Mike Krieger
Mentioned in 13 analyzed podcast episodes across 10 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
Episode Appearances
AI Hustle: Make Money from AI · Apr 24, 2026
Monetizing Design with Claude's Disruption
“Instagram co-founder who left Figma board immediately before Claude Design launch; led Claude Design development”
Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast · Apr 23, 2026
AIE Europe Debrief + Agent Labs Thesis: Unsupervised Learning x Latent Space Crossover Special (2026)
“Discussed biosafety concerns and Opus model release strategy at dinner with Swix”
ACCESS · Mar 13, 2026
Meet Starboy, the alien toy that hates being called AI
“Instagram co-founder now working on Anthropic's labs team”
The Pragmatic Engineer · Mar 4, 2026
Building Claude Code with Boris Cherny
“Mentioned as being present during Claude Code launch review meetings”
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”
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”
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”
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”
The Vergecast · Jan 20, 2026
How BYD beat Tesla
The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis · Jan 15, 2026
ChatGPT 5.5 Coming Soon?
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
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”
The Vergecast · Dec 16, 2025
Everything is gambling now
“Anthropic executive who championed donating MCP to Linux Foundation for neutral governance”