# Edith Harbaugh

> Edith Harbaugh is the CEO and co-founder of LaunchDarkly, the leading feature management platform trusted by over 5,500 organizations including 25% of Fortune 500 companies. She helped pioneer the feature flag category in 2014, scaling the company to $100M ARR, raising over $330M in venture capital, and building infrastructure that evaluates 45 trillion feature flags daily. A Harvey Mudd engineering alumna, patent holder, ultramarathoner, and co-host of the 'To Be Continuous' podcast, Harbaugh returned as CEO in 2025 to lead LaunchDarkly into the generative AI era.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-Founder at LaunchDarkly
- **Organizations:** LaunchDarkly, Heavybit
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. in Engineering, Harvey Mudd College, Economics, Pomona College
- **Known for:** Co-founded LaunchDarkly and pioneered the feature management software category, Scaled LaunchDarkly to $100M ARR, Led $330M+ in total venture capital funding including $200M Series D in 2021

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Engineering and product roles at Monster Worldwide and PlantSense
- **Pre-2014** — Product Director at TripIt, launching TripIt for Business and ExpenseIt
- **Pre-2014** — Worked at Atlassian; earned two U.S. patents in portal deployment
- **Pre-2014** — Product and marketing roles at Concur (which acquired TripIt)
- **2014** — Co-founded LaunchDarkly with John Kodumal in Oakland, California
- **2014-2022** — Served as CEO of LaunchDarkly, scaling to $100M ARR
- **2021** — Led $200M Series D fundraise, bringing total funding to $330M+
- **2022** — Transitioned to Executive Chair role at LaunchDarkly
- **2023** — Continued as Executive Chair while company pursued strategic growth
- **2025** — Returned as CEO of LaunchDarkly to lead AI era strategy

## Achievements

- Co-founded LaunchDarkly and pioneered the feature management software category
- Scaled LaunchDarkly to $100M ARR
- Led $330M+ in total venture capital funding including $200M Series D in 2021
- Built platform serving 5,500+ organizations including 25% of Fortune 500 companies
- LaunchDarkly evaluates over 45 trillion feature flags daily
- Forbes Cloud 100 recognition five times
- Holds two U.S. patents in deployment technology
- Co-hosts 'To Be Continuous' podcast on software trends with Heavybit
- Angel investor through Bloomberg Open Scout program
- Featured speaker at international developer conferences including QCon London, London Tech Week

## Latest updates

- **2025-08** — Returned as CEO of LaunchDarkly, replacing interim leadership, with a focus on AI-era strategy
- **2025-11** — Featured in DevGuild Founder Fundamentals 'Founders at Scale' panel
- **2026-01** — Participated in Traction Podcast episode discussing entrepreneurship from bootstrapped to billions
- **2026-05** — Speaking at London Tech Week 2026 as featured executive
- **2025** — LaunchDarkly's AI Control Gap Report revealed 73% of AI-deploying teams cite unpredictable behavior as top concern

## Links

- Website: https://launchdarkly.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/edithharbaugh
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/edith_h
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edith_harbaugh/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/edith.harbaugh/

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Last updated: 2026-05-26