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Tobi Lutke

ROLE CEOAT SHOPIFYMENTIONS 7LAST SEEN OCTOBER 21, 2026
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CEO of Shopify, cited as the first CEO Altman saw adopt AI correctly — personally and without gamification.

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01
funding·StrictlyVC·OCTOBER 21, 2026

“Daytona, a three-year-old San Francisco startup that provides secure cloud computing environments for AI agents to run code, use software, and complete tasks, raised a $60 million Series B round at a $1 billion valuation. The round was led by FirstMark, with Patrick Collison, Adam D'Angelo, Brendan Foody, Tobi Lütke, Olivier Pomel, Aravind Srinivas, Eric Yuan...”

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mention·Invest like the best·OCTOBER 13, 2026

“Tobi Lütke has talked about this, how he can now ask the company stuff because of AI can tell him stuff. So, the separation between him and ground truth based on data is gone.”

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m_and_a·Newcomer Newsletter·SEPTEMBER 25, 2026

“Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke announced a deal with Muse on Monday to allow the AI assistant to check out across shops on its platform; Shopify stock jumped more than 10% on the news.”

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funding·Sourcery Newsletter·SEPTEMBER 22, 2026

“The Academy has raised $42 million from a16z and a group of individual investors, including Adam D'Angelo, Tobi Lütke, Tony Xu, Fidji Simo, Garry Tan, Joe Liemandt and Shyam Sankar.”

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mention·Lex Fridman·AUGUST 12, 2026

“These are people that build. These are people that create. These are people that are trying to make systems in the world that bring joy into people's lives.”

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06
mention·The AI Corner·MAY 21, 2026

“At Shopify, Tobi Lütke adapted the loop internally and saw a 19 percent improvement in validation scores overnight.”

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mention·The VC Corner·MAY 1, 2026

“Shopify... "It was just like the CEO of the company said, we are now going to put AI into everything we do."”

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Tobi Lutke · CEO at Shopify — 7 mentions on Teahose