About
David Xiao is the founder of Bensen, a company that provides ordering infrastructure for restaurants to accept takeout and delivery orders through online and phone channels.
Founder at BensenYC W19
Intro paths
YC
David went through Y Combinator (Winter 2019) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, David can intro founders to Bensen's investors below.
Bensen's investors · 1
Co-founders at Bensen
AS
Adam SandlerFounder
Experience
- KlaviyoHead of Agents and Foundationscurrent2025 — present
- KlaviyoHead of Data Science2022 — 2025Boston, MA
- KlaviyoSenior Lead Data Scientist2022Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- KlaviyoLead Data Scientist2021 — 2022Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Bensen AIFounder2018 — 2021Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- The TexthoodFounder2015 — 2018Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Harvard UniversityVisiting Scholar2013 — 2015Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- CNRSChargé de recherche2011 — 2015Paris, Île-de-France, France
- CNRSPostdoc2009 — 2011Paris, Île-de-France, France
Skills & more
Fundraising1Python (Programming Language)1Django1Django REST FrameworkReact.jsTypeScriptConversational AIManagementScalable ArchitectureTeam ManagementNatural Language Processing (NLP)Recommender Systems
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Software DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesData ScienceOrganizational LeadershipTechnical LeadershipMathematicsProgrammingResearchPythonC++Machine LearningComputer ScienceLanguages Chinese · English · French
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is David Xiao?
- David Xiao is the founder of Bensen, a company that provides ordering infrastructure for restaurants to accept takeout and delivery orders through online and phone channels.
- Where does David Xiao work?
- David Xiao is Founder of Bensen.
- What companies did David Xiao found?
- David Xiao founded Bensen.
- Where did David Xiao go to school?
- David Xiao studied at Harvard University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Y Combinator; Princeton University (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science).
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