# Todd Schiller

> Todd Schiller is the co-founder and CEO of PixieBrix, a low-code platform that lets teams customize, extend, and automate the web apps they already use through browser mods. A programming-languages PhD who studied software verification under Michael Ernst at the University of Washington, he spent years building knowledge-management and analytics tools for hedge funds and consumer companies before starting PixieBrix in 2020. The New York-based company has raised roughly $26M, including a Series A backed by JetBlue Ventures, and has increasingly focused on AI-assisted customer-experience and support workflows.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at PixieBrix
- **Organizations:** PixieBrix, FinLingua, MOKA, Independent
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** PhD, Software Engineering & Programming Languages (advisor: Michael Ernst; NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, DARPA grant), University of Washington, MS, Computer Science, Washington University in St. Louis, BS, Computer Science (advisors: Aaron Stump, Yixin Chen, Ron Cytron), Washington University in St. Louis
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads PixieBrix, which has raised roughly $26M in total funding including a Series A, Earned a PhD in software engineering and programming languages from the University of Washington on an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship with additional DARPA support, Built knowledge-management and business-analytics tools for some of the world's largest hedge funds and consumer companies

## Career timeline

- **2014** — Presented 'Encouraging Effective Contract Specifications' at the ICSE conference during his PhD research on software verification
- **2018** — Presented 'Using Optimizers in Business Analytics' at the NYC Python Meetup
- **2020** — Co-founded PixieBrix with Mike Mirandi and became CEO
- **2021** — PixieBrix funding covered by Fast Company and Yahoo
- **2023** — PixieBrix raised a Series A (JetBlue Ventures among backers); appeared on podcasts about generative AI in customer success
- **2024** — Spoke on AI in customer experience at TaskUs Forward and on operationalizing GenAI at scale
- **2026** — Presented 'Making AI Coding Work for Enterprise-Grade Browser Extensions' at the AI Coding Summit

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads PixieBrix, which has raised roughly $26M in total funding including a Series A
- Earned a PhD in software engineering and programming languages from the University of Washington on an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship with additional DARPA support
- Built knowledge-management and business-analytics tools for some of the world's largest hedge funds and consumer companies
- Published academic research spanning contract specifications, pluggable type-checking, machine learning, and action planning
- Secured JetBlue Ventures as an investor in PixieBrix

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Presented 'Making AI Coding Work for Enterprise-Grade Browser Extensions' at the AI Coding Summit.
- **2024-09** — Spoke on AI in customer experience at TaskUs Forward and on operationalizing GenAI at scale in CX.

## Links

- Website: https://toddschiller.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tschiller/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/twschiller
- GitHub: https://github.com/twschiller
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/toddschiller.com

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Last updated: 2026-07-08