Hadi Partovi

CEO, Payam Music.
Founder #HourOfCode, @Codeorg: 100M students.
Early investor: FB, Dropbox, airbnb, Uber, SpaceX.
Board of Directors: Axon.

[Hadi Partovi @hadip]

I have a big career announcement:

I’m taking my experience teaching computer science to hundreds of millions and connecting it to my lifelong love of piano.

Announcing Payam Music: the first nationwide piano school, with a new way of teaching—the Payam Method—endorsed by Hans Zimmer and showcased on 60 MINUTES and USA TODAY.

With Payam Music, students learn faster, they outperform traditional methods, and they even learn to write their own music. Every year our students rank nationally for their composition and creativity.

If you’re worried about kids’ obsession with screens and social media, the solution is to give them a new obsession: piano. ❤️🎹❤️

Proven over 10 years, the learning outcomes of the Payam Method are extraordinary, and so is the team behind it. Besides Hans Zimmer, we’re announcing the support of iconic business leaders including Mark Cuban, Dara Khosrowshahi, Michelle Zatlyn, Drew Houston, and many others.

Payam Music is available in cities around the US and expanding rapidly. Our schools teach 1-on-1 lessons, in person and even online. We have limited spots, so if you or your child want to learn piano, sign up now! And if we don’t have a school near you, join our wait list, we’re growing fast.

Fall in Love with Piano
https://t.co/HeAhbLIldn

[Noam Brown @polynoamial]

An internal version of Astra, @OpenAI’s next major model family, solved 10 major open problems in mathematics, quantum complexity, and theoretical computer science.

We believe it will be a major step for scientific reasoning. https://t.co/iP6cyheZ7i

[Hadi Partovi @hadip]

Training AI to find cyber vulnerabilities in the pursuit of security is the tech equivalent of “gain of function” research in coronaviruses.

The covid pandemic happened despite our “safeguards.” Now that AI has breached its sandbox, how do we prevent a cyber-pandemic?

[Hadi Partovi @hadip]

@alexkoch_ai @Scobleizer 🤯

[Hadi Partovi @hadip]

Congrats @beccaoystila and https://t.co/HUZdMMJKkl on your TV debut on @KTLA !

[Becca Oystila @beccaoystila]

I talked with @KTLA about what we're building at https://t.co/9u9w05Vtnb, and why it matters to us.

We work with some of the best beauty pros out there, and we built Booka so they can spend their time on their craft instead of chasing bookings, marketing, and admin. We give top pros the business support they deserve, and customers get a guaranteed-great experience every.single.time.

Watch the full segment here: https://t.co/UpYliA6LYP

[Hadi Partovi @hadip]

@bscholl Bad wifi. Need Starlink or equivalent

[Hadi Partovi @hadip]

@travisk Congratulations!

[brad @bradkowalk]

We just solved the biggest UX problem in AI.

Today, we're releasing AI Autocomplete, a SDK that gives every text box a brain.

It boosts your conversions by 50%+ by guiding your users as they type with what your product can do, and 500+ companies have already signed up.

So check it out if you have a search box or assistant.

Add it in under 5 mins ↓

https://t.co/NLgwtQTgoh

(or comment your product name, and we'll reply with a demo of it working on your product)

[Hadi Partovi @hadip]

Now, 4 years later, the students from the same school, PS22, are performing together at the World Cup halftime show!! ❤️

[Hadi Partovi @hadip]

Check out this feel-good story:

4 years ago, @codeorg and @coldplay promoted a global competition for students to code a dance choreography to Coldplay’s Higher Power….

[CodeAI @codeorg]

Code + @Coldplay = #codeplay! We're teaming up with Coldplay to inspire students to code & dance. Create a dance to "Higher Power" — the band might spotlight yours on social media, and you could get to see the band live! Let's see what you create! Visit https://t.co/qSCFke77Cu

[Hadi Partovi @hadip]

The winning classroom, the PS22 Chorus from Staten Island, NY, won a video call with Chris Martin….

[PS22 Chorus @PS22Chorus]

Taking a break from all things negative/dismal/scary/apocalyptic to present THIS bit of awesomeness!! PS22 students coded, danced, and sang to @Coldplay's new song, #HigherPower!!
#coldplay #codeplay #coldplay @codeorg #ps22 #ps22chorus #stem

https://t.co/svxBNGuFO8

[Hadi Partovi @hadip]

@quxiaoyin @thinkymachines @AnthropicAI Fascinating take 🤔

[Hadi Partovi @hadip]

This 5 minute video is worth watching. It explains Anthropic’s research into how AI works. AI has become so advanced we no longer truly know how it works. We build it and then study it to try to understand what we built! 🤯 https://t.co/cJrfTHSzkG

[Rick Smith @AxonRick]

USA Men’s National Team beats Bosnia-Herzegovina (even playing shorthanded) in the knockout round, after winning Group D convincingly, all here on home soil!

