Sam Kaplan

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sam@samkaplan.me
San Francisco

I like being creative at scale.

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Writing

Decision Tech , Future ⭐️
The Hole At The Center of the Social Networking Universe , Social
The Future of Deep Learning , AI
An L1 Maximalism Manifesto , Crypto
The Apple Apps I Love and the one’s
I don’t , Design
The extravagance of Amazon Ads , Marketing
The Future of Fine Dining , Food
The iPad in the Eyes of the Digerati , Columnist, NYT Blog, 2010

Projects

Victor, LLM reasoning, 2024
Resum, LLMs / UI, 2023
Zora, immersive children's storybook, 2023
GPTTok, TikTok with GPT, 2023
ChatSF, data scraping / retrieval, 2023
Friend, storytelling through SMS, 2023
iOS Home Screen concept, UI, 2023
AlexaGPT, GPT Alexa skill, 2023
30k Under 30, prank, 2021
DEV, software development company, 2018
Blocksync, automatic notarization, 2018
Sparklr, social, 2018
Cmunity, community platform, 2015
The MathMaster and iChalkboard, iOS apps, 2008-10

Experience

Chitchat , Founder, 2024
New Computer , Founding Engineer (fifth employee), Dec-Jan 2024
Exploration, ideas and companies, 2023
Brex, Engineering Manager, 2019-2022 (80 employees, $1.3B valuation to 1000 employees, $12B valuation)
DEV, Head of Engineering, 2018
Facebook, Software Engineer Intern, Summer 2017
Corazon Leverage, Co-founder, Summer 2016
GrubHub, Intern, Summer 2013
TechStars Chicago, Intern, Summer 2011 / 2012
Tapware, Co-founder, 2008-2010

Education

Harvard College, A.B. in Computer Science, 2014-2018
University of Chicago Laboratory High School, 2010-2014

Fun facts

  • I spent three and a half months living in Hyderabad, India and Seoul, Korea. While in Hyderabad, I produced a pilot for an Indian TV show which got picked up by a major streaming platform.
  • I once worked as a chef at Uchi in Austin.
  • I lived in Paris and went to French public school for six months.
  • Some things I like
    • Books: Zen Mind, Beginner Mind, Robert Caro’s biographies of LBJ, Madame Bovary, Lost Illusions, Don Quixote, Anna Karinina, Deep Work, The New Rules of Posture, Shogun, The Unwritten Law of Corporate Reorganizations, the Three Body Problem, Bad Blood.
    • Movies/TV: The Beatles: Get Back, Nathan For You, The Menu, Inside by Bo Burnham, Business Proposal, South Park, Queen’s Gambit, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Office Space, It’s Always Sunny, Beauty and the Beast (1991), A Clockwork Orange.