# Eric Ho

> Eric Ho is the San Francisco-based co-founder and CEO of Goodfire, an AI interpretability research lab. Previously a co-founder, president and CTO of RippleMatch, he left its daily operations in 2023 to work on AI safety. He founded Goodfire with Daniel Balsam and Tom McGrath in 2024; the company develops tools to understand, monitor and shape AI models.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Goodfire
- **Organizations:** Goodfire, RippleMatch
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree, Computer Science, Yale University
- **Known for:** Co-founded RippleMatch, which had more than two million users by June 2022., Forbes 30 Under 30, Enterprise Technology, class of 2022., Co-founded and leads Goodfire, which announced a $150 million Series B on February 5, 2026.

## Career timeline

- **2016** — Co-founded RippleMatch with Andrew Myers while a Yale senior; served as president and CTO.
- **2022** — Recognized with Andrew Myers on Forbes 30 Under 30 in Enterprise Technology.
- **2023** — Left day-to-day operations at RippleMatch and transitioned to a board and advisory role; published ideas for for-profit AI alignment organizations in December.
- **2024** — Co-founded Goodfire with Daniel Balsam and Tom McGrath; announced a $7 million seed round in August.
- **2025** — Goodfire announced a $50 million Series A in April; Ho published On Optimism for Interpretability in July.
- **2026** — Goodfire announced a $150 million Series B in February at a $1.25 billion valuation.

## Achievements

- Co-founded RippleMatch, which had more than two million users by June 2022.
- Forbes 30 Under 30, Enterprise Technology, class of 2022.
- Co-founded and leads Goodfire, which announced a $150 million Series B on February 5, 2026.
- Co-author of Painting With Concepts Using Diffusion Model Latents (May 2025).

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Goodfire announced Project Beacon with Baseten on October 9, bringing internal safety monitoring to open-model deployments.
- **2026-09** — Ho published We can and must solve alignment on September 30.
- **2026-09** — Goodfire reported activation-probe research detecting reward hacking in tested open models.
- **2026-08** — Goodfire announced $1 million in free Silico usage for selected academic and nonprofit researchers.
- **2026-02** — Goodfire raised a $150 million Series B led by B Capital at a $1.25 billion company valuation.

## Links

- Website: https://www.goodfire.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-ho-53981862
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/eric_ho

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Last updated: 2026-10-23