# Joshua Levy

> Joshua Levy is the Co-Founder and CEO of Holloway, a San Francisco-based digital publishing platform that produces comprehensive expert-reviewed guides on professional and entrepreneurial topics. A mathematician-turned-engineer, Levy previously served as a founding engineer at BloomReach and held infrastructure roles at Viv Labs (acquired by Samsung) and SRI International where he worked alongside the original Siri team. He is perhaps best known in technical circles as the creator of 'The Art of Command Line' on GitHub - a guide with over 150,000 stars translated into 14 languages and read by more than 2 million people. At Holloway, he has pioneered a new model of expert-driven digital publishing, raising $4.6M in seed funding from NEA, the New York Times Company, and South Park Commons, and co-authoring guides on equity compensation and technical recruiting that have collectively reached millions of readers.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Holloway
- **Organizations:** Holloway, Viv Labs, BloomReach, Cuil, SRI International
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Master of Arts in Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, Advanced Mathematics Study, Budapest Semesters in Mathematics
- **Known for:** Created 'The Art of Command Line' GitHub repository with 150,000+ stars - top 40 most-starred repos globally, Translated 'The Art of Command Line' into approximately 14 languages, read by 2M+ people, Raised $4.6M seed funding from NEA, New York Times Company, and South Park Commons (2019)

## Career timeline

- **SRI International** — Software Engineer - worked on conversational AI systems with original Siri team
- **Cuil** — Director of Engineering at web search engine startup
- **BloomReach** — Founding Engineer and Head of Operations - grew company from 2nd hire to nearly 200 employees
- **2014** — Created 'The Art of Command Line' on GitHub - became one of the top 40 most-starred repos globally
- **2016** — Head of Operations and Infrastructure at Viv Labs (acquired by Samsung)
- **2016** — Co-Founded Holloway with Andy Sparks
- **2019** — Holloway raised $4.6M seed round from NEA, New York Times Company, and South Park Commons
- **2019** — Published Holloway Guide to Equity Compensation - reached 2M+ readers
- **2020s** — Published Holloway Guide to Technical Recruiting and Hiring
- **2024+** — Focusing on AI-native tools including Markform and Kash (AI-native shell)

## Achievements

- Created 'The Art of Command Line' GitHub repository with 150,000+ stars - top 40 most-starred repos globally
- Translated 'The Art of Command Line' into approximately 14 languages, read by 2M+ people
- Raised $4.6M seed funding from NEA, New York Times Company, and South Park Commons (2019)
- Co-authored Holloway Guide to Equity Compensation with 2M+ readers
- Scaled BloomReach from 2nd employee to ~200 employees as Founding Engineer and Head of Operations
- Contributed to foundational conversational AI at SRI International alongside original Siri team
- Created AWS guide on GitHub with 35,000+ stars
- Built Holloway into a publishing platform with dozens of expert guides and millions of readers

## Latest updates

- **2024-01** — Actively working on AI-native development tools including Markform and Kash shell
- **2019-08** — Holloway raised $4.6M seed round from NEA, NYT Company, and South Park Commons
- **2019-08** — Holloway launched publicly with comprehensive startup guides

## Links

- Website: https://holloway.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlevy
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ojoshe
- GitHub: https://github.com/jlevy
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/hollowayguides/

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Last updated: 2026-05-14