Trigger.dev
Build and deploy fully‑managed AI agents and workflows
Founders
- Matt AitkenFounder
- Eric AllamFounder
- Dan PatelFounder
- James RitchieFounder
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About Trigger.dev
Trigger.dev is the open source platform for building AI agents and workflows in TypeScript. Long-running tasks with retries, queues, full observability, and elastic scaling. Previously, the founders built JSON Hero, an open source JSON viewer that is currently used by more than 35k developers a month. Eric was CTO of Code School, an early code learning platform that was acquired in 2015. Matt created two iPad apps that won Apple’s App of the Year.
London, England, United Kingdom
Trigger.dev: questions
Which YC batch was Trigger.dev in?
Trigger.dev was in Y Combinator's Winter 2023 batch (W23).
Is Trigger.dev still active?
Y Combinator lists Trigger.dev as active.
Who founded Trigger.dev?
Trigger.dev's founders, as listed on its YC page: Matt Aitken (Founder), Eric Allam (Founder), Dan Patel (Founder), James Ritchie (Founder).
Where is Trigger.dev based?
Trigger.dev lists London, England, United Kingdom as its location on YC's directory.
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