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David Crawshaw

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Founder at Tailscale · Founder at Exe

Berkeley, California, United States

FoundedExeTailscale

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About

David Crawshaw is CEO and Co-Founder of exe.dev, a company developing an agent-first cloud.

Founder at Tailscale

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Tailscale's investors · 15

AccelPalo Alto · $500K – $100M checks · since 2025Accel-KKRMenlo Park · since 2020Avenir 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 checksSparkwave CapitalSummit PartnersBoston · $10M – $500M checksTenOneTen VenturesLos Angeles · $500K – $5M checksUncork CapitalSan Francisco · $3M – $5M checks · since 2025Zag Capital

Co-founders at Tailscale

APAvery Pennarun
Avery PennarunFounder
BFBrad Fitzpatrick
Brad FitzpatrickFounder
DC
David CarneyFounder

Founder at Exe

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Exe's investors · 1

Amplify PartnersMenlo Park · $500K – $5M checks

Experience

  1. exe.devCEO and Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. TailscaleCo-Foundercurrent2019 — present
  3. GoogleStaff Software Engineer2010 — 2018Bay Area and NYC
  4. 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).

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