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Thierry Schellenbach is a Dutch entrepreneur and software engineer, widely recognized as the Co-founder and CEO of Stream (formerly GetStream.io). Stream is a leading API platform that enables product teams to build scalable activity feeds and chat applications for their users, serving billions of API calls for hundreds of companies. Prior to Stream, Thierry co-founded Fashiolista, a social fashion discovery platform that grew to millions of users and was eventually acquired. He is a strong advocate for open-source software, having authored popular libraries like Stream-Framework and Django-Activity-Stream. Thierry is known for his expertise in building highly scalable backend systems, API design, and real-time data processing. He is also a Y Combinator alumnus (W15).
Thierry Schellenbach's work history includes a series of influential roles in various companies. Here is a detailed list of his professional journey:
Successfully co-founded and leads Stream, an enterprise-grade API platform for activity feeds and chat. Under his leadership, Stream has become a key infrastructure component for numerous applications, powering user engagement for millions of end-users globally.
Led Stream through the prestigious Y Combinator Winter 2015 batch, gaining valuable mentorship, funding, and a strong network that contributed to Stream's early growth and success.
Co-founded Fashiolista, one of the pioneering social shopping platforms, and served as its CTO. He was instrumental in building the technology that scaled to millions of users and a large inventory of fashion items, eventually leading to its acquisition.
Authored and maintained several popular open-source libraries, notably Stream-Framework (Python), Django-Activity-Stream, and others, which have been widely adopted by the developer community for building activity feed functionalities.
Frequently speaks and writes about building scalable systems, API design, and entrepreneurship, sharing his insights and experiences with the broader tech community through articles and conference talks.
Erasmus University Rotterdam - Year 2005
Johan de Witt- gymnasium - Year 1999
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Stream.io provides robust APIs and SDKs that enable product teams to build and deploy scalable in-app chat messaging and activity feeds quickly and efficiently. Their solutions are designed for developers looking to integrate rich, real-time communication features into their applications without the complexity of building and maintaining the underlying infrastructure themselves. This allows businesses to enhance user engagement and retention by adding social features with less development time.
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