# Benjamin Munoz-Cerro

> Benjamin Muñoz-Cerro is a Chilean co-founder and CEO of Velum Labs. His background includes physics and mathematics studies at Stanford, a 2023 Harvard research project on yttrium hexaboride thin films, and research experience recorded by the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems. He co-founded Velum with his friend Alen Rubilar-Muñoz in 2025; its current homepage promotes RouteKit for routing coding tasks across AI models.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Velum Labs
- **Organizations:** Velum Labs, Stanford University, Harvard University, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems
- **Nationality:** Chilean
- **Education:** Instituto de Humanidades Alfredo Silva Santiago, Concepción, Physics and mathematics studies; degree completion not claimed, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Y Combinator-backed Velum Labs., Built a subatomic-particle detector at school with teacher Ariel Araneda., Presented research on yttrium hexaboride thin films at Harvard’s 2023 REU symposium.

## Career timeline

- **2020** — Graduated from the Instituto de Humanidades in Concepción; met future co-founder Alen Rubilar-Muñoz through EducationUSA.
- **2021** — Began Stanford studies; LinkedIn lists a Luksic Scholar award in September.
- **2023** — Harvard summer research on growth and characterization of yttrium hexaboride thin films; presented at its August 3 REU symposium.
- **2021-2024** — Listed as a Stanford summer intern in the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems scientific report covering this period; exact internship date unspecified.
- **2025** — Co-founded Velum Labs with Alen Rubilar-Muñoz.
- **2026** — Y Combinator lists Velum Labs in its Winter 2026 batch; the current company homepage promotes RouteKit.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Y Combinator-backed Velum Labs.
- Built a subatomic-particle detector at school with teacher Ariel Araneda.
- Presented research on yttrium hexaboride thin films at Harvard’s 2023 REU symposium.
- LinkedIn lists a June 2021 top-26 Beamline for Schools project selection for a proposal on low-cost graphene detectors.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — As checked October 15, Velum’s homepage promotes RouteKit, local compute pooling, model routing for coding tasks, and repository-specific evaluations. This is an observation date, not an announced launch date.
- **2026-04** — An April 15 school alumni interview discussed his science education and Velum’s then-described AI privacy ambitions.

## Links

- Website: https://velum-labs.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamzc/
- GitHub: https://github.com/benjamzc

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Last updated: 2026-10-15