Ben Shafii
Founder of OpenWork, The open source alternative to Claude Cowork
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Ben Shafii is listed as a founder of OpenWork. OpenWork is a desktop app that lets people connect to their existing skills, MCPs, and agents. Users can download the app for free, try it with over 50+ model providers, and easily share their setup with their team.
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- GitHub
different-ai/openwork
different-ai/openwork. YC S2026 snapshot lists OpenWork with website openworklabs.com and tagline matching the repo; repo homepage is openworklabs.com.
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Tomorrow we’re releasing OpenWork v1 OpenWork started as a free, open-source desktop app. Today, that is still where most people use i...
Tomorrow we’re releasing OpenWork v1 OpenWork started as a free, open-source desktop app. Today, that is still where most people use it. It is where they create workspaces, work with local files, add skills, connect MCPs, and customize how their agent works. But everything you...
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happy to announce that @getopenwork is now part of yc. we’re building the open-source claude cowork alternative for companies that want to run agents in production. bring your own model/provider, wire in your tools + context, and ship reusable agent setups across your org with Show more
happy to announce that @getopenwork is now part of yc. we’re building the open-source claude cowork alternative for companies that want to run agents in production. bring your own model/provider, wire in your tools + context, and ship reusable agent setups across your org with...
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Today we’re releasing OpenWork Connect. OpenWork started as a free, open-source desktop app. The goal was to make the fully configured a...
Today we’re releasing OpenWork Connect. OpenWork started as a free, open-source desktop app. The goal was to make the fully configured agent experience I had in OpenCode available to coworkers who did not want to set up repositories, copy configuration files, or learn a new...
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I’m in Berlin for next 3 weeks with the OpenWork team. Who should we meet?
I’m in Berlin for next 3 weeks with the OpenWork team. Who should we meet?
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Last month for openwork - Doubled DAUs on OpenWork - Closed first enterprise pilot - tripled mrr
Last month for openwork - Doubled DAUs on OpenWork - Closed first enterprise pilot - tripled mrr
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Avoiding the Post-YC Slump with strong customer pull.
Avoiding the Post-YC Slump with strong customer pull.
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Some facts about Omar: - Built the biggest COSS discord community - Ex- @clickup PM - Learned to code 2 years ago at age 39 - and, last but not least, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer: Windows Server 2003 (MCSE) Quote Omar McAdam @OmarMcAdam · Jun 18 Excited to announce that I’m joining @getopenwork as (Unc) CTO I met @benjaminshafii two years ago through open source. Over that time we’ve both grown a lot as builders, operators, and leaders, and we’ve spent countless hours talking about the future of software and AI.
Some facts about Omar: - Built the biggest COSS discord community - Ex- @clickup PM - Learned to code 2 years ago at age 39 - and, last but not least, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer: Windows Server 2003 (MCSE) Quote Omar McAdam @OmarMcAdam · Jun 18 Excited to announce...