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Known for these resultsRole50%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 50% of these rows — the rest have no title at all, mostly 2019–2023. Those rows stay in the result and are counted as Unknown, never as No.Bio75%Bio coverage: 75% of these founders have a bio on their YC profile. Every bio-derived facet (ex-company, school, credentials, discipline) is Unknown for the rest.Ex-company50%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 50% of these rows have at least one match.School75%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 75% of these rows have at least one match.
- Armel Talla@armelwtallaFounder/CEO · MiruS24B2B · San Francisco
- Benjamin SmidtFounder/CTO · MiruS24B2B · San Francisco
- Vedant Nair@vedantnair__Founder · MiruS24B2B · San Francisco
- Rohan RelanFounder · miruW18B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Armel TallaMiruFounder/CEOSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/armelwtallaBenjamin SmidtMiruFounder/CTOSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Vedant NairMiruFounderSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/vedantnair__Rohan RelanmiruFounderWinter 2018B2BSan Francisco, United States1—
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Benjamin Smidt
Founder/CTO·Miru
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CTO
Team size3
BatchSummer 2024
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Ben is the Co-Founder and CTO of Miru. He holds a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from UT Austin, where he initially spent two years studying Mechanical Engineering, igniting his passion for hardware and robotics. Prior to Miru, Ben founded Clips AI, where he developed production-ready AI models and video processing servers using Kubernetes.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineEngineerKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
MiruConfig Management for Robotics
