Project Liberty’s bid for TikTok just got a little more social media savvy with Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian joining as a strategic adviser.
“He has that broad portfolio of experience… of where social media was and, I think, a keen understanding of where it’s evolving,” former Dodgers owner Frank McCourt told Reuters on Monday. “Where he can help mostly is validating but also socializing what we’re doing.”
“On the one hand, this is a project which has very sophisticated technology at the core, and so you’re dealing with a very specific audience when it comes to demonstrating the validity of that technology and in how it works and why it’s necessary,” he added. “And then you have a totally different constituency, which is basically non-technologists, who are impacted by this technology more than they realize.”
Ohanian further noted his excitement to join the team, specifically telling the outlet of his desire to give people better control over their personal data.
Serena Williams’ husband famously co-founded Reddit in 2005, left in 2009, and then came back in 2014 as full-time executive chairman before leaving again in 2020. He has also invested in other notable start-ups such