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Notable Achievements at Age 27
Suffered non-contact Achilles tendon rupture (May 13, 2025)
In Game 4 of second-round series vs New York Knicks on May 13, 2025, dove for a loose ball, ruptured his Achilles; underwent surgery the next day and was ruled out for remainder of season.
Profiled on major sports and stats sites
Maintained profiles and season-by-season statistics on ESPN, Pro-Football-Reference and NFL.com through 2024.
Founded FTX (exchange)
Founded FTX cryptocurrency derivatives exchange in April 2019; it opened for business the following month.
Birth of son Joyner Messiah Lucas
Joyner's son was born; child has cameo appearances in music videos later.
Invented Generative Adversarial Networks (landmark contribution)
The creation of GANs established a widely used technique for generative modeling; later led to high-impact research, tools, and concerns about deepfakes.
Launched Pinterest
Public launch of Pinterest (a visual discovery engine / virtual pinboard) in March 2010; name suggested by Silbermann's fiancée (portmanteau of 'pin' and 'interest').
Co‑founded Grammarly
Co‑founded Grammarly, Inc. (originally developed in Ukraine) with Alex Shevchenko and Max Lytvyn; company launch in 2009. Dmytro has been with Grammarly since inception (April 2009).
Married Cash Warren
Married producer Cash Warren in Los Angeles; met on the Fantastic Four set in 2004.
Nathan Blecharczyk joins as Airbnb co‑founder
Nathan Blecharczyk became the third cofounder, formalizing the founding team (Gebbia, Chesky, Blecharczyk).
Competed in men's pair rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Tyler competed in the men's pair rowing event at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics with his identical twin and rowing partner Cameron.
Completed PhD: 'Human Computation' thesis
Awarded PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon; thesis coined the term 'human computation' and introduced Games With A Purpose (GWAPs).
Completed PhD (UIUC)
Received PhD in Computer Science; thesis 'Macroscopic Data Structure Analysis and Optimization'.
Started tutoring cousin Nadia (first tutoring)
Began tutoring his cousin Nadia via phone and Yahoo! Doodle notepad; the genesis of Khan Academy.
Death of Gianni Agnelli
Gianni Agnelli, his maternal grandfather and long-time head of Fiat, died in 2003—a major family and business turning point.
Primetime Emmy Award (Outstanding Voice-Over Performance)
Won an Emmy Award in 2000 for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance as baby Stewie on Family Guy.
Cast as Mike Watt in Spaced (TV)
Pegg and Jessica Hynes wrote a role for Frost (Mike) in the Channel 4 sitcom Spaced; series ran 1999–2001 and helped launch his career.
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