Ben Rubin

I build digital spaces for people → @townsprotocol
Founded @houseparty (acquired by Epic Games) & Meerkat

[Ben Rubin @benrbn]

@andreasklinger First for me! Maybe an EU reg thing!

[Ben Rubin @benrbn]

@nikitabier 😔💔

[Ben Rubin @benrbn]

In 2019, I was invited into a $20m SPV for SpaceX at a ~$30b valuation by a friend close to Elon who put it together.

With about 2x the revenue multiple of the next category winner, it seemed crazy expensive so I passed.

Pretty sure I misunderstood the category.

[Ben Rubin @benrbn]

@ViktorBunin @AdamDeanWozney I definitely deserved my share of spanking as a child and still do as an adult!

[Ben Rubin @benrbn]

@lapresmidi @fromedome 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

[Lauren Sherman @lapresmidi]

Scoop: Michael Preysman, founder of Everlane, is starting something new in reaction to the company's sale to Shein last week. The landing page: https://t.co/y1gaRoMr8I

[Ben Rubin @benrbn]

@coinbilly Myself and my Vespa are at the top 2% percentile

[Ben Rubin @benrbn]

I’d like to congratulate Mamdani and his team for reaching a Goebbels-level media prowess!

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Today marks Nakba Day, an annual day of remembrance to commemorate the expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians between 1947 and 1949 during the creation of the State of Israel and the year that followed.

Inea is a New Yorker and a Nakba survivor. She shared her story with us — one of home, tradition and memory over generations.

[Ben Rubin @benrbn]

@internetkid Wtf how was not following you Alex

[Ben Rubin @benrbn]

The team just released an old idea reimagined for a new reality. A floating dock that shows what your team is shipping and their live coding sessions.

Slashtalk lives at the edge of your screen and quietly aggregates Claude Code session data, GitHub activity, and live work signals — organized around the repos.

Just something fun we thought to put out in case others find it useful.

https://t.co/y9POnbWI6V

[Fei Xiao @feiii_____]

the hardest part of running a small team now isn't shipping fast - it's keeping eng and product in sync without pinging each other constantly.

so to help our team coordinate better, we created a dock that lives on your desktop and shows what Claude/codex/Pi sessions are live, what PRs shipped, and where code conflicts are forming. its called Slashtalk - cut the chatter & work faster - https://t.co/QncismYcx3

[Ben Rubin @benrbn]

@gregisenberg ty!! give it a spin 😊

[Ben Rubin @benrbn]

@erenbali WIP but try https://t.co/vDsbRqCXEF

[Ben Rubin @benrbn]

I love everything about this company, and obsessed with Olto.

[Infinite Machine @infinitemachine]

Eclectic Vehicle.

[Ben Rubin @benrbn]

@dieworkwear Does Church's not use full-grain leather?

[Ben Rubin @benrbn]

🥵🥵

[Mirage @trymirage]

Today we’re announcing $75 million in growth financing from @GeneralCatalyst, bringing our total funding to $175 million to date.

More than 20 million creators, small businesses and enterprises use our products around the world. Together, they’ve created more than 250 million videos.

This investment marks our next chapter: accelerating global expansion while pushing the frontier of agentic video creation.

[Ben Rubin @benrbn]

@coinbilly Learned so much from you Billy!

[Ben Rubin @benrbn]

11 years ago today on Meerkat, we were a bunch of naive builders looking to have some fun with live video. Eight weeks later, Snoop Dogg went live without us having anything to do with it. For a precious moment, you rarely get to feel in this job, it felt like the world was telling you that you did a good job.

[Towns App @townsxyz]

Towns is now live on Android.

Create a group. Add an agent. Start generating value together.

Install today using the link below

[Ben Rubin @benrbn]

Swing, batter, batter ⚾️

[Towns App @townsxyz]

Hit a home run every time you use Towns.

MLB just named Polymarket its exclusive prediction market partner. Towns is the only place where you can chat with your friends and trade those markets in one spot.

Just add the agent to your group to trade any news, sport, or trend.