Topper Bowers
Founding Cognitive Architect at Illusion of Life, Inc.
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolTopper Bowers is a seasoned engineer and serial founder with 18 years building product-driven teams and shipping large-scale web, video, and blockchain systems from Berlin. A Y Combinator alum and former CEO of a VC-backed L1 blockchain (Tupelo), he has led companies through pivots and built hit experiences—one of his games consistently ranked in the top 10 on the Polygon network. He combines hands-on engineering (from Rails-era high-scale video platforms to modern crypto and AI integrations) with product instincts honed by founding multiple startups. Over the past 2+ years he’s focused on generative AI, weaving it into playful, user-first gaming and crypto experiences. Currently operating under the creative title Magician, he’s known for creating delightful, fun-first products while scaling technical teams and devops culture. An artistically trained BFA in computer graphics by background, he brings a designer’s eye to technical architecture and user experience.
18 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Summer 2012 batch, Summer 2012 batch at Y CombinatorBFA, Computer Graphics, BFA, Computer Graphics at Syracuse University
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Github Skills (200)
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terraform10
protobuf10
graph10
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javascript10
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npm10
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Programming languages (26)
Github contributions (5)
quorumcontrol/cryptocolosseum-docs
Feb 2021 - Oct 2022
The docs for Crypto Colosseum
Contributions:17 reviews, 29 PRs, 130 pushes in 1 year 7 months
crypto
quorumcontrol/tupelo-lite
May 2020 - Aug 2020
The simple immutable datastore based on digital signatures.
Contributions:108 commits, 8 PRs, 29 pushes in 2 months
digital-signature
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