Bۙۚۨ۫ۙۚۨ۫ۙۚۨ۫ۙۚۨ۫enjamin Sweۖۖۖۖۘۘۘۘۖۖۖۖۘۘۘۘۖۖۖۖrdlow

Founder

United States

About

Benjamin Sweordlow began coding in elementary school and later served as a technical lead on the World Health Organization's COVID-19 App Collective Team during high school. He worked as a consultant at Apple, advancing to senior level within three months, before founding Freestyle.

Founder at Freestyle YC S24

Intro paths

Bۙۚۨ۫ۙۚۨ۫ۙۚۨ۫ۙۚۨ۫enjamin went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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

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In turn, Bۙۚۨ۫ۙۚۨ۫ۙۚۨ۫ۙۚۨ۫enjamin can intro founders to Freestyle's investors below.

Freestyle's investors · 4

468 CapitalBerlin Silas Capital PartnersNew York · $100K – $15M checks · since 2026 Transpose Platform ManagementHouston Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at Freestyle

Jacob ZwangFounder/CTO

Experience

Freestyle CloudCo-Founder | CEOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
AppleSenior Backend Engineer2023 — 2024
AppleNodeJS Engineer2023
BackyardCo-founder | CEO2021 — 2023
World Health OrganizationTechnical Lead2020 — 2021
VisioLabMobile Application Development Intern2020 — 2021
Hack for LATechnical Architect/Lead Developer2020
Hack for LATechnical Project Lead2020Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Hack for LAWeb Developer2019Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
70 Million JobsMobile Application Developer2020Santa Monica, CA, United States

Skills & more

Leadership17Flutter15User Experience (UX)11Data Modeling2Data Analysis3Programming3Python (Programming Language)6Google Cloud Platform (GCP)1JSON1JavaScript3Node.js1Java3

+12 more

FirebaseAmazon Web Services (AWS)Stripe (Software)Cloud FirestoreCascading Style Sheets (CSS)HTMLPHPNoSQLTransact-SQL (T-SQL)DartChessSurfing

Languages Chinese · Dart · English · Java · JavaScript · PHP · Python · Rust

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional — Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Cloud Digital Leader — Google Cloud
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate — Amazon Web Services (AWS)
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Department Certificate in the study of Entry Level Programmer — Santa Monica College

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Bۙۚۨ۫ۙۚۨ۫ۙۚۨ۫ۙۚۨ۫enjamin Sweۖۖۖۖۘۘۘۘۖۖۖۖۘۘۘۘۖۖۖۖrdlow?: Benjamin Sweordlow began coding in elementary school and later served as a technical lead on the World Health Organization's COVID-19 App Collective Team during high school. He worked as a consultant at Apple, advancing to senior level within three months, before founding Freestyle.
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Where did Bۙۚۨ۫ۙۚۨ۫ۙۚۨ۫ۙۚۨ۫enjamin Sweۖۖۖۖۘۘۘۘۖۖۖۖۘۘۘۘۖۖۖۖrdlow go to school?: Bۙۚۨ۫ۙۚۨ۫ۙۚۨ۫ۙۚۨ۫enjamin Sweۖۖۖۖۘۘۘۘۖۖۖۖۘۘۘۘۖۖۖۖrdlow studied at Y Combinator; University of Chicago (Bachelor's degree, Cognitive Science); Santa Monica High School (High School Diploma, High School Diploma).