{"id":6020,"date":"2026-08-26T05:40:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T05:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=6020"},"modified":"2026-08-26T05:40:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T05:40:48","slug":"elon-musks-former-x-product-chief-nikita-bier-is-charging-venture-backed-founders-15000-for-a-30-minute-consulting-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=6020","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk\u2019s former X product chief Nikita Bier is charging venture-backed founders $15,000 for a 30-minute consulting call"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Intro, a website that offers pricey video call advice from leading business experts, became the talk of X this week after users discovered Nikita Bier, the former head of product for Elon Musk\u2019s social media company, was selling his personalized counsel in 1-on-1 video calls.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=6018\">A troubling recent rogue AI incident is just one reason why the U.K. AI Security Institute deserves far greater scrutiny<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The catch? You have to be a venture-backed startup founder to even qualify to receive Bier\u2019s advice. Oh, and prices start at $7,500 per 15-minute session with a 30-minute minimum.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>That means Bier, who stepped back from his position at X earlier this month but still advises the company, is effectively charging $15,000 for 30-minute sessions that can cover at least three questions about startups, growth, or investing, as well as \u201cvirality\u201d or how to raise capital.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Apart from Bier, the Intro platform also offers advice from Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian and Andrew Chen, a partner at VC firm Andreessen Horowitz. The website claims users will \u201cfind value in your first session or your money back.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bier and Intro did not immediately respond to <em>Fortune<\/em>\u2019s request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Who is Nikita Bier?<\/h2>\n<p>To be sure, Bier has some stellar achievements to his name. The serial entrepreneur  has sold two of his startups to Big Tech companies and worked with Musk at X.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, Facebook, now Meta, acquired tbh, Bier\u2019s anonymous polling app for teenagers for an undisclosed sum, reportedly around $30 million. Bier later built Gas, an anonymous compliment app with a similar concept that was acquired by Discord for an undisclosed sum in 2023. Both times, Bier led the apps to No. 1 on the App Store, racking up millions of downloads.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=6016\">Pope Leo XIV on AI\u2019s new \u2018form of domination\u2019: it risks becoming a tool of \u2018economic colonialism\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After his startup exits, he joined Lightspeed Venture Partners as product growth partner, and last year, he launched a new company, Explode, a mini-app built into Apple\u2019s Messages app that allows users to send disappearing messages.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bier became head of product in 2025 after having publicly asked Musk for the job personally in a post from 2022. During his time in the role, Bier claims he oversaw 30 new product launches.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>To be sure, Bier also got involved in some disputes during his time at X, including with the executive body of the EU, the European Commission. The Commission fined X 120 million euros ($140 million) in December under the Digital Services Act, because it claimed the app\u2019s blue check mark system was deceptive, among other accusations. Soon after, Bier accused the Commission of violating the platform\u2019s ad rules and said in a post on X that its ad account had been terminated.<\/p>\n<p>Intro, the expert advice platform, was founded in 2020 by Raad Mobrem, who previously sold his startup Lettuce to Intuit. <\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mobrem said he was inspired to start Intro when he was working on his home during the pandemic and \u201cwished that I could jump on a video call with a world class interior designer, show them my project, and get their quick advice,\u201d according to the company\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=6014\">How IHH Healthcare CEO Prem Kumar Nair is planning for a longer-lived Asia<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bier stepped down as head of product earlier this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[193],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elon-musk"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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