4x founder

James Ruben

3x founder building AI Design Teammates | Prev: Hellosaurus (YC S20, acq), HQ Trivia, Google, Stanford GSB, Harvard, Forbes 30u30

Founder

Hellosaurus· Summer 2020 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @jamesruben

2025Founder· Remy, Inc.

Founder · since 2012

Company

Remy, Inc.

Role

Founder, CEO

current

Stage

—

no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

San Francisco Bay Area

current

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

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Hellosaurus

Interactive video platform for kids

Summer 2020

Experience

Career

Remy, Inc.
Founder
Founder, CEO · San Francisco Bay Area · 2025 – Present
2025
Self-employed
Angel Investor & Product Advisor · 2018 – Present
2018
Pika
Head of Product · San Francisco Bay Area · 2024 – 2025
2024
Hellosaurus
Founder
Founder, CEO (acquired by Brilliant.org; YC S20) · New York, New York, United States · 2019 – 2024
2019
HQ Trivia
Head of Product · New York City Metropolitan Area · 2017 – 2019
2017
Google
Product Manager · Greater New York City Area · 2016 – 2017
2016
Dorm Room Fund
Investment Partner · Boston · 2015 – 2016
2015
Various Startups
Co-founder
Co-Founder (While In College) · 2012 – 2016
2012
Google
Associate Product Manager Intern · Mountain View, CA · 2015
2015
Microsoft
Program Manager (PM) Intern · Redmond, Washington · 2014
2014
Highland Capital Partners
Founder
Entrepreneur in Residence · Menlo Park, CA · 2013
2013
Maru-a-Pula School
Teacher · Gaborone, Botswana · 2011
2011
United States Senate
Senate Page · Washington D.C. Metro Area · 2010
2010

Bio

- Founder, CEO at Hellosaurus, an interactive media platform for kids media. - Former Director of Product at HQ Trivia, leading all product development and management as well as data science and customer support teams. - Former Product Manager at Google. - Harvard Alum. - Forbes 30 Under 30 2019.