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James Cowling
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James Cowling

Super founder

MIT PhD and former Dropbox Principal Engineer with expertise in large-scale distributed systems. First-time founder who has raised over $664M to simplify backend development for reactive applications. Now building a backend-as-a-service platform for modern app developers to build fast, reliable systems

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Companies founded
$110M
Total funding raised
4 schools
Education

Companies founded

Work history

Past roles by Dealroom records.

Dropbox
Senior Principal Engineer · 2012 – 2020
Microsoft
Research Intern · 2008
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PhD Student, Research Assistant · 2005 – 2012
NICTA
Research Engineer · 2004 – 2005

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PhD · Computer Science · 2007 – 2012
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2005 – 2007
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Msc · Computer Science · 2005 – 2007
University of Sydney
Computer Science · 2000 – 2004
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