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About
Kieran Snyder is VP of Product, AI at Microsoft and holds a PhD in natural language processing. She previously served as CEO of Textio, an HR technology company focused on AI products and workplace data analysis, and earlier worked at Microsoft on enterprise and developer products. Her recognitions include Geekwire CEO of the Year and inclusion in the Forbes Future of Work 50.
Founder at Textio
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Textio's investors · 7
Bloomberg BetaSan Francisco · $25K – $1M checks · since 2017Cowboy VenturesPalo Alto · $500K – $3M checks · since 2017Emergence Capitalsince 2017Emergence Capital PartnersSan Francisco · $500K – $10M checksOperator CollectivePalo Alto · $500K – $1.5M checksScale Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $5M – $25M checks · since 2017Upside PartnershipMill Valley · $500K checks · since 2017
Co-founders at Textio
JH
Jensen HarrisExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
Experience
- MicrosoftVP of Product, AIcurrent2026 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- MicrosoftVP, AI Transformation2025 — 2026Seattle, Washington, United States
- nerd processorFoundercurrent2024 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- TextioBoard Membercurrent2025 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- TextioCo-Founder and Chief Scientist Emeritus2024 — 2025Greater Seattle Area
- TextioCo-Founder and CEO2014 — 2024Greater Seattle Area
- Lakeside SchoolBasketball Coachcurrent2022 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- Atlas AIBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
- KitBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
- Operator Collective 🔆Founder in Residence2024 — 2025
- Masterful AIAdvisor2020 — 2024
- AmazonStudio Director, Design, PM, and Operations, Amazon Advertising2014Greater Seattle Area
- MicrosoftGroup Program Manager, Bing2012 — 2014
- MicrosoftGroup Program Manager, Windows UX2009 — 2012
- MicrosoftLead Program Manager, Windows International2004 — 2009
Skills & more
Facilitation1Team Management23Writing9Public Speaking18Leadership32Mentoring5Management6Strategy3Executive Coaching2Artificial Intelligence (AI)3Start-up Leadership2Organizational Effectiveness1
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Program ManagementUser ExperienceNatural Language ProcessingProduct ManagementMetricsProject ManagementIntegrationUser InterfaceTeachingForeign LanguagesBloggingAnalyticsLanguages French · German · Spanish
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- Who is Kieran Snyder?
- Kieran Snyder is VP of Product, AI at Microsoft and holds a PhD in natural language processing. She previously served as CEO of Textio, an HR technology company focused on AI products and workplace data analysis, and earlier worked at Microsoft on enterprise and developer products. Her recognitions include Geekwire CEO of the Year and inclusion in the Forbes Future of Work 50.
- Where does Kieran Snyder work?
- Kieran Snyder is Founder of Textio.
- What companies did Kieran Snyder found?
- Kieran Snyder founded Textio.
- Where did Kieran Snyder go to school?
- Kieran Snyder studied at University of Pennsylvania (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Linguistics and Cognitive Science); University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor's degree, Linguistics and math); Leaders In Tech (Leaders in Tech Fellow).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Microsoft2,000
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates FoundationMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic
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