---
title: "Kieran Klaassen"
category: "people"
role: "GM of Cora / Compound Engineering"
company: "Every/Cora"
linkedin: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/kieran-klaassen/"
twitter: "https://x.com/kieranklaassen"
website: "https://cora.computer"
blog: "https://x.com/kieranklaassen"
sourceLabels: ["Official speaker roster", "Official conference schedule"]
---
# Kieran Klaassen

## Profile
GM of Cora / Compound Engineering at [[every-cora|Every/Cora]].

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kieran-klaassen/)
- [X / Twitter](https://x.com/kieranklaassen)
- [Website](https://cora.computer)
- [Blog](https://x.com/kieranklaassen)

## Biography
Kieran Klaassen is GM of Cora, Every's AI email assistant, shipped solo without writing code by hand. He is the grandfather of compound engineering: AI agents plan, write, review, and test every change; each fix becomes a learning the system reuses, so every unit of work makes the next easier.

## Conference Sessions
- [[2026-06-29-kieran-klaassen-the-era-of-compound-engineering]] — The Era of Compound Engineering (2026-06-29, 2:25pm-2:45pm)

## Evidence Graph
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### Linked Sessions
- [[2026-06-29-kieran-klaassen-the-era-of-compound-engineering|The Era of Compound Engineering]]

### Media Signals
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