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Experience
- Walden RoboticsCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2026 — presentCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Toyota Research InstituteHead of Physical AI R&D - Large Behavior Models2024 — 2025Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Toyota Research InstituteSenior Research Lead - Continual Robot Learning2022 — 2024Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Toyota Research InstituteTech Lead - Continual Robot Learning2021 — 2022Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Toyota Research InstituteResearch Scientist - Robot Perception2020 — 2021Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Brown UniversityPostdoctoral Research Associate2019 — 2020Providence, Rhode Island Area
- Duke University, Department of Computer SciencePhD Student - Computer Vision & Robotics2013 — 2019Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area
- Aurora InnovationIntern - Perception and Machine Learning2017Greater Pittsburgh Region
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Software Developer - Data Analytics2013
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Computer ScienceResearch Assistant - Computer Vision & NLP2011 — 2012
Skills & more
Robotics8Machine Learning8Artificial Intelligence6Computer Vision4Computer Science4Research4Programming4C++4Matlab3Python3Java2Computer Hardware3
Languages English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ben Burchfiel?
- Founder at Walden
- Where does Ben Burchfiel work?
- Ben Burchfiel is Founder of Walden.
- What companies did Ben Burchfiel found?
- Ben Burchfiel founded Walden.
- Where did Ben Burchfiel go to school?
- Ben Burchfiel studied at Duke University (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science); Duke University (Master's degree, Computer Science); University of Wisconsin-Madison (Bachelor of Science, Computer Science).
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Also attended Duke University867
Marc AndreessenCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzFred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersZach PerretCo-founder & CEO of Plaid; co-founder of MischiefJulie YangVice President at InvestcorpAyaan PatelInvestor at Lightbank
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Also attended University of Wisconsin-Madison504
Zhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel CapitalDougAdvisor at Clear VenturesDan RuchPartner at Rho VenturesJoe HayesInvestor at LightbankGeorge RobertsInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersBret L. BostwickMD, FAAP, FACMG, Venture Advisor at Breyer Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Walden Robotics1
Also worked at Brown University132
Alexis AlstonInvestor at Lightship CapitalLauren KolodnyInvestor at Aspect VenturesDavid BorcsokPartner at Mucker CapitalDavid MoskowitzPrincipal at MPM BioImpactPaxton MajorManaging Director at Northpond VenturesChuck DavisOperating Partner at TCV
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Also worked at Duke University, Department of Computer Science170
Fred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgePae WuGeneral Partner at SOSVAkshita IyerCorporate Insights Lead at Tech Square VenturesMichael BrannanSr. Associate at Volition CapitalPaige MorschauserHead of Operations at Red Cell IncubationEvan HenleyAssociate, Investments at Capital One Ventures
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Also worked at Aurora Innovation18
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockMike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesClaire Hughes JohnsonCorporate Officer, Stripe at Operator CollectiveDr. Manu KumarChief Firestarter at K9 VenturesGerhard EschelbeckInvestor at Inner Loop CapitalJoseph SungaInvestor at Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence Incubator (AI2)
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