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Brian Peterson

Unicorn founder

Chief Technology Officer & Founder at Dialpad

San Jose, California, United States

FoundedDialpad$2.2B

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Peterson spent roughly eight years as a senior software engineer at Google, where he worked on Google Voice, before co-founding Dialpad in 2011. He led product and mobile engineering at the company for a decade prior to taking on the CTO role.

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Chief Technology Officer & Founder at Dialpad

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Dialpad's investors · 23

1435 CapitalSkillman3Spoke CapitalIrvineAcrew CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $15M checksAmasiaBurlingame · $100K – $5M checks · since 2026Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checksAtomicSan FranciscoCerity Partners VenturesNew YorkFelicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checksFly VenturesBerlin · $1.1M – $4.3M checksG SquaredChicagoGV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checks · since 2026ICONIQSan FranciscoICONIQ CapitalSan Francisco · $5M – $100M checks · since 2026Intrepid Growth PartnersTorontoJuniperoMiamiKickstart VenturesManila · $30K – $20M checksOwl CapitalSection 32Palo Alto · since 2021Transmedia CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checksTri-Valley VenturesPleasantonW Capital PartnersNew YorkWork-BenchNew York · $1M – $3M checks · since 2021Z Venture CapitalTokyo · $150K – $101M checks

Co-founders at Dialpad

CWCraig Walker
Craig WalkerChief Executive Officer & Founder
JRJohn Rector
John RectorDirector

Experience

  1. DialpadCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. DialpadCo-Founder & VP of Product & Mobile Engineering2011 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  3. GoogleSenior Software Engineer2002 — 2010Mountain View, CA

Skills & more

JavaScript11HTML1Python11Java6CSS1AJAX5Web Development2GitSubversionMySQLAndroidDjango
+7 moreWeb ApplicationsSoftware DevelopmentC#Google App EngineDatabasesCloud ComputingMobile Devices

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Brian Peterson?
Peterson spent roughly eight years as a senior software engineer at Google, where he worked on Google Voice, before co-founding Dialpad in 2011. He led product and mobile engineering at the company for a decade prior to taking on the CTO role.
Where does Brian Peterson work?
Brian Peterson is Chief Technology Officer & Founder of Dialpad.
What companies did Brian Peterson found?
Brian Peterson founded Dialpad.
Where did Brian Peterson go to school?
Brian Peterson studied at UC San Diego (BS Computer Science, Computer Engineering/Science).

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