Benji Barash

Benji Barash

Co-Founder & CEO at Roboto
Seattle, Washington, United States

Benji Barash is Co-Founder and CEO at Roboto AI, a startup founded in 2022. He previously held leadership and engineering roles at Amazon and served as Entrepreneur In Residence at the Allen Institute for AI. His expertise includes robotics, simulation, autonomy, and analytics for physical AI systems.

  • Roboto logo
    Roboto Co-Founder & CEO 2023–present · current
  • Ai2 Entrepreneur In Residence 2022 · past
  • Amazon Head of Simulation // Senior Applied Science Manager 2020–2022, Robotics Tech Lead // Senior Software Engineer 2019–2020, Software Engineer 2016–2019, Software Engineer 2015–2016, Software Engineer 2014, Software Engineer 2013 · past

Education

  • University of Bristol Master of Engineering (MEng), Computer Science
  • University of Oxford Summer School Scholarship, Computer Science
  • JFS School Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry

Organizations

  • Roboto logo
    Roboto Co-Founder & CEO 2023–present · current
  • Ai2 Entrepreneur In Residence 2022 · past
  • Amazon Head of Simulation // Senior Applied Science Manager 2020–2022, Robotics Tech Lead // Senior Software Engineer 2019–2020, Software Engineer 2016–2019, Software Engineer 2015–2016, Software Engineer 2014, Software Engineer 2013 · past

Education

  • University of Bristol Master of Engineering (MEng), Computer Science
  • University of Oxford Summer School Scholarship, Computer Science
  • JFS School Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry

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