Nat Friedman joins Meta to build AI products for billions of users
jeff_weinstein · x · 2026-09-10
Former GitHub CEO and prominent investor Nat Friedman announced he has joined Meta this week, with the job of building AI products billions of people love. He says it won't happen overnight but he's confident great things are ahead. jeffweinstein quoted the announcement with "This went well," suggesting he may have joined too. Friedman previously ran GitHub, co-ran the AI Grant fund with Daniel Gross, and has been closely involved in OpenAI-adjacent circles — a notable talent move for Meta post-Superintelligence Labs expansion.
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