About

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Zachary “Zach” Hamed is a design-focused engineer who enjoys designing, building, and selling software. He is currently co-founder and co-CEO of Mesh, formerly Clay, a private home for personal and professional relationships.

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Mesh manages hundreds of millions of relationships for people across industries. The company raised $8 million from investors including Forerunner Ventures and General Catalyst, won both the Webby Award and People’s Voice Award for Best Work & Productivity App, and appeared in Apple’s 2024 WWDC keynote. In 2025, Mesh was acquired by Automattic.

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Before Mesh, Zach helped build the product team for Goldman Sachs’ Marquee platform and co-founded the enterprise developer-tools startup Bowery. He studied computer science at Harvard and was selected as a 2013 Thiel Fellow.

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He writes about design, software, startups, finance, technology, and the open web. You can also find him on Twitter, LinkedIn, GitHub, Mastodon, and SoundCloud, or browse selected press.