Social community

Rume

Website
Founded 2019Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Video chat today is built for meetings but you wouldn't have your birthday party around a conference table. Rume re-creates the social dynamic of an in person event where you are easily able to have smaller conversations and fluidly move between groups when you see someone you know.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Founders & team

Previously Lume

Company history As recorded 2026-11-08

Ben Scharfstein

Founder

Ben founded Rume to help people foster and develop relationships with the people they care about. Ben studied applied math at Harvard with a research focus on the structure of social networks. He started his career as an (a)PM at Google building products across Android and Search.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Vincenzo Vitiello

Founder

Cenzo is working on tools to help people build and nurture meaningful relationships. He has a passion for solving complex problems, designing intuitive user interfaces, and working collaboratively with others. In his spare time, he enjoys catching up with friends, tinkering with side projects, and playing Ultimate frisbee.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Bryant Wolf

Founder

Founder at Rume, Bryant is helping people build deep and lasting relationships though genuine and deep interaction. He has worked in technology in legal tech, pharma, crypto-finance, security/authentication on demand services economy. Most recently at DropBox by way of HelloSign.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
3team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2019 · Source

News & product activity

Sources & observations

Y Combinator

Profile depthverified profile
Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA
Pricing evidenceNo pricing page confirmed
Maturity: Not assessed · 3 of 6 areas documented

Source-based assessment · automated evidence rules

The source reports an inactive or acquired company; current product identity needs review.

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