Grant Gardner is an AI-focused product leader with nine years of experience building consumer and infrastructure products across Meta and smart-city technology companies. At Meta Superintelligence Labs he leads an AI product team driving new experiences in Meta Reality Labs, and previously helped launch Horizon Worlds on Quest 2 by owning onboarding, growth, and early consumer journeys. His background blends hands-on engineering and product strategy from roles as VP of Product & Engineering and Chief Product & Technical Officer in intelligent transportation systems, where he shipped large-scale deployments across multiple U.S. states. Trained as a physicist (UC Berkeley, University of Washington), he brings a data-driven, systems-level approach to product decisions and a knack for translating complex technical tradeoffs into user-facing features. An engineer and writer by inclination, he pairs technical fluency with clear communication to align cross-functional teams and stakeholders. Based in Seattle, he combines deep domain experience in real-world systems with current work at the intersection of AI, XR, and consumer product design.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Physics, Master’s Degree, Physics at University of Washington
Bachelor’s Degree, Physics, Bachelor’s Degree, Physics at University of California, Berkeley
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