Jarek Tkaczyk

Founder & CTO, Aquila

Jarek Tkaczyk is the founder and CTO of Aquila (aquila.is), which finances and monitors solar, EV and carbon projects in Southeast Asia. Jarek has started companies since age 18 and has built software since 2010 for travel, finance, medical and other industries. From 2019 to 2023 Jarek was Head of Engineering at Aspire (YC 2018), where the team grew to more than 100 engineers in 4 countries. Jarek is a long-time open-source contributor.