Eli Brown

Eli Brown is a technology entrepreneur, software engineer, and former Visiting Partner at Y Combinator. He previously founded Guilded, a dedicated gaming community platform that participated in the Y Combinator Summer 2017 batch and was subsequently acquired by Roblox in 2021. Following the corporate acquisition, Brown built and directed the Communities organization at Roblox, overseeing the strategic expansion of social infrastructure for the platform's global user base. Earlier in his career, he held various full-stack and growth engineering roles at major consumer technology companies, including Xbox, Instagram, and Facebook. A highly competitive esports player, he previously achieved the elite Grandmaster ranking in StarCraft II, which directly informed his approach to developing scalable digital gaming networks. Brown's professional background centers on leveraging growth engineering to scale consumer social platforms and advising early-stage gaming technology startups.