# Eiso Kant

> Eiso Kant is a Dutch software entrepreneur and co-founder, co-CEO and CTO of Poolside. After co-founding Tyba, building AI-for-code company source{d}, and leading engineering analytics company Athenian, he joined Jason Warner to build foundation models for software development.

- **Role:** Co-founder, co-CEO and CTO at Poolside
- **Organizations:** Poolside, Poolside Infrastructure Company, Axon, Athenian, source{d}, Tyba
- **Nationality:** Dutch
- **Education:** Bachelor of Business Administration, IE University
- **Known for:** Co-founded four startups across recruitment, AI for code, engineering analytics and foundation models., Built source{d} as an early company applying machine learning to source code., Co-founded Poolside, which announced a $500 million Series B in October 2024.

## Career timeline

- **2009** — Moved from the Netherlands to Spain to study at IE University.
- **2011** — Co-founded Tyba with Jorge Schnura and Philip von Have.
- **2015** — Co-founded source{d}, initially a Tyba spin-off focused on developers and code.
- **2016** — Tyba was acquired by Graduateland.
- **2017** — Met future Poolside co-founder Jason Warner when Warner, then GitHub CTO, offered to acquire source{d}; Kant says the offer was declined.
- **2019** — Founded Athenian, an engineering analytics platform.
- **2021** — Began co-hosting Developing Leadership with Jason Warner.
- **2023** — Co-founded Poolside with Jason Warner.
- **2024** — Poolside announced a $500 million Series B.
- **2025** — Became Poolside co-CEO and presented the company’s Model Factory at RAAIS in London.
- **2026** — Became president of Poolside Infrastructure Company and a director at Axon; Poolside released its first public foundation models.

## Achievements

- Co-founded four startups across recruitment, AI for code, engineering analytics and foundation models.
- Built source{d} as an early company applying machine learning to source code.
- Co-founded Poolside, which announced a $500 million Series B in October 2024.
- Co-authored Poolside’s April 2026 announcement of Laguna XS.2 and Laguna M.1.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Axon appointed Kant to its board of directors; Poolside released Laguna S 2.1 and a desktop assistant.
- **2026-04** — Kant and Warner announced Poolside’s first public model releases, Laguna XS.2 and Laguna M.1.
- **2026-01** — Kant began leading Poolside Infrastructure Company as its president.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eisokant/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/eisokant
- GitHub: https://github.com/eiso

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Last updated: 2026-09-29