# Avery Durrant

> Avery Durrant is a New York-based software founder and engineer. He co-founded Dripos, the coffee-shop operations platform, and was described as its co-CEO in 2024. He is now the founder and CEO of Custral, a CRM intended to connect the full customer journey. He began programming at eleven and writes about books, business and engineering.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Custral
- **Organizations:** Custral, Dripos, Cork Drinks, Deltek, Y Combinator
- **Education:** Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, Computer science studies; left after approximately three months for full-time employment, Make School
- **Known for:** Co-founded Dripos, which participated in Y Combinator Summer 2020., Co-led Dripos through an $11 million Series A announced April 24, 2024., Dripos announced customers across 46 states and 400% location growth during 2023.

## Career timeline

- **2010** — Began programming at eleven, building websites and Minecraft plugins.
- **2013** — Began full-time Minecraft server work at fourteen, according to his personal biography.
- **2017** — Graduated high school; subsequently worked at Deltek.
- **2018** — Co-founded Cork Drinks, a nightlife subscription service.
- **2019** — The business evolved into Drip, a mobile ordering app for coffee shops.
- **2020** — The product evolved into Dripos and joined Y Combinator Summer 2020.
- **2023** — Discussed engineering, customer feedback and testing on How It’s Tested.
- **2024** — Dripos announced an $11 million Series A led by Base10 Partners; Durrant was described as co-founder and co-CEO.
- **2025** — Began Custral, according to his personal biography.
- **2026** — Published the Custral founding rationale on September 22.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Dripos, which participated in Y Combinator Summer 2020.
- Co-led Dripos through an $11 million Series A announced April 24, 2024.
- Dripos announced customers across 46 states and 400% location growth during 2023.
- Founded Custral, a full-cycle customer relationship management platform.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Published “Why Build Another CRM? Exactly! Here’s What I’m Building and Why” on September 22, explaining Custral.
- **2026-01** — Published a review of Anthony Hopkins’s memoir on January 7 on his personal site.

## Links

- Website: https://averydurrant.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avery-durrant
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Avery246813579
- GitHub: https://github.com/Avery246813579

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Last updated: 2026-10-26