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Former X product chief Nikita Bier charges venture-backed founders $15,000 for a 30-minute consulting call
Nikita Bier, the former head of product at X, is offering paid video consultations through the Intro platform. The sessions, priced at $7,500 per 15 minutes with a 30-minute minimum, are available only to venture-backed startup founders.
Nikita Bier, the former head of product at Elon Musk’s social media company X, is now selling personalized business advice to venture-backed startup founders at a premium rate. Through the expert-advice platform Intro, Bier offers one-on-one video calls starting at $7,500 per 15-minute session, with a 30-minute minimum, effectively charging $15,000 for a half-hour consultation.
The sessions can cover at least three questions about startups, growth, investing, virality, or raising capital. Intro, the website hosting the service, promises users will “find value in your first session or your money back.” The platform also features advice from Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian and Andrew Chen, a partner at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
Bier, 37, has a track record that helps explain the price tag. He has sold two startups to major technology companies. In 2017, Facebook, now Meta, acquired tbh, his anonymous polling app for teenagers, for an undisclosed sum reportedly around $30 million. He later built Gas, an anonymous compliment app with a similar concept, which Discord acquired in 2023 for an undisclosed amount. In both cases, Bier led the apps to the No. 1 spot on the App Store, generating millions of downloads.
After his startup exits, Bier joined Lightspeed Venture Partners as a product growth partner. Last year, he launched Explode, a mini-app built into Apple’s Messages app that allows users to send disappearing messages. He became head of product at X in 2025 after publicly asking Musk for the job in a 2022 post. During his tenure, Bier says he oversaw 30 new product launches. He stepped back from his position earlier this month but continues to advise the company.
Bier’s time at X was not without controversy. In December, the European Commission fined X under the Digital Services Act, claiming the app’s blue check mark system was deceptive, among other accusations. Shortly after, Bier accused the Commission of violating the platform’s ad rules and said in a post on X that its ad account had been terminated.
Intro was founded in 2020 by Raad Mobrem, who previously sold his startup Lettuce to Intuit. Mobrem said he was inspired to start the platform while working on his home during the pandemic and “wished that I could jump on a video call with a world class interior designer, show them my project, and get their quick advice,” according to the company’s website. Bier and Intro did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
