# Jason Rudin

> Jason Rudin is the founder and CEO of Clad, a Y Combinator-backed (W23) startup building what he calls the operating system for telecom construction. From a New York base, Clad unifies project operations and finance so utilities, internet companies, and their subcontractors can bid, manage, permit, and get paid for laying fiber and rebuilding power networks. Before founding Clad in 2022, Rudin spent four years as a product manager at Meta and Instagram, externed at Google[X], and worked as a business analyst at McKinsey after graduating from Penn's Wharton School and its Management & Technology program. A self-described builder fascinated by how physical things get made, he woodworks, makes art, and reads widely when he is not automating the unglamorous plumbing of American infrastructure.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Clad
- **Organizations:** Clad, Meta, Instagram, Google[X], McKinsey & Company
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BSc in Finance and Management; Jerome Fisher M&T (Management & Technology) Program, University of Pennsylvania (The Wharton School)
- **Known for:** Founded Clad and positioned it as an operating system for telecom construction., Admitted to and graduated from Y Combinator's Winter 2023 batch., Built and shipped Clad Locates, an AI-assisted 811 ticket tool with AI-generated narratives, bulk submission, and expiration tracking.

## Career timeline

- **2010-2014** — Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating from Wharton and the Management & Technology (M&T) program.
- **2014-2018** — Senior Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company.
- **2017-2018** — Strategy Extern at Google[X].
- **2018-2022** — Product Manager at Meta, working on Instagram.
- **2022** — Founds Clad, project management and billing software for infrastructure.
- **2023** — Clad goes through Y Combinator's Winter 2023 (W23) batch.
- **2023** — Seed funding round; total funding reported around $630K.
- **2024** — Launches Clad Locates, an AI-assisted tool for utility locate requests (811 tickets).

## Achievements

- Founded Clad and positioned it as an operating system for telecom construction.
- Admitted to and graduated from Y Combinator's Winter 2023 batch.
- Built and shipped Clad Locates, an AI-assisted 811 ticket tool with AI-generated narratives, bulk submission, and expiration tracking.
- Spent four years as a product manager at Meta/Instagram, one of the most competitive product orgs in tech.
- Graduated from Penn's selective Jerome Fisher M&T dual-degree program.

## Latest updates

- **2024-08** — Clad introduces a new website, which Rudin shares on LinkedIn.
- **2024** — Clad rolls out Clad Locates, an AI-assisted tool for creating and managing 811 utility locate requests.

## Links

- Website: https://www.jasonrudin.com/
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonrudin
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/jasonrudin

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Last updated: 2026-07-01