Tarjei Munthe Vassbotn is Co-Founder and CEO at Tana, an AI-native workspace that transforms how knowledge workers organize and manage information. He has over 20 years of technology leadership experience across product development, IoT, and developer relations.

Tarjei led Google's global IoT Developer Relations from Silicon Valley and served as Chief Product Officer at Disruptive Technologies, leading engineering teams of 35+ people. He attended Molde University College and previously founded and sold three technology companies including Trening.no, Norway's largest exercise and health website.

Tarjei has deep expertise in IoT, product strategy, and developer ecosystems, having built Google's partner network across Asia-Pacific from Cambodia to Japan and Australia. He also serves as a Board Member at Nofence and has taught Digital Strategy at NTNU.

Tana raised $25M in total funding (including a $14M Series A led by Tola Capital) from investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Northzone, and notable angels like Lars Rasmussen (Google Maps founder) and Arash Ferdowsi (Dropbox co-founder). The company attracted 160,000+ users to its waitlist, including employees from over 80% of Fortune 500 companies.

Tana has built a community of 24,000+ active users and is pioneering AI-powered knowledge management with its Supertag feature and knowledge graph technology. The platform integrates with 50+ tools and partners with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Grok to deliver proactive AI workflows that reduce manual work.