# Ben Jacob

> Ben Jacob is the British co-founder and CEO of Zymbly, an AI software company serving aircraft maintenance teams and a member of Y Combinator’s Winter 2026 batch. He previously led Applied AI at Multiverse, worked in airline operational improvement, and co-founded Newton Maths with Azmat Habibullah. He studied economics at Oxford and has taught in the UK and Japan.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Zymbly
- **Organizations:** Zymbly, Multiverse, Oliver Wyman, Newton Maths, Selina Finance
- **Nationality:** British
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in Economics, University of Oxford
- **Known for:** Led Applied AI at Multiverse., Co-founded Zymbly, a Y Combinator Winter 2026 company., Worked on operational recovery for a major global airline.

## Career timeline

- **2019** — Worked at Selina Finance alongside Lorcan Delaney, according to Delaney’s public account.
- **—** — Worked at Oliver Wyman on aviation operational transformation.
- **—** — Served as Head of Operations at Multiverse and later led Applied AI.
- **—** — Co-founded Newton Maths with Azmat Habibullah; its team biography records teaching experience in the UK and Japan.
- **2025** — Appointed director of Newton Education Ltd on 15 January; the company became Zymbly Ltd on 8 July.
- **2026** — Zymbly participated in Y Combinator’s Winter 2026 batch.

## Achievements

- Led Applied AI at Multiverse.
- Co-founded Zymbly, a Y Combinator Winter 2026 company.
- Worked on operational recovery for a major global airline.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Listed as a speaker for the Building the Intelligent Aerospace Ecosystem panel at Farnborough International Airshow on 22 July.
- **2026-04** — Featured in a sponsored Aviation Week Spotlight interview at MRO Americas, published 27 April.

## Links

- Website: https://www.zymbly.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-jacob-a49a3165

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Last updated: 2026-10-20