Dragos Fotescu

Dragos Fotescu is a technology founder and software developer based in San Francisco, California. In 2019, he founded Duckly, an early-stage software startup focused on enabling real-time video chat and shared coding experiences for distributed engineering teams. The Silicon Valley-based company participated in the Y Combinator Summer 2020 batch and subsequently grew to a core team size of five employees before eventually becoming inactive. During his executive tenure at Duckly, Fotescu developed complex backend infrastructure that allowed software programmers to share integrated development environments and terminal interactions seamlessly across different geographic locations. He is known within the global industry for a technical approach centered around breaking things to uncover system vulnerabilities and test software resilience. His professional background currently focuses on engineering disruptive technology solutions and designing specialized communication tools for remote software development teams.