Mike Krieger
Brazilian co-founder of Instagram who later joined Anthropic
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Mike Krieger is a Brazilian software engineer who co-founded Instagram with Kevin Systrom and was its chief technology officer until 2018, scaling it from a few million to a billion users. He joined the AI company Anthropic in 2024 as chief product officer.
Biography
Background
Krieger grew up in São Paulo and moved to California to study symbolic systems at Stanford, focusing on human–computer interaction.
In 2010 he joined Kevin Systrom to turn their Burbn app into Instagram, writing much of the code. As CTO he scaled the infrastructure as users exploded.
Artifact
After leaving Facebook in 2018, he and Systrom built Artifact, a personalised news app (2023–2024). During the pandemic they also built Rt.live to track COVID-19 spread.
Anthropic
In 2024 Krieger joined Anthropic as chief product officer and later moved to work on new product experiments there.
Timeline
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1986
Born in São Paulo, Brazil
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2008
Graduates from Stanford
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2010
Co-founds Instagram
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2012
Facebook buys Instagram
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2018
Leaves Instagram
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2020
Rt.live
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2023
Launches Artifact
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2024
Joins Anthropic
Notable works
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2010
Instagram App
With Kevin Systrom.
Did you know?
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He was born in São Paulo and moved to the US for university.
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He studied symbolic systems, Stanford’s mix of computer science and psychology.
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He is one of the best-known Brazilians in Silicon Valley.
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Frequently asked
Who is Mike Krieger?
Mike Krieger is a Brazilian software engineer who co-founded Instagram with Kevin Systrom and was its chief technology officer until 2018, scaling it from a few million to a billion users. He joined the AI company Anthropic in 2024 as chief product officer.
How old is Mike Krieger?
Mike Krieger is 40 years old, born on 4 March 1986 in São Paulo, Brazil.
Where is Mike Krieger from?
Mike Krieger was born in São Paulo, Brazil.
What is Mike Krieger known for?
Mike Krieger is best known for Co-founding Instagram (2010); Instagram CTO; Artifact; Anthropic.
References
- Mike Krieger — Wikipedia. Wikipedia. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
- Mike Krieger (Q10329947) — structured data. Wikidata. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
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- First published 4 November 2026
- Last updated
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“Mike Krieger.” TrackFame, last updated 5 November 2026. https://trackfame.com/person/mike-krieger
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