Nirav Patel

Founder And CEO at Framework

Nirav Patel is the founder of Framework, a software development company. Nirav previously worked as a director of engineering at Facebook from July 2014 to September 2019. Prior to that, they were an engineer at Oculus VR from October 2012 to September 2019, where they led the hardware architecture of every VR headset shipped during their tenure. Nirav also helped found Oculus's Diversity Task Force and led initiatives around inclusion. From July 2009 to September 2012, Nirav Patel worked as a software development engineer at Apple Inc. In May 2008, they participated in Google Summer of Code as a student with One Laptop Per Child.

Nirav Patel graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in electrical and computer engineering.

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San Francisco, United States

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Framework

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Framework is building people and planet-friendly consumer electronics products that are designed to be easy to upgrade, customize, and repair. Their first product is the Framework Laptop, which has received an incredible response from press and consumers (including recently landing on the cover of TIME's Best Inventions of 2021).


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