Simon Willison builds open-source tools for exploring data, including Datasette and LLM, and serves on the Python Software Foundation board. He co-created Django, co-founded Lanyrd and later led engineering at Eventbrite, following work at The Guardian and Yahoo. He also works one day a week with Prime Radiant, an applied AI research lab.
Simon Willison builds open-source tools for exploring data, including Datasette and LLM, and serves on the Python Software Foundation board. He co-created Django, co-founded Lanyrd and later led engineering at Eventbrite, following work at The Guardian and Yahoo. He also works one day a week with Prime Radiant, an applied AI research lab.
Career
IOpen Source Developer, Datasette and LLM at Independent until Present
PSBoard Member at Python Software Foundation until Present
EEngineering Director at Eventbrite until 2019
LCo-Founder at Lanyrd from 2010 to 2013
TGSoftware Architect at The Guardian from 2008-10 to 2010
LJDeveloper; Co-Creator of Django at Lawrence Journal-World from 2003 to 2004