natfriedman

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Former GitHub CEO. NFDG. Betting on ambitious founders and hard science.

Location: San Francisco, CA

Nat Friedman led GitHub through its Microsoft integration and launched GitHub Copilot — the first widely-used AI coding assistant. He now runs NFDG backing ambitious technical founders. Most recently organized the Vesuvius Challenge which decoded ancient scrolls.

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natfriedman

Former GitHub CEO. NFDG. Betting on ambitious founders and hard science.

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San Francisco, CA

@natfriedman

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Nat Friedman led GitHub through its Microsoft integration and launched GitHub Copilot — the first widely-used AI coding assistant. He now runs NFDG backing ambitious technical founders. Most recently organized the Vesuvius Challenge which decoded ancient scrolls.

current activity

- NFDG investments

- scientific computing

- moonshot technology bets

projects

GitHub Copilot

Launched as GitHub CEO — the first AI coding assistant at scale.

NFDG

Investment and advisory firm with Daniel Gross. AI and scientific computing.

Vesuvius Challenge

Prize competition to decode volcanic scrolls from Herculaneum. Succeeded.

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