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.
Founder/CEO at CloudstitchYC S15
Intro paths
YC
Ted went through Y Combinator (Summer 2015) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Ted can intro founders to Cloudstitch's investors below.
Cloudstitch's investors Β· 2
Co-founders at Cloudstitch
JL
Jake LauFounder/CEO
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
Skills & more
Big Data18Natural Language Processing11Research9Web Development8Data Visualization1Machine Learning10Artificial Intelligence4Python12Scala2Ruby1
Languages Chinese Β· English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ted Benson?
- 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.
- Where does Ted Benson work?
- Ted Benson is Founder/CEO of Cloudstitch.
- What companies did Ted Benson found?
- Ted Benson founded Cloudstitch.
- Where did Ted Benson go to school?
- Ted Benson studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D., Computer Science); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS, Computer Science); University of Virginia (B.S., Computer Science).
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology mafia546
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BBN Technologies mafia3
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Same school
Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,387
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Shared employers
Also worked at Figma39
Danny RimerPartner at Index VenturesSarah GuoFounder & General Partner of ConvictionMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner PerkinsDylan FieldCo-founder, CEO & Chair of FigmaGrey BakerGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorAjay VasheeInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
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