# Stephen Whitworth

> Stephen Whitworth is co-founder and CEO of incident.io, the incident management company he started with Chris Evans and Pete Hamilton in 2021 after working at Monzo. A self-taught software engineer and former Ravelin co-founder, he has worked across data analysis, machine learning and engineering. His writing and interviews connect reliable software with clear communication, shared learning and practical tools for the people responding to failures.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at incident.io
- **Organizations:** incident.io, Ravelin, Monzo, Hailo
- **From:** Singapore, Singapore
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree, first-class honours, Queen Mary University of London
- **Known for:** Co-founded incident.io in 2021., Previously co-founded fraud detection company Ravelin., Included in the 2018 Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe: Technology list.

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Worked in data analysis at Hailo and taught himself software engineering.
- **Before Monzo** — Co-founded Ravelin and worked on machine learning for fraud detection.
- **2018** — Included in Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe: Technology for his work as a Ravelin co-founder.
- **Before 2021** — Worked at Monzo; his High Growth Engineering biography described a senior software engineering role fighting financial crime.
- **2020** — Published High Growth Engineering, a newsletter about building software in growing companies.
- **2021** — Co-founded incident.io with Chris Evans and Pete Hamilton, colleagues from Monzo.
- **2022** — Published the company’s New York expansion rationale and described its monthly Content Day.
- **2023** — Company offsite recap reported that he had relocated from London to join the New York team.
- **2024** — Announced incident.io On-call in March and a San Francisco office in November.
- **2025** — Announced a $62 million Series B led by Insight Partners and wrote about AI incident investigation.
- **2026** — Discussed the full incident lifecycle on Dash0’s Code RED podcast; incident.io introduced Investigations powered by Nexus in August.

## Achievements

- Co-founded incident.io in 2021.
- Previously co-founded fraud detection company Ravelin.
- Included in the 2018 Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe: Technology list.
- Created the public GoLearn machine-learning library for Go.
- Led incident.io as it announced a $62 million Series B in April 2025, bringing announced total funding to over $96 million.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — incident.io introduced Investigations powered by Nexus, connecting incident hypotheses to evidence and collaborating with human responders.
- **2026-03** — Appeared on Dash0’s Code RED podcast to discuss the full incident lifecycle, collaborative response and AI.
- **2025-11** — Discussed his career and US expansion experience on Scaling Stateside.
- **2025-07** — Discussed incident.io’s AI development and the need for precision in Jam’s AI Speedrun interview.

## Links

- Website: https://stephen.sh/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenwhitworth/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/sjwhitworth
- GitHub: https://github.com/sjwhitworth

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Last updated: 2026-10-22