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Ben Lerner

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Founder at Espresso AI · Founder at DataNitro

Brooklyn, New York, United States

FoundedDataNitro · YCEspresso AI

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About

Ben Lerner is building ML-based software to optimize cloud compute costs, beginning with Snowflake infrastructure expenses.

Founder at Espresso AI

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Espresso AI's investors · 1

FirstMark CapitalNew York · $500K – $8M checks · since 2024

Co-founders at Espresso AI

AK
Alex KouzemtchenkoFounder
JG
Juri GanitkevitchFounder

Founder at DataNitroYC S12

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Ben went through Y Combinator (Summer 2012) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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DataNitro's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2012

Co-founders at DataNitro

VJVictor Jakubiuk
Victor JakubiukFounder

Experience

  1. Espresso AICofounder & CEOcurrent2023 — presentNew York, New York, United States
  2. GoogleSoftware Engineer2017 — 2023New York City
  3. UberSoftware Engineer, Infrastructure2016 — 2017New York, NY
  4. Caffeinated AnalyticsPartner2015 — 2016New York, NY
  5. DataNitro (YC S12)Founder2012 — 2016New York, NY
  6. Five RingsTrading Intern2012
  7. Citadel SecuritiesFinancial Technology Intern2011
  8. SmartlingMIT E-lab2011

Skills & more

Snowflake2Python43Start-ups25Data Analysis18Financial Modeling18Analytics14Entrepreneurship11Computer Science4Venture Capital5Data Mining6Product Management6Machine Learning6
+12 moreManagement ConsultingQuantitative FinanceBusiness StrategyStrategic PartnershipsData ModelingBusiness PlanningSQLMathematical ModelingRacketResearchClojureBloomberg

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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 and Founder at Espresso AI.
What companies did Ben Lerner found?
Ben Lerner founded DataNitro, Espresso AI.
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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