Nat Friedman
Head of product at Meta Superintelligence Labs
The former GitHub CEO who launched GitHub Copilot, now co-leading Meta Superintelligence Labs and an AI investor.
Biography
Nat Friedman is an American technology executive and investor, currently head of product at Meta Superintelligence Labs. He studied computer science and mathematics at MIT, graduating in 1999, and co-founded Ximian with Miguel de Icaza that same year. When Microsoft announced its $7.5 billion acquisition of GitHub in June 2018, Friedman, then a Microsoft corporate vice president, became GitHub's CEO.
During his tenure GitHub introduced GitHub Copilot, GitHub Codespaces, GitHub Advanced Security and GitHub Sponsors. With Daniel Gross he has made significant AI investments through a fund called C2 Investments and runs an AI grant program that provides funding and Microsoft Azure credits. He is a board member at the Arc Institute and an advisor to Midjourney. In June 2025 he joined Meta to co-lead the newly created Meta Superintelligence Labs with Alexandr Wang.
Notable contributions
Led GitHub as CEO and launched Copilot
Became GitHub's CEO in 2018 after Microsoft's $7.5 billion acquisition; GitHub introduced GitHub Copilot during his tenure.
Invested in AI through C2 Investments and AI Grant
With Daniel Gross, made significant AI investments through C2 Investments and runs an AI grant program that provides funding and Azure credits.
Co-leads Meta Superintelligence Labs
Joined Meta in June 2025 to co-lead Meta Superintelligence Labs alongside Alexandr Wang.
