Reid Hoffman co-founded LinkedIn, Inflection AI, and Manas AI, and is a technology investor and entrepreneur based in the United States. He works at Greylock Partners as Venture Partner, serves as Board Director at Microsoft, is Chairman of Village Global, and previously served as Executive Vice President at PayPal on its founding team. Reid Hoffman's Twitter Score is 551 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking him #260 out of 389,587 accounts tracked on this platform. He has 922,009 followers as of July 2026 and has published 6,704 posts. Reid Hoffman ranks #260 (top 0.1%) out of 389,000+ tracked accounts on TwitterScore.
Reid Hoffman has been involved in crypto since 2013 by his own account. He holds approximately $6.1 million in Ethereum (ETH) in a publicly known wallet address, per blockchain intelligence platform Arkham as reported in early 2025, and purchased a CryptoPunk NFT for 150 ETH, displaying it as his X profile picture. At Greylock Partners, he led the 2014 Series A investment in Xapo, a Bitcoin wallet and cold-storage company. He appeared on CoinDesk Spotlight to discuss his journey from PayPal to LinkedIn to AI and crypto, sharing his views on Web3 and cryptocurrency's future.
Reid Hoffman co-founded Inflection AI in March 2022 alongside Mustafa Suleyman and Karén Simonyan. In March 2024, Microsoft licensed Inflection AI's technology in a deal reportedly worth $650 million, a transaction that raised public conflict-of-interest questions given his simultaneous position on Microsoft's board and as an Inflection co-founder and investor. He joined Microsoft's board in 2016 following the company's $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn, and in June 2026 informed Microsoft he will not seek re-election at its 2026 annual shareholder meeting, citing plans to focus on Manas AI in founder mode.
Reid Hoffman co-founded Manas AI in 2025 with oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee to use AI to accelerate drug discovery for aggressive cancers; the company raised $24.6 million in seed funding led by General Catalyst. He stepped back from General Partner to Venture Partner at Greylock Partners in August 2023 to concentrate on AI work. Forbes estimated his net worth at $2.7 billion as of May 2026.
Reid Hoffman has been mentioned by 1,172 accounts, accounting for 3,956 total mentions on the platform.
Reid Hoffman's investment portfolio includes Blockstream, Celo, Alchemy, CryptoSlam, World and Wildxyz.
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