About
Ben Hylak spent four years on Apple's Human Interface team, where he worked on visionOS development. He previously explored robotics and avionics before founding Raindrop.
ben hylak @benhylak
why do people hate him so much? i like his writing and it's their wedding. i respect not following the herd. https://t.co/iAtWxmUNIy
Jul 31, 2026 Β· β₯ 139
ben hylak @benhylak
one interesting part is the transition from scorers to binary classifiers (aka signals in @raindrop_ai) https://t.co/BWNNlB6Mp1
Jul 31, 2026 Β· β₯ 3
ben hylak @benhylak
a real problem, but just "use a markdown file" is (mostly) the wrong solution - it just means more fragmented sources of truth. imo let your prompt/harness be the source of truth https://t.co/j54zKJ3EkY
Jul 31, 2026 Β· β₯ 45 Β· β 2
Founder at RaindropYC W24
Intro paths
Ben went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Raindrop's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Ben can intro founders to Raindrop's investors below.
Raindrop's investors Β· 4
Co-founders at Raindrop
