Jacob Beckerman
Founder & CEO at Macro
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJacob Beckerman is a founder and CEO with nine years of engineering and product experience who built Macro, an AI-first workspace that has raised $21M+ from a16z and attracted 20k+ users across finance, law, academia, and education. He combines deep technical training (MS Computer Science, BASc Computer Science) with a Wharton finance background, enabling him to bridge product, engineering, and go-to-market strategy. At Macro he’s focused on integrating chat-based AI with rich file editors—word, code, diagrams, PDFs and whiteboards—creating a “video game”-like workspace for complex projects. He also serves as a scout for Andreessen Horowitz, giving him exposure to early-stage AI and infrastructure trends. Prior experience includes investment engineering at Bridgewater, reflecting comfort at the intersection of technology and quantitative workflows. Based in New York and Penn M&T alum, he blends startup hustle with institutional rigor and a knack for turning research-grade capabilities into product flows used by diverse professional teams.
9 years of coding experience
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at University of PennsylvaniaUpper Canada CollegeMS Computer Science BSc Finance BASc Computer Science, MS Computer Science BSc Finance BASc Computer Science at Jerome Fisher M&T ProgramBachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Finance, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Finance at The Wharton School
Github Skills (52)
dotnet8
docx8
neural-machine-translation8
csharp8
translation7
rendering7
srl7
linux7
dotnet-core7
converting6
react6
asp-net6
deep-learning6
windows6
xamarin6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
NPCai/Nopie
Jun 2018 - Jul 2018
Contributions:269 commits, 220 pushes, 4 branches in 1 month
jbecke/old-website
Jul 2018 - Aug 2023
Contributions:20 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 1 month
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