Tobi Lutke co-founded Shopify in September 2004 and has served as Chief Executive Officer since April 2008, overseeing its growth into a leading global commerce platform.

Tobi Lutke participated in a funding round for Create, a San Francisco-based AI agentic startup, which raised $8.5 million in August 2025. The investment included a $5.5 million round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, supporting the development of AI agents for building applications from text descriptions.