Mike Krieger — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Currently Chief Product Officer at Anthropic (since 2024)
Co-founded Instagram in 2010 and served as its CTO
During his tenure as CTO, Instagram's user base expanded from a few million to 1 billion monthly active users
Co-founded Artifact, an AI-powered news app, in 2023
Joined the board of Figma in July 2025
Holds an MS in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University

Biography

Mike Krieger is a Brazilian entrepreneur and software engineer. He moved to California in 2004 to attend Stanford University, where he majored in symbolic systems. While at Stanford, he met Kevin Systrom, and together they co-founded Instagram in 2010.

Krieger served as Instagram's CTO, playing a key role in developing its engineering and user experience during its early days. Under his leadership, Instagram's user base grew from a few million to 1 billion monthly active users.