Trevor Blackwell

Canadian-American programmer

Trevor Blackwell (born November 4, 1969, in Canada) is a Canadian-American computer programmer, engineer, entrepreneur and roboticist based in England.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Trevor Blackwell (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Nov 4, 1969.¹

About

Blackwell is a developer of humanoid robots. Blackwell is the founder and former CEO of Anybots and a partner at Y Combinator.

From Wikipedia’s article on Trevor Blackwell, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

AnybotsFounder¹⁴
OpenAIFounder¹⁵
Y CombinatorFounder¹⁶

Early life and education

Date not recordedCarleton University³
Date not recordedHarvard University³

Career

Occupation: entrepreneur, computer scientist, inventor, engineer, programmer.⁹

Date not recordedWorked at Viaweb^{4 5}
Date not recordedFounded OpenAI⁶
Date not recordedFounded Y Combinator⁷
Date not recordedFounded Anybots⁸

Blackwell grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Blackwell studied engineering at Carleton University and received a Bachelor of Engineering in 1992, then studied computer science at Harvard University and received a PhD in 1998. His dissertation applied randomized methods to analyzing the performance of networks and compilers.

During graduate school Blackwell joined Viaweb for which he wrote the image rendering, order processing and statistics software. The company was acquired by Yahoo in 1998, and Blackwell moved to Silicon Valley to lead the Yahoo Store development group.

He founded Anybots in 2001 to build teleoperated humanoid robots. In 2006, Anybots announced a humanoid robot that walks and balances like people do, without depending on large feet for stability.

As side projects, he has built two other balancing vehicles: a two-wheeled balancing scooter similar to the Segway but with different steering, and the self-balancing Eunicycle. Several hobbyists have built vehicles based on the open design of the machine.

He co-founded Y Combinator in 2005.

From Wikipedia’s article on Trevor Blackwell (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Personal life

BornNov 4, 1969, Saskatoon¹⁰
CitizenshipCanada¹¹

Sources

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WikidataTrevor Blackwell: Founded OpenAI, on Wikidata
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WikidataTrevor Blackwell: Founded Y Combinator, on Wikidata
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WikidataTrevor Blackwell: Founded Anybots, on Wikidata
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WikidataTrevor Blackwell: place of birth, on Wikidata
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WikidataAnybots, Founder
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WikidataOpenAI, Founder
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