# Jacob Andreou

> Jacob Andreou is a tech executive who scaled Snapchat from 80 million to 363 million daily active users and $1B+ quarterly ad revenue, became one of Greylock's youngest-ever general partners at 29, and then joined Microsoft where he was elevated to EVP of Copilot in March 2026, reporting directly to CEO Satya Nadella and leading AI experience across consumer and commercial products.

- **Role:** Executive Vice President, Copilot at Microsoft
- **Organizations:** Microsoft, Greylock Partners, Snap Inc., ThinkAkili
- **From:** United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Computing, Queen's University
- **Known for:** Scaled Snap's daily active users from 80 million to 363 million, Grew Snap's advertising revenue from $3.9 million to over $1 billion per quarter, Launched Snap Spotlight and My AI (one of the earliest mainstream AI chatbots, powered by ChatGPT)

## Career timeline

- **2012** — Co-founded ThinkAkili, an online retail analytics platform, and served as Product Lead
- **2015** — Joined Snap Inc. as a Design Engineer in May 2015
- **2016-2018** — Led Snap's first advertising units and helped establish the growth team; held roles including Director of Growth and Director of Product and Growth
- **2019-2022** — Rose to Vice President of Product at Snap; oversaw product design, management, data science, growth, user research, and sociology teams
- **2022** — Promoted to Senior Vice President of Growth at Snap, overseeing monetization products, growth operations, and data science; launched Spotlight and My AI (ChatGPT-powered chatbot)
- **2023** — Joined Greylock Partners as General Partner in March 2023 (effective May), becoming the firm's ninth GP and one of two GPs under 30
- **2023-2025** — Invested in early-stage consumer tech at Greylock; portfolio included Captions.AI, In Search Of, FLORA, and Mirage; investment sweet spot of $10M
- **2025** — Joined Microsoft as CVP of Product and Growth for Microsoft AI
- **2026** — Named Executive Vice President of Copilot at Microsoft in March 2026, reporting directly to CEO Satya Nadella; leads Copilot experience across consumer and commercial

## Achievements

- Scaled Snap's daily active users from 80 million to 363 million
- Grew Snap's advertising revenue from $3.9 million to over $1 billion per quarter
- Launched Snap Spotlight and My AI (one of the earliest mainstream AI chatbots, powered by ChatGPT)
- Built Snap's Core-Product-Value growth framework and international growth playbook
- Became one of Greylock's youngest-ever general partners at age 29
- Named EVP of Copilot at Microsoft in March 2026, reporting directly to CEO Satya Nadella
- Unified Microsoft's consumer and commercial Copilot organizations under single leadership
- Early angel investor in Captions.AI (AI-powered creator tools) and In Search Of marketplace

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Named Executive Vice President of Copilot at Microsoft, reporting to CEO Satya Nadella; responsible for unifying consumer and commercial Copilot experience across design, product, growth, and engineering.
- **2025-01** — Joined Microsoft as CVP of Product and Growth for Microsoft AI, accelerating user-focused AI-first product development.

## Links

- Website: https://greylock.com/team/jacob-andreou/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-andreou/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/jacobandreou
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4iu5--ENZs
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jacobandreou/

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Last updated: 2026-05-09