# Amet Alvirde

> Amet Alvirde is a founder and software engineer based in Mexico City, associated with Render - the cloud deployment platform that hit a $1.5 billion valuation after its $100 million Series C extension in February 2026. A long-time Linux advocate, TypeScript developer, and Fullscreen content creator since 2012, he maintains a public digital garden of philosophical writing in Spanish, shoots street photography on a Sony a7iv, and plays guitar. His GitHub projects span fitness data tooling, trading system analysis, and personal infrastructure - a practitioner who builds for himself as readily as for the platform serving 4.5 million developers.

- **Role:** Founder at Render
- **Organizations:** Render, Fullscreen
- **Nationality:** Mexican
- **Known for:** Co-founded Render, a cloud platform serving 4.5 million developers globally, Helped grow Render to a $1.5 billion valuation by 2026, Built open-source tools for fitness data analysis (Run2Max, normalize-fit-file)

## Career timeline

- **2012** — Began Fullscreen partnership, creating YouTube content on Linux and programming
- **2018** — Render founded - cloud application hosting platform
- **2025** — Render reaches 4.5 million developers, raises $80M Series C
- **2026-02** — Render raises $100M Series C extension at $1.5 billion valuation

## Achievements

- Co-founded Render, a cloud platform serving 4.5 million developers globally
- Helped grow Render to a $1.5 billion valuation by 2026
- Built open-source tools for fitness data analysis (Run2Max, normalize-fit-file)
- Established a Fullscreen content creator partnership for Linux and programming education in 2012
- Maintains an active public digital garden (Obsidian Publish) as a model for personal knowledge management

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Render raises $100 million Series C extension at $1.5 billion valuation, led by Georgian, with Bessemer, General Catalyst, and others participating
- **2026-03** — Active writing in his Obsidian digital garden, publishing Build 01 writing project (week 11, 2026)
- **2024-11** — Published Fotoregistro 2 - first photo taken with new Sony FE 35mm F1.4 GM lens, shot in a historic city center

## Links

- Website: https://AmetAlvirde.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/amet-alvirde-05437955
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ametalvirde
- GitHub: https://github.com/AmetAlvirde
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmetAlvirde/

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Last updated: 2026-05-27