About
David Crawshaw is CEO and Co-Founder of exe.dev, a company developing an agent-first cloud.
Founder at Exe
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Exe's investors · 1
Founder at Tailscale
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Tailscale's investors · 13
AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checks · since 2025Avenir Growth CapitalNew YorkCRV (Charles River Ventures)Bay Area · $250K – $5M checks · since 2025Cyber Mentor FundNew YorkFlex Capital PartnersSan Francisco · $500K – $2M checksHeavybitSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checks · since 2025Insight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checks · since 2025Panache VenturesMontreal · $1.5M checksPreston-Werner VenturesSan Francisco Bay Area · $500K – $3M checksSummit PartnersBoston · $10M – $500M checksTenOneTen VenturesLos Angeles · $500K – $5M checksUncork CapitalSan Francisco · $3M – $5M checks · since 2025Zag Capital
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Co-founders at Tailscale
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Avery PennarunFounder & CEO
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Brad FitzpatrickFounder
Experience
- exe.devCEO and Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- TailscaleCo-Foundercurrent2019 — present
- GoogleStaff Software Engineer2010 — 2018Bay Area and NYC
- NICTAResearch Programmer2009
Skills & more
C (Programming Language)Distributed SystemsGo (Programming Language)3Data Science1Machine LearningProgrammingCompilers
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is David Crawshaw?
- David Crawshaw is CEO and Co-Founder of exe.dev, a company developing an agent-first cloud.
- Where does David Crawshaw work?
- David Crawshaw is Founder of Exe and Founder at Tailscale.
- What companies did David Crawshaw found?
- David Crawshaw founded Exe, Tailscale.
- Where did David Crawshaw go to school?
- David Crawshaw studied at University of Sydney (BSc / BA, Mathematics, History).
Same school
Also attended University of Sydney252
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Shared employers
Also worked at exe.dev3
Also worked at Tailscale9
Joseph RuscioI build scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems.Jesse RobbinsFounder and Investor in AI Developer ToolsAileen AllenPartner at Mercury FundAndrew McLoughlinBrit in San Francisco; seed-stage venture capital investorReid ChristianGeneral Partner at CRV (Charles River Ventures)Amit KumarInvestor at Accel
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Also worked at Google1,692
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