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Investor; ex-CEO GitHub at AI Grant.
Tools Nat Friedman has publicly discussed or demonstrated using. Curated by Magpie's editorial team from podcasts, posts, and public stacks.
Nat Friedman is ex-CEO of GitHub and partner with Daniel Gross at AI Grant. Active angel and operator; names specific AI tools and infra picks across X and select podcast appearances.
Nat Friedman uses Claude personally and posts product-feedback-grade observations on it. In December 2024 he called out the lack of a Claude Projects API as 'a major oversight,' framing Projects as a primary workflow surface he relies on. He's also publicly endorsed each major Claude release going back to Claude 2.
Nat Friedman co-led ElevenLabs' Series A alongside Daniel Gross and Andreessen Horowitz at a roughly $100M post-money valuation. His name on the financing announcement is a public investor endorsement that's stronger than a casual mention, and ElevenLabs continues to be a flagship pick in the NFDG portfolio for voice AI infrastructure.
Perplexity is one of the canonical NFDG portfolio companies, with Nat Friedman participating in the cap table alongside Jeff Bezos, Tobias Lütke and Nvidia. As of the latest financing the company was valued near $18B. The investment is one of the loudest signals in his portfolio for the answer-engine thesis.
Pika is in the NFDG portfolio, the AI video generation startup Friedman and Gross backed alongside their other generative-media bets. The investment signals their view that text-to-video is a category worth real capital, even though Friedman hasn't said publicly that he uses Pika personally.
Suno is also in the NFDG portfolio, the text-to-song generative-music bet alongside Friedman and Gross's ElevenLabs and Pika positions. Investor endorsement is the load-bearing signal here; Friedman hasn't published a personal-use note on Suno, but the portfolio position is on record.
Last researched May 18, 2026
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