2x founder

Ryan Benmalek

Cofounder/CEO @ stealth startup - backed by a16z speedrun & maven

Founder

Talus Robotics· Speedrun 004 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States

in LinkedIn

2025Founder· stealth startup

Founder · since 2022

Company

stealth startup

Role

Founder & CEO

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

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Talus Robotics

One day robot pets. Right now robot guide dogs for the blind - empowering them to navigate their world safely, independently, and confidently.

Speedrun 004

Experience

Career

stealth startup
Founder
Founder & CEO · 2025 – Present
2025
Daimon Labs
Founder
Founder & CEO · New York, United States · 2022 – 2024
2022
Google DeepMind
Student Researcher · New York City Metropolitan Area · 2021
2021
Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute
Research Intern · Montreal, Quebec, Canada · 2019
2019
Apple
Research Intern · Cupertino · 2018
2018
Microsoft
Research Intern · Seattle · 2017
2017
University of Washington
Researcher · Seattle · 2016 – 2017
2016
Amazon
Machine Learning Intern · 2016
2016
Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2)
Research Intern · 2015
2015
University of Washington
Research Intern: Computational Neuroscience · 2014 – 2015
2014
University of Washington
Hardware Intern · 2010
2010

Bio

2x venture backed founder, AI PhD. Since starting college at 14, I've been obsessed with AI. After graduating with CS & Neuro (with lots of research), I did a PhD in Deep learning (Computer Vision & NLP) and research at top labs (MILA, AI2, Google Brain, Apple, etc.). I'm passionate about building machines of loving grace - human centered embodied AI.