Will Taylor go to school?
Will Taylor studied at Y Combinator (S24, W22); University of Cambridge (Linguistics and Machine Learning); Entrepreneurs First (EF5).

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