# Alex Greaves

> Alex Greaves is the Co-Founder and CTO of FlutterFlow, a visual low-code/AI-powered app development platform he co-founded in 2020 alongside fellow ex-Googler Abel Mengistu. Built on Google's Flutter framework, FlutterFlow has grown to serve over 2 million users across 200+ countries, backed by $25.5M in Series A funding led by GV and Gradient Ventures at a ~$170M valuation. A Stanford physics and CS grad who honed his craft on Google Maps' machine learning team, Greaves now leads a platform that lets developers and non-developers alike ship native iOS, Android, and web apps in a fraction of traditional development time.

- **Role:** Co-Founder at FlutterFlow
- **Organizations:** FlutterFlow, Y Combinator, Google, Taste Inc., Stanford Vision and Neurodevelopment Lab
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science, Physics, Stanford University, Master of Science, Computer Science, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Co-founded FlutterFlow, now serving 2M+ users across 200+ countries, Raised $25.5M Series A at ~$170M valuation from GV, Gradient Ventures, Xoogler Ventures, and Y Combinator, Built FlutterFlow into a platform where users have composed 2+ billion lines of Flutter code

## Career timeline

- **2012-2016** — Researcher and Data Analyst, Stanford Vision and Neurodevelopment Lab - focused on deep learning and EEG signal analysis
- **2014** — Software Engineering Intern at Shocase
- **2015** — Software Engineering Intern at Trove News
- **2016-2019** — Senior Software Engineer at Google - applied machine learning to improve Google Maps data quality
- **2019** — Co-founded Taste Inc., a restaurant recommendation app
- **2020** — Co-founded FlutterFlow with Abel Mengistu after their restaurant app revealed the pain of mobile development
- **2021** — FlutterFlow accepted into Y Combinator Winter 2021 batch (YC W21)
- **2024** — FlutterFlow raised $25.5M Series A led by GV and Gradient Ventures at ~$170M valuation

## Achievements

- Co-founded FlutterFlow, now serving 2M+ users across 200+ countries
- Raised $25.5M Series A at ~$170M valuation from GV, Gradient Ventures, Xoogler Ventures, and Y Combinator
- Built FlutterFlow into a platform where users have composed 2+ billion lines of Flutter code
- YC W21 alumni - one of Y Combinator's standout enterprise developer-tools companies
- Helped ship 20,000+ deployed applications on the FlutterFlow platform
- Scaled FlutterFlow to 150 employees with enterprise clients in banking, consulting, telecom, and manufacturing

## Latest updates

- **2024-01** — FlutterFlow closed $25.5M Series A led by GV and Gradient Ventures at ~$170M valuation
- **2024-01** — Platform crossed 1M+ users with ~10,000 self-service paying customers and 10-20 enterprise clients
- **2025-01** — Platform reportedly grew to 1.8M+ users across 200+ countries
- **2026-01** — User base estimated at 2.8M+ with expanded AI-powered features

## Links

- Website: https://flutterflow.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asgreaves

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Last updated: 2026-05-27