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Kevin Systrom
Co-founder of Instagram; co-founder of Artifact
San Francisco, CA
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About
Kevin Systrom co-founded Instagram in 2010 and sold it to Facebook eighteen months later for about $1B with thirteen employees — one of the highest per-employee exits in technology. He stayed to run Instagram until 2018, growing it past a billion users, then left over autonomy disputes. He later co-founded the AI news app Artifact with Mike Krieger, which was acquired by Yahoo in 2024.
Podcasts & interviews
featuring Kevin SystromInstagram was duct-taped together | Kevin Systrom and Lex Fridman
Lex Clips
Advice for young people: Have fun failing | Kevin Systrom and Lex Fridman
Lex Clips
Why Mark Zuckerberg is hated | Kevin Systrom and Lex Fridman
Lex Clips
Kevin Systrom: Instagram | Lex Fridman Podcast #243
Lex Fridman
Kevin Systrom — Tactics, Books, and the Path to a Billion Users | The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss
Instagram Co-Founder Kevin Systrom On Breaking Up Big Tech and More | DealBook
New York Times Events
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Kevin Systrom?
- Kevin Systrom co-founded Instagram in 2010 and sold it to Facebook eighteen months later for about $1B with thirteen employees — one of the highest per-employee exits in technology. He stayed to run Instagram until 2018, growing it past a billion users, then left over autonomy disputes. He later co-founded the AI news app Artifact with Mike Krieger, which was acquired by Yahoo in 2024.
- What podcasts and interviews feature Kevin Systrom?
- Tracked appearances include "Instagram was duct-taped together | Kevin Systrom and Lex Fridman", "Advice for young people: Have fun failing | Kevin Systrom and Lex Fridman", "Why Mark Zuckerberg is hated | Kevin Systrom and Lex Fridman", and 3 more.
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