# Arram Sabeti

> Arram Sabeti is the San Francisco founder and board chairman of Zerocater, the corporate food-service company he began after discovering, as an early Justin.tv employee, that ordering office lunch was a surprisingly stubborn problem. Starting with roughly $7,000, an inbox and a spreadsheet that eventually reached 500 columns, he took Zerocater through Y Combinator and past $100 million in cumulative sales before moving from chief executive to chairman in 2018. He now describes himself as a maker, writer and meditator, and publishes essays aimed at bringing a skeptical, technical sensibility to contemplative practice.

- **Role:** Founder and Chairman of the Board at Zerocater
- **Organizations:** Zerocater, Justin.tv, Y Combinator
- **Known for:** Founded Zerocater and led it from a manually operated service to a multi-city corporate food platform., Took Zerocater through Y Combinator’s Winter 2011 batch., Built Zerocater past $100 million in cumulative sales by 2015 after starting with roughly $7,000 and comparatively little outside capital.

## Career timeline

- **2008** — Moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to pursue the goal of starting a technology company; briefly worked at Ben & Jerry’s before joining Justin.tv.
- **2008-2009** — Worked as an early employee at Justin.tv, handling tasks including release testing, recruiting administration and office lunch ordering.
- **2009** — Founded Zerocater after turning office meal ordering into a service for other companies.
- **2011** — Zerocater joined Y Combinator’s Winter 2011 batch.
- **2015** — Zerocater reported more than $100 million in cumulative sales while serving tens of thousands of meals per day.
- **2018** — Moved from Zerocater CEO to founder and chairman of the board.
- **2022** — Participated as an angel investor in Fathom’s seed financing, according to CB Insights.
- **2026** — Published new essays through his Substack, including writing about skeptical approaches to contemplative practice.

## Achievements

- Founded Zerocater and led it from a manually operated service to a multi-city corporate food platform.
- Took Zerocater through Y Combinator’s Winter 2011 batch.
- Built Zerocater past $100 million in cumulative sales by 2015 after starting with roughly $7,000 and comparatively little outside capital.
- Helped create revenue for local restaurant and catering partners; one vendor told him Zerocater enabled his family’s first vacation in ten years.
- Transitioned from chief executive to chairman in 2018 and continued as a board leader while Ali Sabeti became CEO.
- Published essays on startups, hiring, artificial intelligence and contemplative practice.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Published a Substack essay recommending Romeo Stevens’ writing as a skeptical, practical route into contemplative practice.
- **2026-01** — Reposted Zerocater’s announcement of CaterAi, an AI agent for planning corporate events, on LinkedIn.

## Links

- Website: https://arr.am/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arram-sabeti-10220314
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/arram

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Last updated: 2026-09-28