Hosting a World Cup this size is no small lift. Eleven stadiums, more than fifty additional sites, millions of fans moving through stadiums, fan zones and transit hubs across three countries. It takes a lot for all that to go right.

Axon is proud to play a role in this success story. Our Dedrone airspace security is protecting every U.S. World Cup stadiums and the sites around them, helping agencies identify and stop potential drone threats, before they become problems. [Link below]

Thirty three years ago this company started in a garage in Tucson with one product and a long shot. Watching this team’s run, I see some of that same arc. Long stretches of setbacks and hard work, with nobody watching... and then it finally all comes together in a moment too big to miss.

Go USA.
#WorldCup2026 #USMNT #GoUSA #ProtectLife

[Rick Smith @AxonRick]

Big things come in small packages.
Today, Axon Body Mini is officially available — the ultra-compact camera designed for retail, healthcare, and every frontline role where trust, safety, and real-time support matter most.
Panic button. Floor-level location. Real-time translation. All in something you barely feel wearing.
This isn’t just smaller — it’s smarter protection for the teams who protect everyone else.
Proud to expand the mission: Protect Life, everywhere it’s needed.
→ Learn more: https://t.co/tTBZZ5CmBO
#Axon #ProtectLife

[Axon @axon_enterprise]

More than 75% of nurses experienced workplace violence in the past 12 months. Frontline workers in hospitals, or in any environment where interactions can escalate quickly, need a way to feel safer and more connected.

Axon Body Mini was built because every worker deserves to get home safe. It's our commitment to caring for the caregivers, and today it's generally available to them.

Read the full announcement: https://t.co/8jER3QnuJX

#CarefortheCaregivers #Axon #ProtectLife

[Hadi Partovi @hadip]

Bodycameras for the frontlines of healthcare and retail mean much more than improving safety.

Bodycams can help a nurse or doctor stay focused on patients while AI listens to the conversation and does all the paperwork.

In retail, bodycams can track inventory, recognize frequent shoppers, or identify repeat-shoplifters.

Huge downstream potential for Axon’s rapidly growing enterprise business.

[Axon @axon_enterprise]

Big news, small camera: Axon Body Mini is officially available!

Since announcing Axon Body Mini back in September, we’ve partnered with trial customers across industries to bring this compact body-worn camera to the roles and environments that need it most.

Today, we’re excited to announce Axon Body Mini is widely available. Axon Body Mini is built for retail, healthcare and beyond where a standard body-worn camera may not be the right fit. With features like a panic button, floor-level location, real-time translation and more, Axon Body Mini helps teams get support quickly, navigate everyday interactions with greater confidence and feel safer on the job.

Learn more at https://t.co/yzkh57KpAG

#Axon #ProtectLife

[Ara Kharazian @arakharazian]

We can finally say AI isn't killing jobs.

A new paper from me, @tryramp, and @RevelioLabs uses firm-level spend and workforce data across 21K U.S. businesses to measure AI's impact on jobs.

Firms that adopt AI heavily grow headcount 10% over two years following adoption. Low adopters see no statistically significant change.

[Rick Smith @AxonRick]

The Wall Street Journal profiled Axon this weekend, digging into how a company gets from a two-man garage shop to where we are today.

When we built body cameras, half the company thought I was risking a successful company to bet on something nobody wanted. We kept building anyway, because we believed officers and the public both deserved the truth on record. It took longer than anyone expected, but eventually it became obvious. Now it's 60 million hours of footage, and it's just how policing works.

I think about that every time we create something new in AI. Nobody believes in a technology until it's already obvious, and by then it's not early anymore.

This is also why Axon built XSP for compensation. I'm not the only one here betting on the long run. Every Axon employee who's signed up for it has bet on our team and our commitment to realizing our vision, and I’m proud it’s something we all feel every day at work.

[Hadi Partovi @hadip]

@peymanr_farsi https://t.co/JYVskF16kP

[Hadi Partovi @hadip]

3 years ago I began writing music, inspired by my son Darius who was learning composition at Payam Music, the piano school I now lead.

I learned piano during my youth in Iran, as a diversion from the revolution and war outside our home. In the past few years music became my outlet again, for processing and expressing the emotions of change as I closed and opened chapters in my professional and personal life.

Today I’m sharing my music publicly, because surely somebody other than my mom and dad will enjoy it. It’s first-drafts, performed at home and recorded on an iPhone, but I decided I like it enough to put if on Spotify and Apple Music. You can find it under my name. 🙈

The last song, Rainbow, is my favorite. I wrote it for @beccaoystila when I first met her. We’re getting married next week.

After the rain comes the rainbow. 🌈

https://t.co/2uP8ENYEJB

https://t.co/t0OiC4tDxx