{"id":14863,"date":"2026-08-06T12:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T12:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=14863"},"modified":"2026-08-06T12:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T12:00:31","slug":"x-product-chief-nikita-bier-is-leaving-after-one-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=14863","title":{"rendered":"X product chief Nikita Bier is leaving after one year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom:1em; color:#666; font-size:0.9em;\">\n<strong>Stevie Bonifield<\/strong><br \/>\n &bull;<br \/>\nAugust 5, 2026\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vector collage of the X logo.\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: The Verge\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/25535562\/STK160_X_TWITTER_2__D.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">X head of product Nikita Bier is stepping down and says he will move into a role as an advisor, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nikitabier\/status\/2085105586966827343?s=20\">writing that<\/a> &#8220;it&#8217;s time to pass the torch and demote myself to my natural state: a poster.&#8221; He shared the update just over a month after celebrating his <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nikitabier\/status\/2071985808991789204?s=20\">one-year anniversary on the job<\/a>, and just weeks after Elon Musk&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/science\/975545\/spacex-x-earnings-ai-data-centers-compute-space\">combined SpaceX \/ X \/ xAI companies<\/a> went public. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He says that &#8220;almost every aspect of X&#8221; has been rebuilt while he was head of product, including its timeline, Android app, chat, and notifications. Going forward, the &#8220;next leaders&#8221; mentioned are <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/benjitaylor\/status\/2085124436915868093\">Benji Taylor leading design<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dinkin_flickaa\">iOS lead Jonah Katz<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/singhai\">Mridul Singhai<\/a> leading the pr \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/975955\/x-twitter-nikita-bier-leaving\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:1.5em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/975955\/x-twitter-nikita-bier-leaving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stevie Bonifield &bull; August 5, 2026 X head of product Nikita Bier is stepping down and says he will move into a role as an advisor, writing that &#8220;it&#8217;s time to pass the torch and demote myself to my natural state: a poster.&#8221; He shared the update just over a month after celebrating his one-year<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=14863\" class=\"themebutton2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14863\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}