Florian Weber

I’m a product engineer working on early stage projects. I’m usually one of the first engineers on teams building new products, often with a focus on social, new forms of interaction and AI.

Currently I’m working as product engineer at glif, where we are building something that allows anybody to create and have fun with magical AI things.

I believe that the best new products are created when you embrace uncertainty, follow hunches and initially vague objectives. Counter-intuitively, the best way of knowing is starting by consciously not-knowing. Over the years, I’ve gotten very comfortable with this approach and enjoy the magic that can happen when everyone in small, multidisciplinary teams is comfortable with wearing many hats.

Over the past two decades I’ve created and worked on various products, the most well-known probably being Twitter. As part of the founding team and lead engineer, I developed the app, built the public API, and worked on figuring out product features like the character limit and following (widely used now, but completely new back then).

I also co-founded and was the CTO of Amen, a startup that aimed to create structured data about “the best” in the world using a combination of AI and a unique playful mechanism. I built and led a team of engineers, worked on product and growth and was involved in raising venture capital funding.

Since then, I’ve helped companies like Radicle, MUBI and Deutsche Grammophon with product, strategy, engineering and exploration of new ideas. Throughout the past few years, I’ve also enjoyed mentoring early stage founders. I’m grateful that I’ve had a chance to work in many different roles and contexts.

Contact

I’m always happy to chat. Please reach out via email or Twitter.

I’m also doing unoffice hours. You can book 30 minutes in my calendar here to talk about some ideas you have, a project you are working on or anything else.