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320 people in our graph share verified history with Alex — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Victoria LewisunlockedAlex: together at UC San Diego (2020)
×7Alex: together at Udemy
×2Alex: together at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
×2Alex: together at Gunn High School
About
Alex Ruber is an iOS and architecture engineer who previously worked at Apple, and a flight systems and sequencing engineer who worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He is currently building consumer AI products focused on habit formation.
Co-Founder and CEO at CandleYC F24
Intro paths
YC
Alex went through Y Combinator (Fall 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Pete Koomen, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Candle's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Alex can intro founders to Candle's investors below.
Candle's investors · 4
Co-founders at Candle
PC
Parth ChopraCo-Founder and CTO
Experience
- Candle (YC F24)co-founder & ceocurrent2024 — present
- Appleios/ai engineer2023 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- Udemysoftware engineer2020 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- Forbesforbes u30 scholar2019
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratorysystems engineer - juno mission2017Greater Los Angeles Area
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratoryflight software engineer - insight mission2017Greater Los Angeles Area
Skills & more
Swift4Java6Python3Objective-C3C++2Microsoft Office3Microsoft Excel2Microsoft Word1PhotoshopC2Swift (Programming Language)Start-ups14
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iOS DevelopmentAlgorithmsProgrammingArtificial IntelligenceRoboticsEntrepreneurshipSocial MediaWeb DevelopmentResearchAccountingFinancial AnalysisFinancial ReportingLanguages English · Romanian · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Alex Ruber?
- Alex Ruber is an iOS and architecture engineer who previously worked at Apple, and a flight systems and sequencing engineer who worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He is currently building consumer AI products focused on habit formation.
- Where does Alex Ruber work?
- Alex Ruber is Co-Founder and CEO of Candle.
- What companies did Alex Ruber found?
- Alex Ruber founded Candle.
- Where did Alex Ruber go to school?
- Alex Ruber studied at Y Combinator; UC San Diego (Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science and Applied Mathematics); Gunn High School.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
+ 10,223 more
Apple mafia306
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Steve JurvetsonProduct MarketingFounded Future Ventures +1Kai-Fu LeeVice president (last job)Founded 01Brian ActonHardware Test EngineerFounded WHATS APP +1IanUser Experience and EngineeringFounded Apex Technology +3Jon LernerSoftware Engineer (Intern)Founded Textnow +2Brian BrackeenSr. Project ManagerFounded Lightship +1
+ 299 more
UC San Diego mafia235
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Elad GilBAFounded Brain Co. +1Chester NgBSFounded DivXPhillip SamayoaPhDFounded Generation Bio +2Wendy JohanssonCognitive ScienceFounded Misaludhealth +2Elizabeth A. MullerBachelorsFounded Deep Isolation +2Sean AinsworthB.S.Founded RetroSense Therapeutics +1
+ 228 more
Udemy mafia18
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Gagan BiyaniCo-Founder and PresidentFounded Maven Learning +2Uğur KanerProductFounded Collective Hub +2Max AltschulerBusiness Development & Enterprise SalesFounded Sales Hacker +1Eren BaliCo-founder, Member of Board of DirectorsFounded Carbon Health +1Nicolas RojasPremium Instructor 4,000+ StudentsFounded Dapta +1Ken FoxBoard MemberFounded A10 Capital
+ 11 more
Gunn High School mafia10
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Ann Crady WeissFounded HatchShivansh RustagiHigh School DiplomaFounded InterlockJosh PassellFounded CoraOliver SilversteinFounded OpencallAakash PrasadFounded InspectMind AIKeenan VenutiFounded Vector Legal
+ 3 more
Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
+ 1,994 more
Also attended UC San Diego577
Elad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalMark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront VenturesChester NgGeneral Partner at AtomicBirgitteInvestor at InvestinorHouman HaghighiPartner, Business & Corporate Development at Menlo VenturesFreya Svedberg-KeatingInvestor at Medicxi
+ 571 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Candle (YC F24)2
Also worked at Apple787
Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AISteve WozniakCo-founder of AppleBrian ActonCo-founder of WhatsApp; co-founder of Signal Foundation
+ 781 more
Also worked at Udemy34
Bill PescatelloInvestor at LightbankSkylar DorosinPrincipal at NVP CapitalMax AltschulerFounder & General Partner at GTMfundKen FoxPartner at StripesRon ShahPartner at StripesDavid OppenheimerPartner, CFO at Verissimo Ventures
+ 28 more
Also worked at Forbes251
Morgan CheathamPartner and Head of Healthcare and Life Sciences at Breyer CapitalChris KraeuterHead of Communications at ParadigmAvantika DaingFounding Partner at Plum Alley InvestmentsPaul CoyerVenture Partner at IronGate Capital AdvisorsNisa AmoilsVC, lawyer, media host, columnist and authorVikas RajCo-Founder & Managing Partner at ResilienceVC
+ 245 more