# Josh Albrecht

> Josh Albrecht is the co-founder and CTO of Imbue, an AI company building agents and tools intended to increase people’s control over software. A former machine-learning researcher, game programmer, Addepar engineer, and co-founder of CloudFab and Sourceress, he is also a general partner at Outset Capital. His public writing links technical questions about coding agents to a broader argument for open software and human agency.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CTO at Imbue; general partner at Outset Capital
- **Organizations:** Imbue, Outset Capital, Sourceress, CloudFab, Addepar
- **Education:** Bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science, University of Pittsburgh
- **Known for:** Co-founded Imbue and led its technology work as CTO., Co-founded Sourceress, which participated in Y Combinator S17., Co-founded CloudFab, which was acquired.

## Career timeline

- **High school** — Worked professionally programming video games.
- **2003–2008** — Studied computer science at the University of Pittsburgh and published machine-learning and language research under Rebecca Hwa.
- **Before 2021** — Co-founded CloudFab, an acquired 3D-printing and injection-molding software company; worked as an early engineer at Addepar.
- **2017** — Co-founded AI recruiting company Sourceress, a Y Combinator S17 company, with Kanjun Qiu.
- **2021** — Co-founded the company that became Generally Intelligent and later Imbue.
- **2023** — Imbue announced a $200 million Series B and its name change from Generally Intelligent.
- **2025** — Spoke publicly about human-guided AI coding and building robust software with agents.
- **2026** — Published an essay rethinking Imbue’s culture; Imbue launched the open-source mngr agent-management tool.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Imbue and led its technology work as CTO.
- Co-founded Sourceress, which participated in Y Combinator S17.
- Co-founded CloudFab, which was acquired.
- Published machine-learning and natural-language research.
- Helped build Addepar as an early engineer and mentored Thiel Fellows.
- Is a general partner at Outset Capital.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Discussed parallel coding agents with Harrison Chase as Imbue introduced mngr.
- **2026-04** — Imbue released mngr, a free, open-source command-line tool for managing coding agents.
- **2026-01** — Published “A more radical Imbue,” proposing more employee-led, open software projects.

## Links

- Website: https://joshalbrecht.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshalbrecht
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/joshalbrecht

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Last updated: 2026-09-29