Jeff Lawson is Co-Founder and CEO of Inertia Enterprises, a commercial fusion energy company commercializing the only scientifically proven path to limitless, clean grid-scale power based on laser inertial fusion ignition achieved at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Jeff earned his BS in Computer Science and Film/Video from the University of Michigan, launched his first startup from his dorm room, served as Founding CTO of StubHub, and was one of the original product managers at Amazon Web Services before founding Twilio in 2008.

A serial entrepreneur since middle school, Jeff authored the best-selling book Ask Your Developer and won the 2017 TechCrunch Founder of the Year award, demonstrating his conviction-driven approach to building transformative technology companies.

Jeff previously co-founded and led Twilio from inception to over $4B in revenue, a NYSE public listing in 2016, and a global footprint of over 300,000 customers, establishing himself as one of the most impactful tech founders of his generation.

Inertia raised a $450M Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners with participation from GV (Google Ventures), Modern Capital, and Threshold Ventures, and recently secured a landmark strategic partnership with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to accelerate the path to the world's first commercial fusion power plant.