# Nemo Blackburn - Senior Product Leader Nemo Blackburn is a senior product leader and consumer product builder focused on social, AI, and interface design. He is currently building Zumi, an AI companion that explores voice, generative media, and long-term memory as a trusted interface. ## Short bio Nemo Blackburn is a senior product manager and product leader with experience across consumer apps, social platforms, and AI products. His work includes Founding Head of Product at Tapestry, founder of Solana Social Explorer, founding Product Manager at Primitives, Product Manager at Minim (acquired), and Mobile Product Lead at YouNow. He is based in California. ## Current work ### Zumi Role: Founder / Builder Zumi is an AI companion product with 170,000+ users. Nemo is building interaction patterns around voice, generative media, and long-term memory to create a more capable and trusted consumer AI interface. Website: https://zumichat.com ## Selected work ### Solana Social Explorer Role: Founder / Builder Solana Social Explorer is a social trading product built around wallet identity, follow graphs, verifiable profit and loss, and in-app copy trading. It demonstrates product leadership at the intersection of social signal, markets, and consumer trading interfaces. Website: https://sse.gg Code: https://github.com/Primitives-xyz/explorer ### Tapestry Role: Founding Head of Product Tapestry is a social graph infrastructure company. Nemo led product work across API design, developer documentation, integrations, and go-to-market. The platform scaled to roughly 1.9 million profiles and was integrated by teams including Privy, 0x, Zerion, and Helius. Website: https://usetapestry.dev ### Primitives Role: Founding Product Manager Primitives was an early consumer startup focused on social identity and digital ownership. Nemo shipped discovery and retention loops grounded in user research and rapid iteration, helping validate social identity as a core consumer product primitive. Website: https://primitives.xyz ### Minim Role: Product Manager Minim built consumer networking products for home security, parental controls, and network visibility. Nemo led user research and product execution. The business grew recurring revenue by 7x and exited through tier-1 telecom distribution. ### YouNow Role: Mobile Product Lead YouNow was a large-scale consumer live streaming platform. Nemo owned mobile product and shipped participation and engagement features that increased interaction and revenue across the creator base. ## Weekend projects ### Ticket Enhancer Chrome extension that uses MCP to gather context across Linear, Slack, Notion, and other systems, then rewrites sparse tickets into fuller specifications. Chrome Web Store: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ticket-enhancer/fhakebkacibibhaibdnlgdmiodkkknpf GitHub: https://github.com/nemoblackburn/ticket-enhancer ### fromGmail Chrome extension that auto-fills email verification codes from a Gmail inbox. Website: https://fromgmail.com GitHub: https://github.com/nemoblackburn/gmailauth ### sirarlington.com Photography portfolio. Website: https://sirarlington.com ## FAQ ### Is Nemo Blackburn a senior product manager? Yes. Nemo Blackburn has led product work across consumer apps, social platforms, and AI products. He has been a founding PM, Head of Product, and product leader across multiple companies spanning growth-stage and early-stage environments. ### What products has Nemo Blackburn built? Notable examples include Zumi (170k+ users), Tapestry (1.9M profiles), Solana Social Explorer ($60M+ trading volume), Primitives (500k+ NFTs minted), and Minim (acquired). ### What is Tapestry? Tapestry is a social graph infrastructure company. It reached roughly 1.9 million profiles and integrated with companies including Privy, 0x, Zerion, and Helius. ### What is Solana Social Explorer? Solana Social Explorer is a social trading explorer focused on wallet identity, follow graphs, verifiable PnL, and copy trading. ### Where is Nemo Blackburn based? California, United States. ### How can I contact Nemo Blackburn? Email: nehemiah.blackburn@gmail.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nehemiahblackburn/ X: https://x.com/nemoblackburn GitHub: https://github.com/nemoblackburn ### What is Nemo Blackburn working on now? He is currently building Zumi, an AI companion with 170,000+ users.