Thibaut Loilier
Product Lead at X, The Moonshot Factory
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolThibaut Loilier is a product and strategy leader with 13+ years of hands-on engineering and product experience, currently leading a GenAI moonshot at X (The Moonshot Factory) from San Francisco. He has steered product and commercialization efforts across Silicon Valley and global enterprises—including Meta, AXA and BNP Paribas—building user experiences and platforms used by millions and translating R&D into scalable businesses. Technically fluent (Master’s in Computer Science with data science specialization) and an active open-source contributor, he has made platform-level macOS and C++ improvements to prominent projects like OBS Studio and supported Mozilla’s Common Voice localization. Known for bridging deep technical architecture with commercial strategy, he also advises startups and brings a practical, experiment-driven approach to product discovery—plus a quirky appreciation for code that “fails spectacularly.”
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Continuing Studies, Continuing Studies, Continuing Studies, Continuing Studies at Stanford University Graduate School of Business2010, Telecommunication, 2010, Telecommunication at TELECOM SudParis2010, Telecommunication, 2010, Telecommunication at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
French, Spanish, English, Catalan
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Github Skills (42)
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Programming languages (39)
Github contributions (5)
obsproject/obs-browser
May 2019 - Dec 2020
CEF-based OBS Studio browser plugin
Role in this project:
C++ Developer
C++ DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 6 commits, 3 PRs in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Thibaut primarily contributed to the `obs-browser` plugin by fixing bugs and improving compatibility. They addressed issues related to browser window sizing on macOS HiDPI displays and corrected a compiler error when shared textures were disabled. Further contributions included modifications to make the browser panels compatible with CI packaging and implemented a fix for handling non-existent cookie directories.
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obsproject/obs-studio
Feb 2020 - Apr 2022
OBS Studio - Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording
Role in this project:System Architect / Software Architect
System Architect / Software ArchitectContributions:2 reviews, 7 commits, 7 PRs in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Thibaut primarily focused on system-level changes and refactoring related to macOS platform integration within the OBS Studio project. This included implementing a Chromium-compatible NSApplication subclass, adding missing function declarations to the platform headers, and rewriting the macOS hotkeys implementation. Additionally, the user made improvements to CI/CD processes. These changes suggest a focus on architectural improvements and platform-specific functionality.
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