Carl Cortright
About Me
I build software and help companies. In my free time I love hanging out with friends, going to the gym, skiing, sobriety, and building software for fun on the side. I'm an engineer and nerd at heart. I believe in the power of technology to grow our world and make it a better place, while still focusing on the parts that make us human.
Experience
Replit
Member of Technical Staff
Full-time · Mar 2026 - Present · 5 mos
United States · Hybrid
Platform, infrastructure, and agents.
Excel Holdings
Engineering Consultant
Part-time · Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos
United States · Hybrid
Software consultancy + side projects.
Flyflow
CTO and Cofounder
Full-time · Nov 2023 - Oct 2024 · 1 yr
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
YC S24. Spent a lot of time pivoting (voice AI, fine tuning, sales tooling). Didn't find anything that stuck. Led engineering.
Coherent
CEO and Cofounder
Full-time · Mar 2022 - Nov 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos
New York City Metropolitan Area
Data infrastructure and APIs in web3. Raised $5.5m. Managed team of 10 and owned all aspects of engineering, go-to-market, product etc. Didn't find PMF due to the market. Made some hard decisions and returned capital.
Coinbase
4 yrsSenior Software Engineer
Full-time · Aug 2021 - Apr 2022 · 9 mos
Remote
Tech lead on ledgering, transfers, and staking rewards.
Coinbase Ventures
Part-time · Jul 2019 - Mar 2022 · 2 yrs 9 mos
Hybrid
Spent 10% of my time with the Coinbase Ventures investment team. Led ~$5m in participating checks in crypto/web3 venture-backed companies and focused mostly on technical diligence.
Software Engineer
Full-time · Jun 2019 - Aug 2021 · 2 yrs 3 mos
San Francisco Bay Area
Coinbase Pro / Trading Platform (margin trading, custodian team).
Software Engineering Intern
Internship · May 2018 - Jun 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos
San Francisco Bay Area
Coinbase Commerce + Paradex. Interned Summer 2018 through my last year in school.
Education
Y Combinator
Entrepreneurial Studies
Jun 2024 – Sep 2024
University of Colorado Boulder
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science
2015 – 2019
Grade: 3.7. Activities: Hack CU, New Venture Challenge. Studied engineering and computer science + half an applied math degree but was too distracted running hackathons to finish it.
