Where does Ben Shafii work?

Ben Shafii is Founder of OpenWork.

Where did Ben Shafii go to school?

Ben Shafii studied at Y Combinator; SUPINFO (Associate's degree, Computer Science); SUPINFO (Associate's degree, Computer Science).

Ben Shafii

Founder

Founder at OpenWork

United States

FoundedOpenWork · YC

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About

Ben Shafii is building OpenWork, an open-source platform in the coworking software space.

Founder at OpenWork YC X26

Intro paths

Ben went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran OpenWork's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Ben can intro founders to OpenWork's investors below.

OpenWork's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Experience

openwork (YC X26)Foundercurrent2025 — present
Gnosis PayFounding Engineer2023 — 2024Berlin, Germany
Orange DAOFounder Fellow2023San Francisco, California, United States
EmbedbaseCo-Founder2023San Francisco Bay Area
prologe.ioCo-Founder2019 — 2022Berlin, Germany
RequestEngineering Manager2018 — 2019Amsterdam
RequestFull Stack Developer2018Singapore
FAMOCOFront End Consultant2017 — 2018Berlin Metropolitan Area
FAMOCOFront End Developer2016 — 2017Brussels Metropolitan Area
FAMOCOInternship: Developer2014 — 2016Brussels Metropolitan Area

Skills & more

ManagementMentoring1JavaScript8React7HTML1Linux2Python2Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)2Docker1Node.jsGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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FirebaseReact NativeReact.jsMongoDBHTML5gitProject ManagementElixirPhotographyWMS ImplementationsSoftware DevelopmentTypeScript

Languages English · French · German

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Ben Shafii?: Ben Shafii is building OpenWork, an open-source platform in the coworking software space.
Where does Ben Shafii work?: Ben Shafii is Founder of OpenWork.
What companies did Ben Shafii found?: Ben Shafii founded OpenWork.
Where did Ben Shafii go to school?: Ben Shafii studied at Y Combinator; SUPINFO (Associate's degree, Computer Science); SUPINFO (Associate's degree, Computer Science).