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.
Alex Ruber @alex_ruber
https://t.co/CRWMtSRDQQ candle's mission is to end loneliness. a quick update, with a full time team of just 4, we've now grown to: - 1.5m+ users - $3.1m in annualized revenue - $1.8m in arr we need someone to scale our ugc creator program and paid social. we're hiring a https://t.co/4O0o4CNPJA
Jun 29, 2026 Β· β₯ 86 Β· β 3
Alex Ruber @alex_ruber
day 424 of building @trycandleapp, a game to help friends and couples connect more, it's been a while :) we've been heads down building a ton of new features, and we're super excited to finally start sharing them more over the next week, we'll be launching 4 new features and https://t.co/IEWQglQe5A
Jun 23, 2026 Β· β₯ 13 Β· β 1
Alex Ruber @alex_ruber
day 403 of building @trycandleapp, a game to help friends and couples connect more made on candle :) thank you to business insider for writing a story about us! if you're curious about our journey, check it out pair with someone td https://t.co/3OUKPIBs31
Jun 4, 2026 Β· β₯ 18 Β· β 1
Co-Founder and CEO at CandleYC F24
Intro paths
Alex went through Y Combinator (Fall 2024) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Pete Koomen, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Candle's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Alex can intro founders to Candle's investors below.
Candle's investors Β· 4
Co-founders at Candle
