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Joseph RusciounlockedDavid: together at Tailscale (2019–2026)
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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 · 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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Brad FitzpatrickFounder
Founder at Exe
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Exe's investors · 1
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).
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University of Sydney mafia109
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Also attended University of Sydney430
Clay RobbinsForward Deployed Partner at Slow VenturesClare McCartney BeerCOO & Managing Director at Burda Principal InvestmentsTony NystenPartner at OpenOceanGustav von SydowInvestor at EQT VenturesNaomi GunasekaranDeputy Chief Financial Officer, Funds - Finance at Magnetar AI VenturesAlex ChetkowskiInvestor at Riverwood Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at exe.dev4
Also worked at Tailscale10
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 Google2,000
Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalGArash FerdowsiCo-founder of Dropbox
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Also worked at NICTA8
Alex SmolaCEO and Co-Founder of Boson AI at PICUS CAPITALMichelle DeakerFounding Partner and Managing Director at OneVenturesMartin DuursmaPartner at Main Sequence VenturesLeo LiangAdvisor at Sancus VenturesJames CowlingFounder at ConvexGiorgio PatriniCo-founder at Sensity
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