# Eliot Horowitz: person

Canonical ID: `6a4cf3db-9b15-4aa1-a8b5-c94e9cca9c8b`

Founder and CEO of Viam (founded 2020, New York). Previously co-founded MongoDB (Nasdaq: MDB) in 2007 with Dwight Merriman and Kevin Ryan (all former DoubleClick colleagues) and served as its CTO for over a decade. Founded Viam during the COVID-19 lockdown after a personal robot-building project with his family revealed the gap between hardware and software in robotics. Viam raised a $30M Series A (2022, Tiger Global) and a $30M Series C (2025). The platform is an open-source modular robotics operating system.

- **Nationality:** American
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Current roles (1)

- [Viam](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/viam.md) Founder & CEO since 2020-01-01 (secondary-verified)

## Foundings (1)

- [Viam](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/viam.md) founded 2020-01-01 (sole)

## Sources (2)

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliot_Horowitz
2. https://www.thestack.technology/viam-robotics-revolution-eliot-horowitz/


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