Reid Hoffman
Reid Hoffman is an accomplished entrepreneur, executive, investor, and AI thought leader shaping the future of technology. As Co-Founder of Manas AI, Reid brings a deep understanding of the technical landscape and expertise in scaling a business.
About Reid
An accomplished entrepreneur, executive, and investor, Reid Hoffman has played an integral role in building many of today’s leading consumer technology businesses and is one of the most important investors and founders in the current AI ecosystem. He possesses a unique understanding of consumer behavior and the dynamics of viral businesses, as well as deep experience in driving companies from the earliest stages through periods of explosive, “blitzscale” growth.
In 2003, Hoffman co-founded LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional networking service, which now has more than one billion members around the world. In 2016, LinkedIn was acquired by Microsoft, and Reid became a board member of Microsoft. Prior to LinkedIn, Hoffman served as executive vice president at PayPal, where he was also a founding board member.
Hoffman joined Greylock in 2009, focusing on building products that can reach hundreds of millions of participants. He currently serves on the boards of Entrepreneur First, Microsoft, Nauto, and a few early stage companies still in stealth. In addition, he serves on a number of not-for-profit boards, including Kiva, Endeavor, CZ Biohub, Berggruen Institute, Opportunity@Work, the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, and the MacArthur Foundation’s Lever for Change.
In 2022, Hoffman co-founded Inflection AI, an artificial intelligence company that aims to create software products that make it easier for humans to communicate with computers.
Hoffman is the host of two award-winning podcasts: Masters of Scale, where iconic business leaders share strategies that have helped them grow, as well as Possible, a podcast that sketches out the brightest version of the future and what it will take to get there. He is the co-author of six books: The Startup of You, The Alliance, Blitzscaling, Masters of Scale, Impromptu and Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right with Our AI Future.
Hoffman earned a master’s degree in philosophy from Oxford University, where he was a Marshall Scholar, and a bachelor’s degree with distinction in symbolic systems from Stanford University.