Overview

• Nikita Bier officially began his tenure as head of product on July 1, overseeing X’s next-generation offerings.
• Bier co-founded polling apps TBH and Gas, which were acquired by Meta and Discord, and served as a Solana Labs advisor.
• His primary focus is integrating the Grok chatbot to build “hyper-relevant timelines” and enhance real-time conversation understanding.
• X has secured money transmitter licenses across more than a dozen U.S. states in preparation for its X Money currency and in-app financial services.
• Bier’s crypto background has intensified speculation that Dogecoin or Solana could play a role in X’s upcoming payment and trading features.