Mike Krieger
Co-founder of Instagram; at Anthropic as chief product officer, then in its Labs team.
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- Mike Krieger is a Brazilian entrepreneur and software engineer born in São Paulo.
- Krieger co-founded Instagram with Kevin Systrom in 2010 and was its CTO until 2018.
- With Systrom, Krieger later launched Rt.live in 2020 and the news app Artifact in 2023.
- Krieger joined Anthropic as chief product officer in May 2024 and moved to its Labs team in January 2026.
Key facts
- Born
- 4 March 1986, São Paulo, Brazil1
- Education
- Symbolic systems, Stanford University1
- Co-founder (2010) and CTO until 20181
- Later products
- Rt.live (April 2020) and Artifact (January 2023 to January 2024), with Kevin Systrom1
- Anthropic
- Chief product officer from May 2024; Labs team from January 20261
- Boards
- Figma, from July 2025 to April 20261
Roles
Founded
- InstagramOrganization
co-founder; CTO until 2018 source on Instagram
Part of
- AnthropicOrganization
chief product officer from May 2024; Labs team from January 2026 · since May 2024 source on Anthropic
Before
On the board of until Apr 2026
Links
Sources
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