John Shedletsky
Principal Cofounder at Shedletsky
Belmont, California, United States
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Top SchoolJohn Shedletsky is a seasoned software entrepreneur, investor, and product leader with a track record spanning gaming, fintech, AI, and biotech. As Roblox’s first employee and later Creative Director, he helped build the platform into a dominant kids’ gaming ecosystem, driving core engine development, graphics, networking, and developer tooling. He is the principal cofounder of Shedletsky, a hedge fund–driven venture group that also produces wine and video games, boasting an impressive rate of seed investments reaching Series A within 12 months. Earlier in his career, he led product management and growth at Lyft, founded Bizsift to disrupt two-sided business marketplaces, and built Instrumental Inc.’s MVP for mass production. Based in Belmont, California, he combines Stanford-era interdisciplinary training in computer science, biology, and classical literature with hands-on engineering and strategic investing.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
MS BS Computer Science Biology Classical Literature, MS BS Computer Science Biology Classical Literature at Stanford University
French, c/c++/c#, javascript, java, sql, lua
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Github Skills (32)
image-upscaling10
quest10
image10
super-resolution10
adventure10
openexr10
electron9
java9
linux9
ai9
philosophy9
computer-vision9
macos8
vulkan8
python8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Shedletsky/screeps
Mar 2017 - Mar 2017
Contributions:3 PRs, 2 pushes in 7 days
pythonartificialscreepsartificial-intelligenceintelligence
upscayl/upscayl
Jan 2023 - Oct 2024
🆙 Upscayl - #1 Free and Open Source AI Image Upscaler for Linux, MacOS and Windows.
Contributions:1 comment, 1 issue in 1 year 9 months
amdgigapixelpythonvulkanimage
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