Benjamin Klieger Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Palo Alto, California, United States

Conducting research at the intersection of AI agents, education, and software development. Research team member of Stanford Autonomous Agents Lab beginning Fall 2024.

Built Bruno, an AI agent designed to facilitate collaborative learning in group work, as part of the Ai4Collab research team. We were supported by funding from a 2023 seed grant which provides up to $100,000 from the Accelerator for Learning and Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.The project won an additional award from the 2024 Stanford Learning Design Challenge and was used in two Stanford University courses.

Founded Clara AI, an interactive writing coach that uses socratic dialogue and metacognitive questions. Clara improves learning outcomes by providing support without writing for the student. Clara AI was acquired by a writing nonprofit organization in 2024.

On the team of Klear, rebranded from Kountable, I led the implementation of Stripe Treasury to develop our financial infrastructure projected to handle hundreds of millions of dollars in capital assets.Klear is strengthening global supply chains by building a working capital infrastructure for industry 4.0, which includes companies providing AI, Big Data, Internet of Things (IoT), robotics, and automation.I worked directly with both our President and CEO to lead the design of new features while managing our product roadmap. I interfaced weekly with partners such as Monex and Stripe to bring new financial features like Forex to our customers. Every winter and summer, I also interviewed and managed our software intern teams.

As Technical Project Lead, I prototyped innovative solutions such as smart contracts and machine learning into our B2B trade marketplace and financing activities.

Founded Groupters, AI-moderated social media platform that used school email verification to create safe online spaces for both schoolers. Pitched and coordinated an official pilot with Stanford University OHS of the Groupters app resulting in winning runner-up platform of choice for the official school platform of the Online High School. Accepted into Agora Startup Program.

As an ambassador and advisor, I worked to advise companies and funding towards digital wellness solutions. I also organized and moderated webinars for founders. Telosity funds companies promoting wellness through industries such as social media and gaming, driving innovation with an essential and impactful focus.

Founded optick.ai as a sole proprietorship for my work in machine learning powered financial solutions, such as an AI-powered live algo trader which scanned 22 million data points daily. Worked with a client to code and launch darkpoolstocks, a platform which offered tools to analyze dark pool trading activity to identify predictive trading behaviors.

Bachelor'S Degree, Cs, Product Design

Computer Science and Product Design Student in Class of 2028

Diploma

Founded and led the Applied Economics Club (70+ members) while serving as Co-President of the Debate Club (90+ members). Took advanced.

Academic Courses

I was accepted into Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth in 2018 and took several courses to advance my academic study.

Global Youth Program, Essentials Of Finance Summer Program

During this program, I learned from Wharton professors and lecturers about topics in finance, such as corporate valuation, diversification.