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Chiraag DeoraunlockedBen: together at Galileo (2022–2023)
Ben: together at Splice Machine
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×2Ben: together at Northeastern University
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Co-founders at Grotto
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Nick DeveauFounder
Experience
- GrottoAICo-Founder & CTOcurrent2025 — present
- Various StartupsAdvisorcurrent2023 — present
- MLOps CommunityMeetup Hostcurrent2022 — present
- Northeastern UniversityGuest Lecturer, MLOpscurrent2025 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
- EvolutionIQStaff Tech Lead - LLMs2024 — 2025Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- EvolutionIQTech Lead - LLMs2023 — 2024Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- EvolutionIQSenior Software Engineer2023Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- AI Infrastructure AllianceBoard of Data Science2022 — 2023
- GalileoFounding Software Engineer2021 — 2023
- O'Reilly MediaAuthor2021 — 2022United States
- Washington University in St. LouisAdjunct Professor2021 — 2022Washington DC
- Splice MachineMachine Learning Lead2020 — 2021
- Splice MachineMachine Learning Engineer2018 — 2020Washington D.C. Metro Area
- Washington University in St. Louis Computer Science departmentComputer Science Teaching assistant2016 — 2020
- CitiTLP Data Science Intern2018Dallas/Fort Worth Area
- Splice MachineEngineering Intern2017Greater St. Louis Area
- Engineering Test Kitchen at Washington University in St. LouisWeb Developer2016 — 2017
- VEX Robotics, Inc.Coder2013 — 2015
Skills & more
Leadership13Management7Public Speaking5Team Leadership2Python6Jupyter3PySpark3Java11LinuxJavaScript1Autodesk InventorPython (Programming Language)2
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LLMsSoftware ArchitectureNatural Language Processing (NLP)Computer ScienceMachine LearningProgrammingData AnalysisArtificial IntelligenceSoftware DevelopmentWeb DevelopmentEngineeringRoboticsLanguages English · Hebrew
- Structuring Machine Learning Projects — Coursera
- Wilderness Frist Aid — NOLS
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- Who is Ben Epstein?
- Founder at Grotto
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- Ben Epstein is Founder of Grotto.
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- Ben Epstein founded Grotto.
- Where did Ben Epstein go to school?
- Ben Epstein studied at Washington University in St. Louis (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science); Jericho High School (High School).
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O'Reilly Media mafia9
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EvolutionIQ mafia6
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Galileo mafia3
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Splice Machine mafia3
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Same school
Also attended Washington University in St. Louis348
Lee FixelFounder of AdditionMax WechterSenior Director of AI at Lerer HippeauMark LevinRetired Founding Partner at Third Rock VenturesJess OynickHead of Talent at Union Square Ventures (USV)Andrew ForysiakOwner, AJF and Associates at Riphean InvestmentsDavid GoadSenior Associate, Strategic Investment at Echo Health Ventures
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