# Yury Selivanov

> Leading the Ministry of Silly Walks

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/yury

Co-founder and CEO at geldata.com. Python core developer that brought you async/await, uvloop, and asyncpg.

## Work Experience
### Director of Engineering @ Vercel
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Building the next generation Python tooling and cloud.

### Entrepreneur in Residence @ Nava Ventures
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Core Developer and a PSF Fellow @ Python Software Foundation
Jan 2013 – Present
I maintain Python asynchronous IO infrastructure and sometimes make things faster. I've authored and implemented a number of Python Enhancements Proposals, including:

- async/await syntax (PEP 492)
- Asynchronous generators (PEP 525)
- Execution Context (PEP 567 & PEP 550)

### Co-founder and CEO @ Gel Data
Jan 2019 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area
EdgeDB is an open-source object-relational database built on top of PostgreSQL. The goal of EdgeDB is to empower its users to build safe and efficient software with less effort.

### Co-founder and CEO @ MagicStack Inc.
Jan 2008 – Jan 2025 | Toronto, Canada Area
magicstack is a Toronto-based team of software engineers.  We are building EdgeDB, our flagship product and a backbone of our best work, learn more at https://edgedb.com.

Our clients include Pinterest, Microsoft, Cisco, GE, Nintendo, as well as many smaller companies and startups.

### Advisor, Product Design @ experience it inc.
Jan 2013 – Jan 2019 | Toronto, Canada Area


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/yselivanov
- Portfolio: https://twitter.com/1st1
- Portfolio: https://edgedb.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-13