Where does Ruming Zhen work?

Ruming Zhen is Founder of StarJar.

Where did Ruming Zhen go to school?

Ruming Zhen studied at Stanford University (Doctor of Philosophy, Robotics); Tsinghua University (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering); Peking University (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Second Degree: Economics).

Ruming Zhen

Founder

Founder at StarJar

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedStarJar · YC

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About

Ruming Zhen studied at Stanford and previously worked at Tesla before co-founding and serving as CEO of StarJar.

Founder at StarJar YC W24

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

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

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StarJar's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at StarJar

Qi ZhangCoFounder & CTO

Experience

BotaCo-founder CEOcurrent2026 — present
Pioneer FundVenture Partnercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
PlaudPartner2025
StarJar (Acquired)Co-Founder & CEO2023 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
WorkstreamNew product leader2021 — 2023San Francisco, California, United States
IntuitProduct Leader2019 — 2021Mountain View, California
TeslaProduct Manager2017 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
AppleHaptics2016Cupertino, California
TeslaAutopilot2016Palo Alto

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Who is Ruming Zhen?: Ruming Zhen studied at Stanford and previously worked at Tesla before co-founding and serving as CEO of StarJar.
Where does Ruming Zhen work?: Ruming Zhen is Founder of StarJar.
What companies did Ruming Zhen found?: Ruming Zhen founded StarJar.
Where did Ruming Zhen go to school?: Ruming Zhen studied at Stanford University (Doctor of Philosophy, Robotics); Tsinghua University (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering); Peking University (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Second Degree: Economics).

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Founder at StarJar YC W24