About
Ben Lerner is building ML-based software to optimize cloud compute costs, beginning with Snowflake infrastructure expenses.
Founder at DataNitroYC S12
Intro paths
YC
Ben went through Y Combinator (Summer 2012) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Ben can intro founders to DataNitro's investors below.
DataNitro's investors · 1
Co-founders at DataNitro
VJ
Victor JakubiukFounder
Experience
- Espresso AICofounder & CEOcurrent2023 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2017 — 2023New York City
- UberSoftware Engineer, Infrastructure2016 — 2017New York, NY
- Caffeinated AnalyticsPartner2015 — 2016New York, NY
- DataNitro (YC S12)Founder2012 — 2016New York, NY
- Five RingsTrading Intern2012
- Citadel SecuritiesFinancial Technology Intern2011
- SmartlingMIT E-lab2011
Skills & more
Snowflake2Python43Start-ups25Data Analysis18Financial Modeling18Analytics14Entrepreneurship11Computer Science4Venture Capital5Data Mining6Product Management6Machine Learning6
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Management ConsultingQuantitative FinanceBusiness StrategyStrategic PartnershipsData ModelingBusiness PlanningSQLMathematical ModelingRacketResearchClojureBloombergFrom Ben's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ben Lerner?
- Ben Lerner is building ML-based software to optimize cloud compute costs, beginning with Snowflake infrastructure expenses.
- Where does Ben Lerner work?
- Ben Lerner is Founder of DataNitro.
- What companies did Ben Lerner found?
- Ben Lerner founded DataNitro.
- Where did Ben Lerner go to school?
- Ben Lerner studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science (BS), Mathematics); Y Combinator; Stuyvesant High School.
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