# Shishir Mehrotra

> Shishir Mehrotra is the CEO of Grammarly and co-founder of Coda, the all-in-one work OS that reinvented the document. A veteran of YouTube (as VP of Product, Engineering & UX), Microsoft, and MIT, he spent a decade rebuilding how teams work before Grammarly acquired Coda in December 2024, handing him the keys to a platform with 40 million daily active users. His intellectual fingerprints are all over Silicon Valley's obsession with meeting design, team rituals, and AI-native productivity.

- **Role:** CEO at Grammarly
- **Organizations:** Grammarly, Coda, YouTube (Google), Microsoft, Centrata
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- **Known for:** Built Coda from idea to $1.4B valuation serving 80% of Fortune 100 companies, Led YouTube as VP of Product, Engineering & UX through one of the most consequential growth phases in internet history (2008-2014), Created influential frameworks on meeting design: 'The Art of the Multi-Threaded Meeting' and 'Rituals of Great Teams'

## Career timeline

- **2000-2003** — Co-founded Centrata, an early startup backed by Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures)
- **2003-2008** — Joined Microsoft, working on SQL Server, Windows, and Office product lines
- **2008-2014** — Joined Google/YouTube as VP of Product, Engineering, and UX - led YouTube through its hyper-growth phase
- **2014** — Co-founded Coda with Alex DeNeui (CTO), who previously founded DocVerse (acquired by Google)
- **2014** — Joined Product Hunt as early member (Oct 7, 2014)
- **2019** — Coda publicly launched in February 2019 after 4.5 years of development
- **2020** — Coda raised $80M growth round, Madrona Venture Group participating
- **2021** — Coda raised $100M Series D at $1.4B valuation from Greylock Partners and Kleiner Perkins
- **2024-05** — Coda acquired Plato, an engineering excellence platform
- **2024-06** — Launched Coda Brain, an AI-powered enterprise knowledge assistant
- **2024-12** — Grammarly acquired Coda; Shishir became CEO of Grammarly replacing Rahul Roy-Chowdhury

## Achievements

- Built Coda from idea to $1.4B valuation serving 80% of Fortune 100 companies
- Led YouTube as VP of Product, Engineering & UX through one of the most consequential growth phases in internet history (2008-2014)
- Created influential frameworks on meeting design: 'The Art of the Multi-Threaded Meeting' and 'Rituals of Great Teams'
- Became CEO of Grammarly (40 million DAUs) following Coda acquisition in December 2024
- First startup Centrata was backed by legendary VC Vinod Khosla
- Built Coda to 186 million+ docs engaged, 50,000+ teams, 600+ integrations
- 10 'Top 5 Launch' badges on Product Hunt across 14 products launched
- Spoke at Figma Config 2023 and 2024 on team rituals and productivity

## Latest updates

- **2024-12** — Became CEO of Grammarly following the acquisition of Coda by Grammarly, replacing co-founder Rahul Roy-Chowdhury
- **2024-06** — Launched Coda Brain, an AI-powered enterprise knowledge assistant for querying company knowledge and summarizing decisions
- **2024-05** — Coda acquired Plato, an engineering leadership and excellence platform
- **2024-04** — Spoke at Figma Config 2024 alongside Yuhki on modern product team rituals

## Links

- Website: https://coda.io/@shishir
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shishirmehrotra/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/shishirmehrotra

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Last updated: 2026-04-25