BenediktĀ Stroebl
Co-Founder at Self-employed
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolBenedikt Stroebl is a San Franciscoābased Co-Founder and researcher with six years of experience bridging academic research and early-stage entrepreneurship, currently part of YC S25. He holds a PhD candidacy in Computer Science from Princeton and an interdisciplinary master's in Data Science and Public Policy, combining technical depth with policy-oriented thinking. His background includes research roles at Princeton and Oxford Internet Institute, applied analytics at Google, and tech-policy work in the German Bundestag, reflecting a rare mix of ML/CS research, product analytics, and regulatory exposure. Earlier internships and part-time roles across robotics, sensors, and consulting demonstrate a hands-on approach to prototyping and commercialising technology. Colleagues describe him as someone who moves fluidly between rigorous publication-driven research and scrappy startup execution, making him effective at turning complex research insights into practical, fundable products.
6 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Hong Kong (HKU)Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Princeton UniversityBachelor of Science, Business Administration and Management, General, Bachelor of Science, Business Administration and Management, General at Technical University MunichMaster of Science, Data Science and Public Policy, Master of Science, Data Science and Public Policy at Hertie SchoolSummer School, Summer School at Audencia
Github Skills (15)
arxiv9
evaluation7
anonymous7
transparency7
nlp6
natural-language-processing6
bert5
open-science4
helm4
proxy-server3
python3
science3
proxy2
frontend1
data-science1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
princeton-pli/hal-harness
Sep 2024 - Apr 2025
Contributions:4 reviews, 14 PRs, 131 pushes in 6 months
benediktstroebl/legislatoRplus
Nov 2021 - Dec 2022
Contributions:5 commits, 1 push in 1 year
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