Kevin Weil
Kevin Weil is a technology executive whose career connects consumer products with AI for scientific discovery. He earned degrees in physics and mathematics at Harvard and Stanford, worked in early engineering and data roles, and joined Twitter in 2009. He led advertising product work at Twitter, led Instagram product and data teams as the app grew and launched Stories, then co-founded Libra and led product for Novi before joining Planet in 2021. By May 2025, he was OpenAI’s Chief Product Officer; by December 2025, he led OpenAI for Science, and he left OpenAI in 2026. He joined Stoke Space’s board in July 2026 and sought to raise $150 million for an AI science startup in 2026; as of October 2026, he serves on The Nature Conservancy’s global board and investment committee.
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- Nature Conservancy
Timeline
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2009
From physics to Twitter
He earns a B.A. in mathematics and physics from Harvard and an M.S. in physics from Stanford. Earlier in his career, he works in software and data roles at Cooliris, Tropos Networks, Microsoft Research and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center; he joins Twitter in 2009 after becoming Cooliris’s first employee in user growth and analytics.
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2010–2014
Twitter’s advertising platform
Between 2010 and 2014, he leads product development for Twitter’s advertising platform, including the MoPub and TellApart acquisitions and the development of Fabric, its mobile-services strategy.
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2016
Instagram growth and Stories
He moves to Instagram in 2016 to lead product and data teams as the app grows from 400 million to more than 1 billion users; he helps launch Instagram Stories.
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April 2021
Libra, Novi and Planet
At Facebook, he co-founds the Libra cryptocurrency and leads product for Novi; he joins Planet in April 2021 as president of product and business.
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By May 2025
Chief product officer at OpenAI
By May 2025, he is OpenAI’s Chief Product Officer, leading a team that applies the company’s AI research to products and services for consumers, developers and businesses.
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2025–2026
Leading OpenAI for Science
By December 2025, he is vice president of OpenAI for Science after serving as OpenAI’s Chief Product Officer. He leaves OpenAI in 2026; Prism is among the science initiatives he leads, a platform built to integrate AI models into researchers’ day-to-day work.
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2026
A Stoke Space board seat
In July 2026, he joins Stoke Space’s board of directors. In 2026, he seeks to raise $150 million for a new AI science startup.
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As of October 2026
The Nature Conservancy board
As of October 2026, he serves on The Nature Conservancy’s global board and as an investment committee member.
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- Kevin Weil | Stanford Technology Ventures Program
- Kevin Weil | The Nature Conservancy
- 20VC: Kevin Weil on The Biggest Lessons from Leading Product at Instagram and Twitter | How Working With Kevin Systrom Impacted His Approach To Product | 3 Things Instagram Did To Make Stories So Successful and Why Investing Makes Operators Better at Their Day Job and Why More Should Do It
- Preparing to Scale, Planet Welcomes Kevin Weil as President, Product and Business
- OpenAI Chief Product Officer Kevin Weil and Stanford Economist, Erik Brynjolfsson in Conversation
- Hybrid Event: Using AI to Fast-Track Scientific Breakthroughs
- Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles exit OpenAI as company continues to shed ‘side quests’
- Kevin Weil raising $150M for AI science startup after OpenAI
- Stoke Space Names Kevin Weil to Board of Directors