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Nat Friedman

Nat Friedman

Head of Products & Applied Research, Meta Superintelligence Labs

Organization
Meta

Position
Head of Products & Applied Research, Meta Superintelligence Labs

🇺🇸American
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Intelligence Briefing

Veteran open-source technologist. Co-founded Ximian (1999) and Xamarin (2011). Served as CEO of GitHub (2018-2021) after Microsoft acquired it. Joined Meta in June 2025 to co-lead Meta Superintelligence Labs alongside Alexandr Wang, overseeing integration of Llama models into Meta consumer products.

Expertise
Developer ToolsOpen SourceAI ProductsEx-GitHub CEOSuperintelligence
Education

BS, Computer Science and Mathematics — MIT

AGI Position Assessment

Risk Level
LOW
MODERATE
HIGH
CRITICAL
Predicted AGI Timeline

Unknown

Primarily capability-focused public profile; safety posture here is inferred from frontier-model development and launch-readiness work rather than standalone public advocacy.

Safety Approach

Primarily capability-focused public profile; safety posture here is inferred from frontier-model development and launch-readiness work rather than standalone public advocacy.

Source Material

TWITTER / X

Dossier last updated: 2026-03-10

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