Alex Ruber
FounderCo-Founder and CEO at Candle
Palo Alto, California, United States
FoundedCandle Β· YC
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) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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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
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In turn, Alex can intro founders to Candle's investors below.
Candle's investors Β· 4
Co-founders at Candle
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Parth ChopraCo-Founder and CTO
Experience
- Candle (YC F24)co-founder & ceocurrent2024 β present
- Appleios/ai engineer2023 β 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- Udemysoftware engineer2020 β 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 Β· Romanian Β· 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.
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