About
Ben Collins is co-founder and CEO of Woz. He studied engineering at MIT, where he met his co-founder Brad over 13 years ago.
Founder at WozYC W25
Intro paths
YC
Ben went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Woz's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Ben can intro founders to Woz's investors below.
Woz's investors · 5
Co-founders at Woz
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Brad EckertFounder
Experience
- WozCofounder, CEOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- 310.aiProduct2023 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- Rhapsody Venture PartnersInvestor & Startup Builder2019 — 2021Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- NODARInvestor & Co-Creator2020 — 2021
- Safi-TechInvestor & Co-Creator2019 — 2021
- HyperDampingInvestor & Co-Creator2019 — 2021
- Dean and CompanyAnalyst2017 — 2019Washington DC-Baltimore Area
- Poly6 TechnologiesEngineering2016 — 2017Greater Boston
- GoogleProduct Engineering2015Mountain View, California, United States
Skills & more
Research37Entrepreneurship7Marketing7Social Media3Sales1Data Analysis1Public Speaking2Microsoft Office56Microsoft Excel48Matlab8Arduino5Machine Tools3
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PowerPointMicrosoft WordSQLFrom Ben's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ben Collins?
- Ben Collins is co-founder and CEO of Woz. He studied engineering at MIT, where he met his co-founder Brad over 13 years ago.
- Where does Ben Collins work?
- Ben Collins is Founder of Woz.
- What companies did Ben Collins found?
- Ben Collins founded Woz.
- Where did Ben Collins go to school?
- Ben Collins studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering); Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Master of Business Administration - MBA); Y Combinator.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,773
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Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianYC Summer 2005Founded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded Pursuit +1
+ 8,766 more
Y Combinator mafia4,716
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Ryan SheaEntrepreneurshipFounded StacksTarek MansourFounded KalshiSuhail DoshiEating beans & riceFounded Playground +1Subomi OluwalanaW22Founded ConvoyDarius "Bubs" MonsefS19Founded Sightbox +3Matthew ScholzFounded Oisin Biotechnologies +3
+ 4,709 more
Massachusetts Institute of Technology mafia546
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Elad GilPhDFounded Brain Co.Nat FriedmanBachelor of ScienceFounded XamarinMatt HuangB.S.Founded HotspotsDelian AsparouhovDropoutFounded Nightingale +1Drew HoustonBSFounded Dropbox +1Arash FerdowsiComputer ScienceFounded Dropbox
+ 539 more
Stanford University Graduate School of Business mafia267
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Steve JurvetsonMaster of Business Administration (MBA)Founded Mojo VisionTony XuMBAFounded DoorDashDavid VélezMBAFounded NubankMatt RouifStanford Ignite (Summer Institute for Entrepreneurship)Founded Photoroom +3IanMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.)Founded Immunity Project +2Mikhail KokorichStanford Executive ProgramFounded Destinus +2
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Rhapsody Venture Partners mafia3
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,387
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and Techstars
+ 1,381 more
Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,383
Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew
+ 1,377 more
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Woz1
Also worked at Rhapsody Venture Partners11
Carsten BoersManaging Partner at Rhapsody Venture PartnersBernard LupienGeneral Partner at Rhapsody Venture PartnersJason WhaleyGeneral Partner at Rhapsody Venture PartnersCorrie KavanaughPrincipal at Rhapsody Venture PartnersJessica FreyerPartner at Rhapsody Venture PartnersMike FuerstmanPartner at Rhapsody Venture Partners
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