About
LiveKit™ started amid and in response to the pandemic. As the world relied on the Internet to cultivate bonds formed IRL, we realized free and open infrastructure capable of connecting anyone, anywhere, instantly, just didn't exist.
Since our first public release of LiveKit Open Source in July 2021, we've added contributors, community members, and even old friends to our core team. We come from different walks of life, speak different languages, and live in different places, but all share an interest in and passion for connecting the world through technology; eliminating the influence geography has on opportunity.
The Core Team
Looking to join our team? Check out our careers page.

Brian
Sales & Partnerships

Hiroshi
Client

Duan
Client

Dan
Infra

Jie
WebRTC

Russ
CEO

Raja
WebRTC Lead

Benjamin
Media Lead

David
Client

Shishir
Systems

Herzog
Design

David
Media

Don
DX

Jonas
Client

Noah
DX Lead

Paul
Systems

Lukas
Client Lead

Mat
Infra and Systems

Mark
Design & Eng

Theo
Client

Neil
DX

David
CTO
Awards
LiveKit has been lucky to have received the following distinctions:
Top 10 Fastest Growing Repo
GitHub
Q3 2021, Q2 2022
Golden Kitty Nominee
ProductHunt
2021
Cloud 100 Rising Star
F0rbes
2022
Our Investors
LiveKit has raised $15M in capital from an incredible set of founders and investors with deep expertise in audio, video, distributed systems, enterprise and open-source products.

Evan Williams
Founder Twitter & Medium

Sujay Jaswa
Founder, WndrCo

Guillermo Rauch
Founder, Vercel

Elad Gil
Founder, Color Health

Kayvon Beykpour
Founder, Periscope

Furqan Rydhan
Founder, Thirdweb

Cailen d'Sa
Founder, T2D3

Max Weisel
Founder, Normal

Packy McCormick
Founder, NotBoring

Satish Dharmaraj
MD, Redpoint

Justin Kan
Founder, Twitch

Robin Chan
Founder, Operator

Adam Draper
Founder, BoostVC

Babak Hamadani
Founder, PrimeSet

Lenny Rachitsky
Founder, Lenny's Newsletter

Emil Ivov
Founder, Jitsi