Ben Guo

Zo Computer

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Bio

Cofounder of Zo Computer. Joined Stripe early (2015), where he worked for over 8 years. Founding engineer on Terminal, Stripe's in-person payments arm. Ben's cofounder, Rob Cheung, was the first engineer at Substack. They met on the early Venmo team in 2013, and they've reunited to build Zo.

Session (1)

Day 23:20pm-3:40pmTrack 1

Everyone Gets A Software Company

Ben Guo, cofounder of Zo Computer (ex-Stripe, ex-Venmo), coined "velocity coding" — a disciplined, planning-first approach to AI-assisted development that he used to write hundreds of thousands of lines of code while building Zo's MVP. Attending his session offers a grounded, practitioner perspective on shipping production software fast with AI, from someone doing it at extreme scale.

Recent talks (1)

Velocity Coding, Not Vibe Coding // Benjamin GuoMLOps Community · Nov 2025

GitHub

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Recent writing (3)

How to code better with AI using this one weird trick · blog · Dec 2025
We launched Zo Computer. My thoughts on how to launch a product. · blog · Dec 2025
Velocity coding (Tiger Mom Coding) · blog · Jun 2025

Podcasts & interviews (2)

Ben Guo, Cofounder @ Zo Computer | The Cloud PC for the AI Era · Strictly From Nowhere (Cause of a Kind) · Apr 2026
#101: Why everyone should have an AI-powered cloud computer | Ben Guo (Cofounder @ Zo) · Supra Insider · Mar 2026

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