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Ben Scharfstein
Co-founder and CEO
Ben Scharfstein is the Co-Founder and CEO of Village Computing Company, based in New York. He has a strong background in technology and entrepreneurship, having previously co-founded and served as CEO for Stelo Labs, a company focused on simplifying web3 experiences, from March 2022 to May 2023. Before that, he was the co-founder and CEO of Rume, a social video chat platform, from September 2019 to June 2021.
Scharfstein's experience includes significant roles at Google, where he worked as a Product Manager and Associate Product Manager, focusing on projects like Google Discover and various machine learning initiatives. He also has a history of involvement in academic research as a Research Assistant at Harvard University, where he graduated from in 2016.13
His entrepreneurial journey reflects a commitment to building user-friendly technology solutions, particularly in the evolving landscape of web3 and machine learning.245
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The Claude family of models really are the current best-in-class but unfortunately they refuse to answer many classes of prompts due to safety / alignment concerns.
Was very excited to use them for a project but unfortunately this is a non-starter. Excited for the day when open source is truly best in class.
