Brian Turcotte
Founding Developer Relations at Kilo Code
Previously GitHub, Klaviyo, and Membrane. Based in New York.
I make technical content, run developer events, and build community programs. Here's the work and what it produced.
Results at Kilo
36M+Video views Across 100+ videos30MX impressions Organic reach3 quote-posts by Elon Musk3.98MBlog reads Across 408 posts5x#1 on HackerNoon Trending guest articles700Projects sponsored Open-source program26.4kGitHub stars Open-source repositoryTrending on GitHub 5 times15kDiscord members Developer community500+Hackathon participants Weekly series20k+Workshop viewers Live virtual workshops4xProduct Hunt wins Product of the Week / Month
I ran All Day AI
- Registrants
- 12,313
- Speakers
- 140
- Average viewing time
- 6 hours
A free, 16-hour AI conference. Built with a volunteer team in two months. No vendor pitches, just people sharing what they learned.
With speakers from OpenRouter, NVIDIA, Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic, and more.
Read the playbook
Work
Content Engine
My role
I write, record, and publish across the Kilo Blog, YouTube, social, and outside publications. Some of it explains the product. Some of it helps developers make sense of what's happening in AI.
I also coordinate partner stories and guest articles around releases and industry news, so useful work reaches people beyond our own channels.
Results
- 100+ YouTube videos
- 36M+ cumulative views
- 30M organic impressions on X
- 3.98M blog reads across 408 total posts
- 5x #1 Hackernoon Trending
- 3x quote-tweeted by Elon Musk
- Distribution across video, email, social, and 3rd-party publications at Kilo
Examples
Events
My role
I plan, produce, and speak at developer events, from multi-city tours to weekly hackathons and live workshops. For All Day AI, I worked with a volunteer team to bring together 140 speakers and 12,313 registrants.
I handle the less visible parts, too: speaker communication, production, and the recordings and write-ups that make an event useful after it ends.
Results
- 90+ virtual and in-person events
- All Day AI: 12,313 registrants and 140 speakers
- All Day AI: 6-hour average viewing time
- Multi-city event tour
- Weekly hackathons averaging 500+ participants
- 20k+ live workshop viewers
Examples
Community Programs
My role
I built an open-source sponsorship program supporting 700 projects and helped grow Kilo's Discord to 15,000 members. I built the admin tools to manage these programs as they grew.
The Champions program gives our most active developers a voice in the community's direction. Across these efforts, Kilo reached 26.4k GitHub stars and trended on GitHub five times.
Results
- OSS Sponsorship Program with 700 projects
- 26.4k stars on OSS GitHub repository
- 5x GitHub Trending
- 15k members in Discord community
- Custom Supabase management system
- Champions program and active developer Discord at Kilo
Before Kilo
Community Manager for one of the largest developer communities in the world at GitHub
500% YoY developer community growth at Klaviyo
Partnerships
My role
I bring model providers and platform teams together for joint content, product partnerships, and events. That includes webinars with NVIDIA and Anthropic and campaigns with MiniMax and Tencent.
My part is finding the shared story, getting the right people involved, and turning the relationship into something useful for developers.
Results
- 3x Reposts by Elon Musk
- Product Partnerships with MiniMax, Grok/X AI, Martian Labs, Laguna, and Anthropic
- Joint webinars and events with Anthropic, OpenClaw Foundation, and NVIDIA
- Co-marketing campaigns with model providers at Kilo
- Partner narratives built for technical buyers and builders
Examples
Partnership/Co-Marketing with Anthropic
View postCo-Marketing with MiniMax
View postCo-Marketing with Tencent
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OpenClaw Collaboration
Webinar with NVIDIA
Webinar with Anthropic
Before Kilo
Content and product partnerships with Lovable, Cursor, and Anthropic at Membrane
Launches/GTM
My role
I coordinate the writing, demos, videos, and partner distribution for major releases. Kilo has earned four Product of the Week or Month wins on Product Hunt.
I plan what happens before and after launch day, then track whether it brings people back to the product. Weekly active users matter more to me than an announcement's view count.
Results
- 4x Product of the Week/Month on Product Hunt
- Blog, video, social and partner distribution loops
- Sustained >10% WoW Growth across all product areas
- Coverage in major PR outlets
- Mentions by notable figures like Theo.gg, Elon Musk, Peter Steinberger, and more
