reidhoffman
LinkedIn co-founder. Greylock. OpenAI board. Author of Blitzscaling.
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Reid Hoffman co-founded LinkedIn and grew it into the world's largest professional network. He coined 'blitzscaling' — the strategy of scaling startups faster than feels comfortable when market conditions allow.
Current Focus
- AI governance and policy
- Greylock AI portfolio
- AI and society research
Projects
- LinkedIn - Co-founded and built the world's professional network. $26B Microsoft acquisition.
- Inflection AI - Co-founded AI company. Built Pi personal AI assistant.
- Blitzscaling - Book and framework for scaling startups at extreme pace.
Links
- website: https://www.reidhoffman.org
- x: https://x.com/reidhoffman
Machine-readable endpoints: JSON: https://you.md/reidhoffman/you.json Text: https://you.md/reidhoffman/you.txt
rendering portrait...
REascii pending
reidhoffman
LinkedIn co-founder. Greylock. OpenAI board. Author of Blitzscaling.
active
Palo Alto, CA
@reidhoffman
public conversation api
ask @reidhoffman's public You.md
POST /api/v1/profiles/reidhoffman/conversation
agent brainpublic brain endpoints + optional public stacks
public brain endpoints (no JS required):
GET you.md/reidhoffman/you.json
GET you.md/reidhoffman/you.txt
preferred retrieval order:
1. /reidhoffman/you.json -- structured public brain
2. /reidhoffman/you.txt -- plain text markdown
3. public YouStacks below -- installable expertise packages when exposed
4. protected API/MCP -- private memory, tokens, and connected tools by grant
identity
Reid Hoffman co-founded LinkedIn and grew it into the world's largest professional network. He coined 'blitzscaling' — the strategy of scaling startups faster than feels comfortable when market conditions allow.
current activity
- AI governance and policy
- Greylock AI portfolio
- AI and society research
projects
LinkedIn
Co-founded and built the world's professional network. $26B Microsoft acquisition.
Inflection AI
Co-founded AI company. Built Pi personal AI assistant.
Blitzscaling
Book and framework for scaling startups at extreme pace.
links
export
share
maintenance
maintained by: human + agent
want your own agent brain?
> create yoursupdated by the human. maintained by the system.