Trevor Blackwell
Programmer and roboticist; co-founder of Viaweb and Y Combinator, founder of Anybots.
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- Trevor Blackwell (born 4 November 1969) is a Canadian-American programmer, engineer, entrepreneur and roboticist based in England.
- During his PhD at Harvard he joined Viaweb, writing its image rendering, order processing and statistics software, and after Yahoo bought it in 1998 he led the Yahoo Store development group.
- He founded Anybots in 2001 to build teleoperated humanoid robots, co-founded Y Combinator in 2005, and has built self-balancing vehicles, including the Eunicycle.
Key facts
- Born
- 4 November 1969, Canada; grew up in Saskatoon1
- Education
- Bachelor of Engineering, Carleton University (1992); PhD in computer science, Harvard University (1998)1
- Viaweb
- Wrote the image rendering, order processing and statistics software; led the Yahoo Store development group after the 1998 acquisition1
- Anybots
- Founder (2001) and former CEO; teleoperated humanoid robots1
- Y Combinator
- Co-founder (2005) and partner1
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Founded
- ViawebOrganization
since Jul 1995 source on Viaweb
- Y CombinatorOrganization
since Mar 2005 source on Y Combinator
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