Rippling and the Return of Ambition - Founders Fund
Talks about Hereticon conference, thoughtcrime and technological transformation
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John Luttig
Partner at Founders Fund
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
John Luttig is a Partner at Founders Fund in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a background in software development and experience as an Editor in Chief. He has successfully invested in companies like Grit, Mosaic.tech, Loop, and Playbook, specializing in sectors such as logistics, AI, and consumer internet.
Luttig's career highlights include serving in various roles at Founders Fund, Sourcegraph, and The Stanford Review, as well as making strategic investments in companies at different stages, from Seed to Series C, contributing to the growth of the tech ecosystem in the Bay Area.
Work Experience
Partner
2024 - Current
worked on investments including Scale AI, Rippling, OpenAI, Figma, Newfront Insurance, Flock Safety, Origin, Tagomi (acq. by Coinbase), Escher Reality (acq. by Niantic), Loop Logistics, Rinsed, DoNotPay, and a few others in stealth
Principal
2019 - 2024
Associate
2017 - 2019
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Software Developer
2016 - 2016
helped build an intelligent code search engine
Editor in Chief
2015 - 2016
wrote about Stanford's most important political issues
CS106A Section Leader
2014 - 2016
taught Stanford students computer science
Software Developer
2015 - 2015
helped build a civilized online discussion platform. acq. by Quora
Summer Associate
2015 - 2015
worked primarily on special technical projects for the Thiel Fellowship
We support science, technology, and long-term thinking about the future.
Chief Technology Officer
2014 - 2015
managed digital infrastructure for a student-run conglomerate
Stanford Student Enterprises is a business and entrepreneurial organization, based out of the Stanford University campus.
Education
Bachelor of Science (BS)
2013 - 2016