About
Ben Nelson co-founded Bloom Institute of Technology, which was part of Y Combinator's Summer 2017 cohort.
Ben Nelson @sunjieming
These posts are hilarious to me Yeah, the land-the-booster engineers failed to plan for a physics 101 problem in their area of expertise https://t.co/w04ZnxoSwn
Jun 10, 2026 · ♥ 2
Ben Nelson @sunjieming
The left’s sudden condemnation of Hamas after years of silence shows @SenFettermanPA may be the only major politician over there thinking from first principles.
Jan 10, 2026 · ♥ 6
Ben Nelson @sunjieming
Huh I guess I can DoorDash Victoria’s Secret now https://t.co/QMVYmTzG6P
Jun 18, 2025 · ♥ 7
Founder at Bloom Institute of TechnologyYC S17
Intro paths
Ben went through Y Combinator (Summer 2017) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
In turn, Ben can intro founders to Bloom Institute of Technology's investors below.
Bloom Institute of Technology's investors · 4
Co-founders at Bloom Institute of Technology
Experience
- KnetycCTO and Co-Foundercurrent2025 — present
- MXEngineering Manager2024 — 2025Lehi, Utah, United States
- BloomTechCo-Founder2017 — 2020
- iFit - fitness technologyFull-Stack Software Engineer2015 — 2017
- DevMountainLead Instructor - Web Engineering2015 — 2016Salt Lake City
- Molio Inc.Web Developer2014 — 2015Bluffdale, UT
- Brigham Young UniversityMTC Mandarin Instructor2013Provo, Utah Area
Education
- Y Combinator2017
- Brigham Young UniversityBachelor's Degree, Computer Science2013 — 2016
Skills & more
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Backbone.jsExt JSSoftware DevelopmentProgrammingD3MandarinHTML5iOS DevelopmentObjective-CSwiftC++AngularJSLanguages Mandarin Chinese
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Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at MX20
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