Ben Herila
FounderFounder/CTO at Underground Cellar
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedUnderground Cellar · YC
About
Ben Herila held engineering leadership roles at Meta and Airbnb, where he served as tech lead, before becoming CTO at Underground Cellar.
Founder/CTO at Underground CellarYC W15
Intro paths
YC
Ben went through Y Combinator (Winter 2015) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Ben can intro founders to Underground Cellar's investors below.
Underground Cellar's investors · 1
Co-founders at Underground Cellar
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Brian GallagherFounder/COO
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Jeffrey ShawFounder
BZ
Brandan ZauchaFounder/CVO
Experience
- MetaSoftware Engineer, AI Pod Leadcurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Pioneer FundVenture Partnercurrent2024 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
- Underground CellarDirector, Technical Advisor2019 — 2021San Francisco, California, United States
- Underground CellarCTO, Co-founder, Director2014 — 2019San Francisco, California, United States
- AirbnbSoftware Engineer2019 — 2020San Francisco, California, United States
- Self employedOwner / Engineer / Startup Advisor2005 — 2015San Francisco, California, United States
- MicrosoftProgram Manager, Product Group Lead2011 — 2015Redmond, WA
- The Walsh CompanySoftware Engineer, Sysadmin2007 — 2011Morristown, NJ
- Brown UniversityTeaching Assistant and Head TA2008 — 2011Brown University, Providence, RI
- JobaphilesCTO2008 — 2011Providence, RI
- PlayersTapeSoftware Engineer/Web Developer2005 — 2007Basking Ridge, NJ
Skills & more
Claude SkillsLarge Language Models (LLM)Engineering ManagementSoftware DesignSoftware IndustryVirtual Reality (VR)Early Stage InvestmentVenture CapitalReact1FacebookSoftware Engineering28Programming9
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AlgorithmsPythonComputer ScienceDistributed SystemsJavaC++C#JavaScriptManagementMindfulnessCommunicationTeamworkLanguages French · Latin
- Performance Management: Improving Employee Performance — LinkedIn
- Unconscious Bias — LinkedIn
- React VR: Interactive Multimedia — LinkedIn
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ben Herila?
- Ben Herila held engineering leadership roles at Meta and Airbnb, where he served as tech lead, before becoming CTO at Underground Cellar.
- Where does Ben Herila work?
- Ben Herila is Founder/CTO of Underground Cellar.
- What companies did Ben Herila found?
- Ben Herila founded Underground Cellar.
- Where did Ben Herila go to school?
- Ben Herila studied at Brown University (Bachelor's Degree, Sc.B. Computer Science-Applied Math); Delbarton School.
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Delbarton School mafia2
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Shared employers
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Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceDrew HoustonCo-founder & CEO of DropboxGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyTinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear VenturesMike ArpaiaComputer scientist working on machine learning and data infrastructure
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