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Ben Scharfstein

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Founder at Rume

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedRume · YC

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Ben: together at Harvard University

About

Ben Scharfstein studied applied mathematics at Harvard and conducted research on social network structure. He worked as a product manager at Google, where he contributed to development on Android and Search products before founding Rume.

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YC

Ben went through Y Combinator (Summer 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2020

Co-founders at Rume

VVVincenzo Vitiello
Vincenzo VitielloFounder
BWBryant Wolf
Bryant WolfFounder

Experience

  1. Applied ComputeBuildercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Scale AIHead of Product, Enterprise2024 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  3. Stelo Labs / Village Computing CompanyCo-founder / CEO2022 — 2024
  4. RumeCo-founder / CEO2019 — 2021
  5. South Park CommonsMember2019 — 2020
  6. GoogleProduct Manager2018 — 2019
  7. GoogleAssociate Product Manager2016 — 2018Mountain View, California
  8. GoogleAssociate Product Manager Intern2015San Bruno/Mountain View
  9. Harvard UniversityResearch Assistant2014 — 2015Cambridge, MA
  10. The Harvard CrimsonTechnology Manager2014Cambridge, MA
  11. The Harvard CrimsonTechnology Associate2013
  12. Earnest IncSoftware Engineering Intern2014San Francisco Bay Area
  13. Harvard Medical SchoolData Science Intern2012

Skills & more

Econometrics4Economics8Photography2Project Management1Python13JavaScript14Node.js4Stata4Photoshop6CSS6jQuery4HTML6
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Frequently asked questions

Who is Ben Scharfstein?
Ben Scharfstein studied applied mathematics at Harvard and conducted research on social network structure. He worked as a product manager at Google, where he contributed to development on Android and Search products before founding Rume.
Where does Ben Scharfstein work?
Ben Scharfstein is Founder of Rume.
What companies did Ben Scharfstein found?
Ben Scharfstein founded Rume.
Where did Ben Scharfstein go to school?
Ben Scharfstein studied at Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts (BA), Applied Mathematics-Economics); Milton Academy.

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