Mike Krieger

Mentioned in 11 analyzed podcast episodes across 9 shows

Co-founder of Instagram and former CTO who is now at Anthropic working on the Labs team. Known for his engineering leadership philosophy and hands-on approach—mentoring other engineers while still contributing code directly. Discussed in podcasts for his impact on product development and his transition from scaling Instagram to AI-focused work.

Appears On

ACCESS The Pragmatic Engineer Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy The Peterman Pod The Vergecast The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis TBPN Pivot

Episode Appearances

ACCESS · Mar 13, 2026

Meet Starboy, the alien toy that hates being called AI

“Instagram co-founder now working on Anthropic's labs team”

AI wearables and companionsHardware startup funding and developmentFashion-technology convergence

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The Pragmatic Engineer · Mar 4, 2026

Building Claude Code with Boris Cherny

“Mentioned as being present during Claude Code launch review meetings”

AI coding assistantsAgentic AI systemsSoftware development workflows

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Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Mar 1, 2026

The design process is dead. Here’s what’s replacing it. | Jenny Wen (head of design at Claude)

“Example of senior leader who still contributes code and fixes bugs directly”

AI-driven design process transformationDesigner-engineer collaboration modelsTechnical skills for designers

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Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Feb 19, 2026

Head of Claude Code: What happens after coding is solved | Boris Cherny

“Co-founder of Instagram, now at Anthropic working on Labs team with Ben Mann”

AI-powered software developmentClaude Code adoption and impactAgentic AI vs conversational AI

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Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy · Feb 18, 2026

Josh Kushner - Concentration and Conviction - [Invest Like the Best, EP.459]

“Co-founder of Instagram; partner with Kevin Systrom on early Thrive investment”

Concentrated portfolio strategy and conviction investingFounder-centric partnership model in venture capitalSmall team culture and organizational design

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The Peterman Pod · Feb 2, 2026

Instagram Principal Eng (IC8) On Building IG Stories, 1 Promo Per Half, Small Teams

“Instagram CTO and co-founder; mentored Ryan on engineering philosophy and lead-from-front leadership style”

Instagram Stories product development and launch strategySmall team engineering practices and organizational structureProduct design collaboration between engineers and designers

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The Vergecast · Jan 20, 2026

How BYD beat Tesla

AI chatbot competitionElectric vehicle market dynamicsChinese automotive industry

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The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis · Jan 15, 2026

ChatGPT 5.5 Coming Soon?

Data center electricity costs and community impactAI infrastructure political implicationsUS-China AI chip trade restrictions

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TBPN · Jan 14, 2026

Microsoft’s Energy Tab, OpenAI Goes Super Bowl, Ellison Makes His Move | Marc Benioff, Brian Chesky, Baiju Bhatt, Gabriel Carafa, Alfred Wahlforss

AI Data Center Power ConsumptionSuper Bowl Advertising StrategyHollywood Studio Acquisitions

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Pivot · Dec 23, 2025

The AI Dilemma with Tristan Harris – The Prof G Pod

“Showed Tristan Harris Instagram app at party; early example of social media adoption and impact”

AI Companions and Synthetic RelationshipsArtificial General Intelligence (AGI) Development RaceAI Safety and Regulation Policy

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The Vergecast · Dec 16, 2025

Everything is gambling now

“Anthropic executive who championed donating MCP to Linux Foundation for neutral governance”

Prediction Markets and Outcome-Based BettingRegulatory Classification of Trading vs. GamblingModel Context Protocol (MCP) and AI Infrastructure

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