# Brian Muse

> Brian Muse is the co-founder and chief technology officer of Robin, the Boston workplace-management software company that grew out of the digital agency One Mighty Roar. A Tufts-trained computer engineer, Muse helped turn experiments with connected physical spaces into software for rooms, desks, visitors and workplace analytics. After the pandemic erased the assumptions beneath Robin's original market, he and the company recast the product for hybrid work. His recent public writing focuses on AI-assisted engineering, rapid prototyping and automating the administrative work around both software and offices.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Robin
- **Organizations:** Robin, One Mighty Roar, Rediker Software, NASA
- **Education:** BS in Computer Engineering, Tufts University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Robin and has served as its technology leader from its 2014 launch through its expansion into a global workplace-management platform., Helped turn a profitable digital agency's connected-space experiments into a venture-backed enterprise software company., Built and led engineering and security functions supporting room scheduling, desk booking, visitor management and workplace analytics.

## Career timeline

- **2009** — Graduated from Tufts University with a BS in Computer Engineering and worked as web manager at Rediker Software.
- **2009-2014** — Co-founded and served as CTO of One Mighty Roar, a digital agency that built technology-led brand experiences.
- **2012** — Relaunched the side-project game You Rather across web, iOS and Android; his LinkedIn project description reports nearly half a million installations.
- **2014** — The One Mighty Roar team spun out Robin, with Muse as CTO and co-founder; Robin announced a $1.4 million seed round.
- **2016** — Robin raised a $7 million Series A to expand workplace scheduling and analytics.
- **2019** — Robin raised a $20 million Series B as the platform expanded across rooms, desks, visitors and office services.
- **2020-2021** — Robin adapted its office-focused product to the operational demands of return-to-office and hybrid work.
- **2022** — Robin raised a $30 million Series C led by Tola Capital, bringing publicly reported total funding to more than $59 million.
- **2023** — Muse published Robin's vision for AI-driven workplace automation, moving from resource booking toward resource automation.
- **2026** — Muse publicly advocated AI-assisted engineering practices, including hackathon-driven development and agent-oriented maintainability.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Robin and has served as its technology leader from its 2014 launch through its expansion into a global workplace-management platform.
- Helped turn a profitable digital agency's connected-space experiments into a venture-backed enterprise software company.
- Built and led engineering and security functions supporting room scheduling, desk booking, visitor management and workplace analytics.
- Helped guide Robin through the pandemic-era collapse in office attendance and into the hybrid-work market.
- Contributed to Robin achieving ISO 27001 and SOC 2 security credentials.
- Relaunched the You Rather side project, which his public LinkedIn profile says reached nearly half a million app installations.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Published a comparison of the office before 2015 with today's integrated, data-rich and AI-assisted workplace operations.
- **2026-05** — Argued that code maintainability remains crucial as AI agents take on more maintenance, bug triage and issue resolution.
- **2026-04** — Shared Robin's developing practice of hackathon-driven development, using a working end-to-end prototype as the specification for production work.
- **2025-04** — Joined Robin product leader Ciara Peter in a public discussion about consolidating workplace technology and aligning IT with workplace teams.

## Links

- Website: https://robinpowered.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/briancmuse

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Last updated: 2026-09-27