Drew Houston
@drewhouston
Founder/CEO of Dropbox · Board of directors at Meta
I also want to thank @aguynamedben and @tauebel, the founders of Command-E, and the original team for joining Dropbox and everything you all have done in helping us get Dash to where it is today. You guys bet on this space earlier than anyone and I’m so proud of what we’ve been…
It was so clear to me that @hnshah and the Nira crew were onto something big and I’m so happy that stars aligned for us to finally work together. One of the hardest things was keeping my mouth shut about it 😊 Glad we can finally pull back the curtain! Nira is a cornerstone of…
At Nira, we began with a vision to solve enterprise search challenges. Over time, our focus evolved and we pivoted to tackle some of the most pressing security issues facing organizations today. After four years of building a cybersecurity platform that IT and Security teams…
Using Cursor + Sonnet 4 really feels like the flip in Factorio from no bots to bots. Last abstraction leap that felt like this was going from C/C++ to Python/Lisp
Had a great time with @Jasonlk at @Saastr 2025 discussing our product evolution and why I’m excited about @Dropbox's next act with Dash!
My (perhaps questionable) strategy for getting into @ycombinator: 1) Post a Dropbox demo on Hacker News 2) Pray @paulg @jesslivingston see it. It actually worked. The video hit #1 on HN for two days (!), and a couple months later, we were part of the Summer 2007 batch. From…
In the latest Social Radars we talk to Drew Houston of Dropbox, which is a classic example of a common phenomenon: the startup that succeeds, and then has to redefine itself and succeed again. Drew faced this challenge and executed perfectly. pod.link/1677066062/epi…
+1 -- love seeing this, so many Dropbox alumni have gone on to do amazing things!
Love seeing Dropbox in the top 3 here. From @lennysan
Happy customer -- congrats @johnhering @PeterAttiaMD on @Biograph launch!
Inspired by one of my best friend’s cancer diagnosis, Biograph was founded with @PeterAttiaMD on the belief that with the proper application of advanced medical technology and early detection, we can save lives.
Thanks @roelofbotha and @Sequoia for having me and for believing in @Dropbox from the beginning! Really fun to share the inside story of so many pivotal moments with @arashf @schreier @sujayjaswa — from that early viral video to Magic Pocket to everything we're building today…
1/ Here’s the viral video @drewhouston and @arashf made in 2008 to break through and get people to notice @Dropbox – complete with easter egg references for tech enthusiasts: > Pearl Jam’s “Even Flow” (Evenflow = Dropbox’s original name) > File invites to CEOs of Microsoft and…
Always great speaking with you @lennysan — had a lot of fun looking back on my most important lessons from building Dropbox over the last 18 years (!) No one teaches you how to be a founder/CEO, but I've found there's a lot you can do to compete with the giants, stay ahead of the…
If you think you've heard the @Dropbox story, strap in. My conversation with @drewhouston is the most real-talk, vulnerable, and special episode I've done in the past two years. This is why I've started to invite more founders on the podcast—to share stories just like this.…
Last Tuesday, October 15th, Dropbox announced it acquired Nira, the company I co-founded four years ago. The next day, I was on stage at the AI Pioneers Summit with @drewhouston and @jonsakoda. Talk about a packed 48 hours. Our journey at @niradotcom began with a vision to…
Thanks @fanahova and @swyx for having me on @latentspacepod and at the AI Pioneers Summit. Fun to go deep on AI engineering, designing Dash for Business, building the silicon brain, and a lot more — was a great discussion!
7 years ago @drewhouston told @sama the biggest opportunity in startups was AI. Now, he is rebuilding Dropbox to be the curation layer for your "silicon brain" 🧠 Our @latentspacepod chat covers: - Spending 400 hours/year coding with LLMs - The "Rent, not buy" phase of AI -…