Evan Rapoport

Nature lover, tech, innovator, & career coach

Hi, I’m Evan.

I’m the Founder & CEO of Amphibian. We’re an innovation lab on a mission to connect a billion people with nature. Our approach is based on my experiences working at top tech companies like Google and X (the moonshot factory).

I’ve worked at these amazing companies:

Career Before Amphibian

Product Lead at Google Research for nature-based climate solutions & biodiversity
Lead of Moonshots for Google Brain (AI research, including the first generative AI projects),
Founding CEO of Oceankind (ocean philanthropy and impact investing)
Google X: Founder of Tidal (AI + hardware moonshot for ocean health and food security) and PM of the Rapid Evaluation team (searching for new moonshots)
Senior Technology Fellow for Conservation International
PM for Google Maps and Street View where I cofounded and launched several new photography and camera products, including one used by over a billion people.

I’ve taught dozens of workshops for thousands of people about innovation and “moonshot thinking” to turn ideas into reality. I’ve spoken at the United Nations, presented to C-level exec’s at Fortune 500 companies, collaborated with the leads of many of the world’s largest foundations and non-profit organizations, and advised tons of startups.

Career Before Silicon Valley

Prior to moving to Silicon Valley in 2011, I lived in Honolulu, Hawaii for eight years. It was pretty much a dream come true for a job right out of college.

I would surf in the mornings with my coworkers and then do R&D on brain-computer interfaces and create ocean-based STEM learning programs with drifter buoys.

Personal Life & Giving Back

Traveling to the wildest places in the world makes life wonderful. I fall deeply in love with the universe when I’m in nature and get inspired to contribute to things beyond myself. I’m most alive around wildlife, young people, and anytime I can act like a child.

In 2020, I founded Regrow, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that raises money to support over 200 young girls in Kenya who’ve been the victims of sexual and gender-based violence, giving them a chance to have a joyful childhood and live a fulfilling life.

I live in a beautiful canyon in Los Angeles with my wife, Gina. We are so lucky to have a home surrounded by nature, with huge oak trees and constant wild visitors, such as deer, coyote, bobcat, squirrels, red-tailed hawks, great horned owls, hummingbirds, butterflies, honeybees, and a few types of lizards.