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Kieran Snyder

CEO at Textio

Founder and CEO of Textio with a background in computational linguistics and product leadership.

Key facts

CEO of
Textio, CEO
Founded
Previously

Career

  1. Textiocurrentas of Oct 2026
    CEO

Timeline 4

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20183 events
  1. as of May 2018Career
    Kieran Snyder previously at Amazon
    “I did a study when I was at Amazon.” 6:12
    Unverified1 source· Talk
  2. as of May 2018Career
    Kieran Snyder previously at Microsoft
    “I was at Microsoft for about eight and a half years.” 5:16
    Unverified1 source· Talk
  3. as of May 2018Career
    Kieran Snyder CEO of Textio
    CEO
    “the CEO of Textio” 1:20
    Unverified1 source· Talk
20141 event
  1. 2014Founded
    Kieran Snyder founded Textio
    “We were founded in late 2014.” 1:20
    Unverified1 source· Talk

Talks 1

28:21
Textio

Kieran Snyder traces how her background in linguistics, software, and writing led to Textio, which she co-founded with Jensen Harris. She explains how the company used a Kickstarter predictor to validate its language-analysis technology, then focused on job posts as a market where it could deliver measurable value. The talk covers lessons from choosing a co-founder, positioning and pricing an enterprise product, and broadening the company’s public story from hiring bias to augmented writing. Her advice is to start with a focused problem where the team has a clear advantage, make packaging and pricing part of the product, and keep the larger ambition in view.

May 4, 2018· 28 min 0:00