David Crawshaw
CEO and co-founder of exe.dev; co-founded Tailscale and was its CTO.
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- David Crawshaw is a software engineer.
- He worked at Google, latterly on the Fuchsia operating system, until March 2018.
- In 2019 he co-founded Tailscale with Avery Pennarun, David Carney and Brad Fitzpatrick, and was its CTO.
- He is CEO and co-founder of exe.dev, which he announced in April 2026.
Key facts
- Now
- CEO and co-founder of exe.dev1
- Tailscale
- Co-founder (2019) and CTO1
- Left in March 2018; worked on Fuchsia2
- exe.dev
- Fundraising announced 22 April 20263
Roles
Founded
- TailscaleOrganization
co-founder and CTO source on Tailscale
Before
Part of until Mar 2018
Google (engineer, latterly on Fuchsia, until March 2018) source on Google
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