On this episode of The Community Exchange Podcast, we welcome Sara Beykpour, Co-founder and CEO at Particle.

In our discussion, MSG and Sara discuss:

— Her 12-year journey at Twitter across Android, Vine, and Periscope
— Building during Twitter’s “lightning in a bottle” era of real-time media
— Founding Particle and rethinking how news should be consumed in the AI era
— Designing a neutral, aggregated news experience with built-in bias transparency
— The shift from infinite feeds to structured, fact-based information products
— How AI is collapsing product development timelines from months to hours
— What AI agents mean for publishing, product velocity, and competitive advantage
— Why knowledge work is being redefined as engineers and operators become exponentially more productive

And more.

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Guest

Sara Beykpour

Co-Founder & CEO, Particle

Sara Beykpour is the CEO and co-founder of Particle. She and Marcel Molina founded Particle in 2023 and launched the app in November 2024. The Particle News app delivers straightforward, fact-based news headlines and overviews, helping users stay informed without the noise. Before Particle, Sara spent over a decade at Twitter in product and engineering, where she worked on Vine, Periscope, and Twitter Blue. Sara holds a bachelor's degree in Software Engineering and Cognitive Science from the University of Waterloo and now lives in Marin, California.

Host

Matthew Scott Goldstein (MSG)

Independent Analyst / Advisor / Consultant