5x founder

Ben Shafii

Founder @ OpenWork (YC P26) - The open source alternative to Claude Cowork

Founder

2025Founder· openwork (YC X26)

Founder · since 2019

Company

openwork (YC X26)

Role

Founder

current

Stage

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no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

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Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

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OpenWork

The open source alternative to Claude Cowork

Experience

Career

openwork (YC X26)
Founder
Founder · 2025 – Present
2025
Gnosis Pay
Founder
Founding Engineer · Berlin, Germany · 2023 – 2024
2023
Orange DAO
Founder
Founder Fellow · San Francisco, California, United States · 2023
2023
Embedbase
Co-founder
Co-Founder · San Francisco Bay Area · 2023
2023
prologe.io
Co-founder
Co-Founder · Berlin, Germany · 2019 – 2022
2019
Request
Engineering Manager · Amsterdam · 2018 – 2019
2018
Request Network Foundation
Full Stack Developer · Singapore · 2018
2018
FAMOCO
Front End Consultant · Berlin Area, Germany · 2017 – 2018
2017
FAMOCO
Front End Developer · Brussels Area, Belgium · 2016 – 2017
2016
Famoco
Internship: Developer · Brussels Area, Belgium · 2014 – 2016
2014

Currently working on OpenWork, the open source alternative to Claude Cowork.