# Paddy Byers

> Paddy Byers is CTO and Co-founder. Ably on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

CTO and Co-founder.

Paddy Byers is CTO and co-founder of Ably, the realtime messaging platform. Before Ably he led development of realtime, embedded and mobile software, including products for safety- and security-critical uses. He holds a mathematics degree from the University of Cambridge and a PhD in theoretical computer science.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paddybyers/

## What Paddy builds

- [Ably](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ably.md), graded BB, 75.2/100, in Event delivery & webhooks. Hosted realtime messaging from Ably Realtime Ltd in London. Clients publish and subscribe on channels over WebSocket, SSE or MQTT, with a REST API, presence, message history, outbound and inbound webhooks, and AMQP queues. CTO and Co-founder, researched 2026-10-26.

## Works with

- [Matthew O’Riordan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/matthew-o-riordan/), CEO and Technical Co-founder

## Backed by

- [Forward Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/forward-partners/)
- [MMC Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/mmc-ventures/)
- [Insight Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/insight-partners/)
- [Dawn Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dawn-capital/)
- [Triple Point](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/triple-point/)
- [Digital Horizon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/digital-horizon/)

## Questions

### Who is Paddy Byers?

Paddy Byers is CTO and co-founder of Ably, the realtime messaging platform. Before Ably he led development of realtime, embedded and mobile software, including products for safety- and security-critical uses. He holds a mathematics degree from the University of Cambridge and a PhD in theoretical computer science.

### What does Ably Realtime Ltd make?

Anchor Terminal lists Ably from Ably Realtime Ltd. Hosted realtime messaging from Ably Realtime Ltd in London. Clients publish and subscribe on channels over WebSocket, SSE or MQTT, with a REST API, presence, message history, outbound and inbound webhooks, and AMQP queues.

### Who has invested in Ably Realtime Ltd?

The sources our research read name Forward Partners, MMC Ventures, Insight Partners, Dawn Capital, Triple Point and Digital Horizon.

### How are Paddy's tools graded?

Ably is graded BB, 75.2 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://ably.com/about
- https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/people/?keywords=%22Ably%22%20founder
- https://ably.com/
- https://ably.com/contact

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