Nat Friedman

Nat Friedman is a prominent technology executive and entrepreneur best known for his leadership of GitHub as CEO and his current role co-leading product and applied research at Meta Superintelligence Labs. Appointed following Mark Zuckerberg's mid-2025 restructuring of Meta's AI efforts, Friedman joined alongside Daniel Gross to steer the product and applied research direction of one of the most ambitious superintelligence initiatives in the industry. His background bridging developer ecosystems, open-source communities, and enterprise software gives him a distinctive lens for translating cutting-edge AI research into real-world applications. Prior to Meta, Friedman served as CEO of GitHub from 2018 to 2021, where he oversaw the platform's evolution under Microsoft's ownership, championing developer tools and open-source collaboration at massive scale. Before GitHub, he co-founded Xamarin, a cross-platform mobile development company acquired by Microsoft in 2016, and held leadership roles at Microsoft following that acquisition. His entrepreneurial and operational track record across developer-focused companies established him as a respected voice in the technology community. His influence on AI infrastructure, developer platforms, and large-scale applied research has significant downstream implications for the advertising technology ecosystem. Meta's AI investments directly power its advertising products, and the Superintelligence Labs initiative is expected to shape next-generation AI capabilities that underpin targeting, creative generation, and measurement across Meta's advertising platforms.

• Co-lead (product & applied research), Meta Superintelligence LabsCurrent

  Meta Platforms

• CEO of GitHub

  GitHub · 2018–2021

• corporate vice president of developer services

  Microsoft

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