About
Ted Benson holds a PhD in Computer Science from MIT and has authored three books on the field. He previously founded Cloudstitch, which was acquired by Instabase in 2017, where he led the Machine Intelligence and Platform Experience teams.
Ted Benson @edwardbenson
I've been playing with AI Op-Ed writing & editorial review recently -- because of course what the world needs are more hot takes -- and sometimes it hits a nerve π https://t.co/b4I0JwM6TQ
Aug 2, 2026
Ted Benson @edwardbenson
Distillation not preserving censorship is a beautiful example of emergent distribution smoothing https://t.co/BJnNZtSqM5
Jul 31, 2026 Β· β₯ 1
Ted Benson @edwardbenson
In a company near you: Eng 1: My agent wrote this; I figured you'd review it by hand. Eng 2: No way man, my agent reviews all my PRs. That should be OK for this task, right PM? PM: Uh, let me check, my agent wrote the PRD so I have to spin up on it. https://t.co/YlfFKKZ60y
Jul 31, 2026 Β· β₯ 1
Founder/CEO at CloudstitchYC S15
Intro paths
Ted went through Y Combinator (Summer 2015) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
In turn, Ted can intro founders to Cloudstitch's investors below.
Cloudstitch's investors Β· 2
Co-founders at Cloudstitch
Experience
- FigmaAI Engineercurrent2025 β present
- SteamshipFounder2020 β 2025San Francisco, California, United States
- InstabaseHead of Machine Intelligence2018 β 2020San Francisco
- InstabaseEarly Employee - Machine Learning Engineering, Sales, and Customer Success2017 β 2018San Francisco
- CloudstitchFounder & CEO2014 β 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- MITResearch Assistant and Instructor2008 β 2014Cambridge, MA
- GoogleResearch Intern - Big Picture Group2012Cambridge, MA
- GoogleResearch Intern - Speech Group2011New York, New York
- BBN TechnologiesComputer Scientist - Semantic Web Group2005 β 2008
- AmazonIntern - Developer Tools Group2004Seattle, Washington
Education
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPh.D., Computer Science2010 β 2014
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMS, Computer Science2008 β 2010
- University of VirginiaB.S., Computer Science2001 β 2005
Skills & more
Languages Chinese Β· English
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Same school
Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology977
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Also attended University of Virginia341
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Shared employers
Also worked at Figma23
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Also worked at Instabase4
Also worked at Cloudstitch1
Also worked at MIT325
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