Founder Profile
Max Lytvyn
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Max Lytvyn?
Max Lytvyn is a founder of Grammarly Inc., which was founded in 2009 with Alex Shevchenko and Dmytro Lider.
- Company founded
- Grammarly Inc.
- Founded
- 2009
- Co-founders
- Alex Shevchenko and Dmytro Lider
Background
Co-founded MyDropBox, a plagiarism-detection service for universities acquired by Blackboard in 2007.
Founding Story
Max Lytvyn co-founded Grammarly in 2009 with Alex Shevchenko and Dmytro Lider. The idea came from their MyDropBox work: helping people write well rather than catching plagiarism afterwards. Lytvyn has been active in support efforts for Ukraine since Russia's 2022 invasion.
Lytvyn is a Ukrainian programmer. Max Lytvyn was born in 1980.