# Kayvon Beykpour

> Kayvon Beykpour is the co-founder and CEO of Macroscope, an AI-powered code intelligence platform that raised $40M in funding. Before Macroscope, he co-founded Periscope - the live video streaming app acquired by Twitter in 2015 for a reported $100 million - and spent seven years at Twitter rising to Head of Consumer Product. A Stanford Computer Science graduate of Iranian heritage who grew up in Northern California, Beykpour has a pattern of building tools that make invisible things visible: first the world's live moments, now the inner workings of engineering teams.

- **Role:** CEO / Co-Founder at Macroscope
- **Organizations:** Macroscope, Periscope, Twitter / X, Terriblyclever Design, Blackboard Mobile
- **From:** California, United States
- **Nationality:** American (Iranian heritage)
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Periscope and sold it to Twitter for a reported $100 million in 2015, Built Terriblyclever Design and created first mobile apps for major universities, Led Consumer Product and Engineering at Twitter for seven years

## Career timeline

- **2007-2010** — Stanford University BS Computer Science - completed in 3 years; served as Apple Campus Rep and TA for iPhone Programming course
- **2008-2009** — Founded Terriblyclever Design, building first mobile apps for universities including iStanford (Stanford) and Duke Mobile
- **2009** — Terriblyclever Design acquired by Blackboard; Beykpour becomes GM of Blackboard Mobile
- **2009-2013** — Runs Blackboard Mobile division as GM and senior executive
- **2013** — Co-founds Periscope with Joe Bernstein; inspiration struck in Istanbul during Taksim Square protests
- **2015** — Twitter acquires Periscope before public launch for a reported $100 million; Beykpour joins Twitter
- **2017** — All of Twitter's video initiatives unified under Beykpour's leadership
- **2018** — Elevated to Head of Consumer Product at Twitter
- **2022** — Fired by Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal while on paternity leave, ahead of Elon Musk's takeover
- **2023** — Co-founds Macroscope with Joe Bernstein and Rob Bishop (Magic Pony founder)
- **2025-07** — Macroscope raises $30M Series A led by Lightspeed, total funding reaches $40M
- **2025-09** — Macroscope publicly launches with AI code review and engineering intelligence platform

## Achievements

- Co-founded Periscope and sold it to Twitter for a reported $100 million in 2015
- Built Terriblyclever Design and created first mobile apps for major universities
- Led Consumer Product and Engineering at Twitter for seven years
- Raised $40M for Macroscope from top-tier investors: Lightspeed, GV, Thrive Capital, Adverb
- Macroscope outperforms competitors including Cursor, CodeRabbit, Greptile, and Graphite in bug detection benchmarks
- Caught 5% more bugs than second-best competitor while generating 75% fewer false-positive comments
- Completed Stanford CS degree in 3 years instead of 4
- Named as one of prominent Iranian-Americans in Silicon Valley tech leadership

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Macroscope introduced 'Check Run Agents' - custom AI reviewers triggered by GitHub check runs, configured via markdown files in .macroscope/
- **2025-09** — Macroscope publicly launched with AI code review platform; Series A announced with $40M total funding
- **2025-07** — Macroscope closed $30M Series A led by Lightspeed's Michael Mignano with participation from Adverb, Thrive Capital, and Google Ventures

## Links

- Website: https://beykpour.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kayvz
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/kayvz

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Last updated: 2026-05-13