Sam Broner is a Co-Founder and investor with a decade of experience building and scaling developer-facing products, from founding the Fluid Framework team at Microsoft to launching Azure Fluid Relay and Microsoft Loop. He blends deep engineering chops (BS in Computer Science from Tufts) with strategic product and go-to-market experience shaped by an MBA from MIT Sloan and roles at a16z crypto and Dorm Room Fund. Sam has led large technical programs and community-scale events—directing a 3,300-person online MIT summit and raising funding while managing cross-functional teams. His background spans real-time collaboration, CBDC research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, and early-stage investing in AI and crypto infrastructure, giving him a rare mix of operator, founder, and investor perspectives. Based in New York, he’s known for turning distributed systems work into product-ready platforms and spotting technical founders and protocols with outsized potential.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Scholar Athlete of the Class of 2012, Scholar Athlete of the Class of 2012 at The Dalton School
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at MIT Sloan School of Management
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at Tufts University
Contributions:7 PRs, 18 pushes, 8 branches in 26 days
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Sam Broner - Co-Founder at The Better Money Company