Dylan Player

Dylan Player is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of emojis.com, an artificial intelligence software company based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2023 alongside co-founder Alexandru Turcanu, the Y Combinator-backed startup develops an AI copilot that generates custom brand assets, digital graphics, and specialized emojis specifically targeted toward small business owners. Prior to launching this two-person venture, Player served as a software engineer at Shopify, where he developed financial technology infrastructure and built new e-commerce lending products for merchants. During his tenure at the multinational e-commerce corporation, he was instrumental in engineering the backend systems required to scale the platform's merchant lending volume to over $10 billion. Player's current focus centers on leveraging generative artificial intelligence to streamline graphic design workflows, building upon his foundational expertise in constructing highly scalable enterprise software and financial technology architecture.