Archimedes Labs Launch with Kevin Weil Q&A

​Archimedes Labs Inaugural Event Featuring Kevin Weil Q&A

​We are excited to announce the official launch of Archimedes Labs, and we are honored to have Kevin Weil, President at Planet Labs, as our featured guest.

​In this inaugural Q&A session, we will explore Kevin's remarkable career and his deep interest in national security. We will hear how he successfully navigates the challenges of building technology that serves the national interest while also optimizing for metrics that rule in the private sector.

​We are excited to hear Kevin's insights and advice, which will be particularly beneficial for technologists who aspire to follow a similar path and make a meaningful impact at the intersection of tech and government.

​Join us for this enlightening discussion.

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​About Archimedes Labs

​Archimedes Labs' mission is to inspire technologists to build companies in the national interest and to expand the west. We seek to foster interdisciplinary relationships between technologists, policymakers, and stakeholders from various government institutions. To learn more about Archimedes, please see our one-pager.

​About Kevin Weil

​Kevin Weil is the President of Product and Business at Planet, where he is responsible for their go-to-market strategy, bringing together Product, Software Engineering, Sales and Marketing teams to optimize alignment as Planet builds and delivers their suite of advanced geospatial products and solutions to customers.

​Kevin previously served as Vice President of Product for Novi, a new digital wallet for Facebook’s Libra payment system. Before joining Facebook, Kevin was Vice President of Product at Instagram, overseeing consumer, growth, and monetization products as Instagram grew from 400 million to over one billion users.

​He also previously served as Senior Vice President of Product at Twitter, where he led product development and design across Twitter’s consumer, developer, and monetization products.

​Kevin graduated summa cum laude in physics and mathematics from Harvard University, and has an M.S. in physics from Stanford University.

​Kevin serves on the boards of The Nature Conservancy and Strava. Consistent with Strava’s mission to build the most engaged community of athletes in the world, Kevin is an avid ultramarathon runner, racing distances up to 100 miles.