Matt Rubens
Chief Executive Officer at Roomote (formerly Roo Code)
United States
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Top SchoolMatt Rubens is a seasoned software leader and founder with over a decade building high-growth, product-led companies and engineering organizations. As CEO of Roomote (formerly Roo Code) he blends hands-on AI engineering—illustrated by contributions to an autonomous IDE agent supporting Gemini and OpenAI models—with product and growth expertise honed leading Roo’s veterinary relief platform. His background spans scaling engineering and compliance for healthcare diagnostics, driving hundreds of millions in marketplace GMV, and early-stage startups including a YC-backed music platform, reflecting deep full-stack chops and entrepreneurial grit. Comfortable switching between coding, product strategy, and regulatory ops, he’s notable for bringing practical AI features (image support, context windows, pricing awareness) into developer tools while keeping robustness improvements like shell profile fixes front of mind.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Jamglue, S06, Jamglue, S06 at Y CombinatorBS/MS, Computer Science, BS/MS, Computer Science at Stanford University
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Github Skills (16)
typescript10
intergration10
typescripts10
ai10
api-ai10
typescript-types10
integrations10
api-design9
file-management8
filesystem8
javascript7
sh6
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
cline/cline
Nov 2024 - Jun 2025
Autonomous coding agent as an SDK, IDE extension, or CLI assistant.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 review, 8 PRs, 16 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Matt contributed to the codebase by integrating and configuring new AI models, specifically focusing on Gemini and OpenAI models. They added support for new AI model features, including context windows, image support, and pricing information. Furthermore, the user addressed a bug related to shell profile handling, improving the application's robustness. They also added the current time to the system prompt.
cliide
RooCodeInc/Roo-Code
Nov 2024 - May 2026
Roo Code gives you a whole dev team of AI agents in your code editor.
Contributions:2 releases, 2083 reviews, 2761 PRs in 1 year 6 months
ai-agentcode-editor
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