Ben Firshman
FounderFounder at Replicate
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedReplicate Β· YC
About
Ben Firshman was a product leader at Docker and authored Docker Compose. He has founded four companies.
Ben Firshman @bfirsh
Andreas and I started working together 9 years ago (!) on what eventually became @replicate. It was hard to say goodbye to that, but I know itβs in good hands at Cloudflare. The team will probably do a better job now that Iβm out of the way anyway.
May 1, 2026 Β· β₯ 22
Ben Firshman @bfirsh
Iβve joined @AnthropicAI, on the Labs team. The team that produced Claude Code, MCP, Cowork, etc. Looking forward to building again.
May 1, 2026 Β· β₯ 638 Β· β 10
Ben Firshman @bfirsh
https://t.co/4VYoUcQish https://t.co/kdSzkA4TCs
Aug 11, 2025 Β· β₯ 31
Founder at ReplicateYC W20
Intro paths
Ben went through Y Combinator (Winter 2020) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner β the partner who ran Replicate's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Ben can intro founders to Replicate's investors below.
Replicate's investors Β· 5
Co-founders at Replicate
Experience
- AnthropicMember of Technical Staffcurrent2026 β presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- CloudflareHead of AI Platform2025 β 2026San Francisco, California, United States
- ReplicateFounder & CEO2019 β 2025San Francisco, California, United States
- The WorldTravel2017 β 2018
- Docker, IncDirector of Product Management2014 β 2016
- OrchardFounder & CEO2013 β 2014London, United Kingdom
- Government Digital ServiceDeveloper2013 β 2014London, United Kingdom
- Poetica LtdCo-founder2012 β 2013London, United Kingdom
- This Is My JamDeveloper2012
- LanyrdDeveloper2011 β 2012London, United Kingdom
- EpioCo-founder2011 β 2012London, United Kingdom
- Guardian GroupDeveloper2010 β 2011London, United Kingdom
- The BoarEditor In Chief2010Coventry, United Kingdom
- Guardian GroupDeveloper2009 β 2010London, United Kingdom
- Global RadioSoftware Developer2009London, United Kingdom
- GoogleSummer of Code Student for Django2008
Education
- University of WarwickBSc, Computer Science2008 β 2011
Skills & more
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Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,668
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University of Warwick mafia17
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Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at Docker, Inc28
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Also worked at Lanyrd1
Also worked at Guardian Group10
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