A16z’s Sriram Krishnan is the man behind Musk’s changes at Twitter
Sriram Krishnan, the general partner at the top VC firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) where he invests in early-stage consumer startups, has revealed that he is helping Elon Musk through initial changes at Twitter.
Musk has already started announcing changes to the platform, like expanding the 280-character limit, allowing lengthy videos, revamping account verification policies, and more.
He drove Twitter user growth to more than 20 percent (YoY) growth in two years and launched several products, including a redesigned events experience. He headed up core product teams, including home timeline, onboarding/new user experience, search, discovery, etc.
Krishnan said in a tweet, “Now that the word is out: I’m helping out Elon Musk with Twitter temporarily with some other great people. I (and a16z) believe this is a hugely important company and can have a great impact on the world and Elon is the person to make it happen.”
Now that the word is out: I’m helping out @elonmusk with Twitter temporarily with some other great people.
I ( and a16z) believe this is a hugely important company and can have great impact on the world and Elon is the person to make it happen. pic.twitter.com/weGwEp8oga
— Sriram Krishnan – sriramk.eth (@sriramk) October 30, 2022
As an investor and advisor to many companies in a personal capacity, like Notion, Cameo, Coda, Scale.ai, SpaceX (Musk’s space company), CRED, Khatabook, and others, Krishnan led core consumer product teams at Twitter from 2017 to 2019.
Krishnan has also created and overseen various mobile ad products for both Snap and Facebook, including Snap’s Direct Response ads business and the Facebook Audience Network, one of the largest networks in display advertising.
He is ‘interested in the intersection of consumer tech and crypto’. Krishnan also hosts a podcast with his wife where he covers tech and crypto.
On his LinkedIn profile, he says that “I’m a builder, engineer, Youtuber, and venture capitalist. I invest in crypto/ web3 as a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz. I previously had leadership roles running product and engineering at Twitter, Meta, and Snap”.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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Pawan Aggarwal – North Indian origin = Anti social & vulture, NO God name, but chants Ram Ram
Sriram Krishnan – South Indian origin = Sriram + Krishna = God names = doing good.
Pawan Aggarwal chants Ram Ram in his house.