Elon Musk’s X has appointed serial entrepreneur and progress hacker Nikita Bier as its new head of product.
“I’ve formally posted my method to the highest,” Bier wrote on X, alluding to his giant presence on the app.
Bier is finest generally known as the founding father of apps like Gas, which was acquired by Discord, and TBH, which was acquired by Fb. Each Gasoline and TBH have been apps geared towards teenagers, who have been inspired to go away each other compliments.
Extra not too long ago, Bier has been working as a enterprise companion at Lightspeed and as an adviser to the Solana Basis.
“Whereas I already spend each waking hour on this app, I’ll now be spending that point serving to others unlock that very same worth,” Bier wrote on X about his new place. “And we’ll actually be leveraging the ability of Grok to create hyper-relevant timelines and assist individuals perceive every little thing that’s taking place. Thanks @elonmusk and the X group for inviting me to work on the product that I reside and breathe.”
Elon Musk, in return, posted “Welcome to X” and replied to Bier, “LFG!!” adopted by two rocket ship emojis.
Bier’s success thus far has relied not solely on his means to construct apps that resonate with a youthful demographic, but additionally on driving progress for these apps over a brief interval. At X, he might doubtlessly construct options that drive adoption past the person base that’s usually drawn to text-first social networks.
Already, he’s hinted at plans for what comes subsequent, posting to X that “somebody ought to repair notifications,” and suggesting he had prototyped a deeper Grok integration throughout his interview.