COLTON PIERSON

Founder @ THOUSAND BIRDS INC

Building infrastructure for AI Agents.

Background

Workplace:Thousand BirdsRole:FounderAbout:Infrastructure for AI agents. Backed by HF0.
Workplace:CurativeRole:VP of EngineeringAbout:36m+ COVID tests, >$1B revenue, and 7000 employees in first year
Workplace:FigmaRole:Software EngineerAbout:Valued @ $12.5B, worked on editor + viewer performance.
Workplace:AssemblyRole:CTO, Co-FounderAbout:YC S2015. QC platform for manufacturing.

Articles

Date:2024-07-09Title:OpinionsDescription:Strong opinions weakly held.

I've co-founded a YC-backed manufacturing startup (Assembly Inc), made critical contributions at a unicorn (Figma) as it leapt to becoming the de-facto tool for designers, and led engineering at a 7000+ employee COVID-testing organization at the peak of the pandemic (Curative).

I am the founder of Thousand Birds Inc, where I'm building the future of developer experiences for agentic AI software systems.

My favorite quote is "Sometimes magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect" - Teller