Ned Rockson
FounderFounder at SlashAuth
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedSlashAuth Β· YC
About
Ned Rockson is an engineering leader at Microsoft AI, where he works on Microsoft Superintelligence. He previously served as a CTO and cofounder, and with Nicholas Salhuana developed Debrief, a SaaS platform that automatically transcribes and indexes Zoom recordings to make them searchable. His background centers on leading engineering teams at startups and selecting technology approaches for scaling.
Founder at SlashAuthYC W21
Intro paths
Ned went through Y Combinator (Winter 2021) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
In turn, Ned can intro founders to SlashAuth's investors below.
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Co-founders at SlashAuth
Experience
- Microsoft AIEngineering Leader - Microsoft Superintelligencecurrent2026 β presentMountain View, CA
- Microsoft AIEngineering Leader | Member of Technical Staffcurrent2025 β presentMountain View, California, United States
- SnowflakePrincipal Software Engineer2023 β 2025San Mateo, California, United States
- SlashAuthCo-Founder2020 β 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- TwitchPrincipal Software Engineer, Payments2019 β 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- TwitchDirector of Engineering, Video on Demand2018 β 2019San Francisco
- TwitchEngineering Manager2017 β 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- NTBR Digital Consultants, LLCOwner, Full stack software engineer2016 β 2017San Francisco
- Banter, IncorporatedFounder, CTO2015 β 2016San Francisco
- DoublieTechnical Advisor2015San Francisco
- DoublieCofounder and CTO2014 β 2015San Francisco, CA
- InklingPlatform Engineer2012 β 2014San Francisco, CA
- TellApartSenior Software Engineer2010 β 2012Burlingame, CA
- M-Factor, Inc.Software Engineer2008 β 2010San Mateo, CA
- Discovery EngineSoftware Engineer2007 β 2008San Francisco, CA
- Eyecon Technologies, Inc.Intern2005 β 2006
Skills & more
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AlgorithmsBig DataDistributed SystemsProduct ManagementSoftware EngineeringWeb DevelopmentAnalyticsSoftware DevelopmentLeadershipFrom Ned's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ned Rockson?
- Ned Rockson is an engineering leader at Microsoft AI, where he works on Microsoft Superintelligence. He previously served as a CTO and cofounder, and with Nicholas Salhuana developed Debrief, a SaaS platform that automatically transcribes and indexes Zoom recordings to make them searchable. His background centers on leading engineering teams at startups and selecting technology approaches for scaling.
- Where does Ned Rockson work?
- Ned Rockson is Founder of SlashAuth.
- What companies did Ned Rockson found?
- Ned Rockson founded SlashAuth.
- Where did Ned Rockson go to school?
- Ned Rockson studied at Stanford University (Computer Science); Y Combinator; Henry M Gunn Senior High School.
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Twitch mafia7
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Same school
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