Ben Murphy

I'm currently a Member of Technical Staff at Inflection AI. Previously, I was a full-stack engineer at Substack in San Francisco, where I worked on new product verticals, revenue growth, improving the reliability of the service and fighting spam. Before Substack, I was a site reliability engineer at Google, where I worked on bringing reliability best practices to first-party mobile and web applications. I've also worked at companies like MongoDB, Facebook, and Two Sigma.

I graduated Brown University with concurrent master's and bachelor's degrees in computer science. I was advised by Paul Valiant and worked on modeling the neural dynamics of the cerebellum. I also studied theoretical computer science and systems extensively and was a teaching assistant for many of my semesters at Brown.

I've also been accepted to Harvard Law School's Junior Deferral Program, and am currently in my deferral period. My interest in law touches on topics such as privacy regulation, political and constitutional implications of modern technology, and political theory.

I enjoy cooking and baking with interesting local ingredients, in adddition to making coffee and mixed drinks. I spend much of my other time reading, playing games, and trying to grow at least somewhat edible vegetables. When not trapped inside due to work or wildfires, I also love birding, backpacking, and photography.

You can contact me at [email protected].