Matt Stallone
Founder & Chief Humor Officer at NextByte (YC W25)
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolMatt Stallone is a founder and AI architect with 11 years of experience building large-scale ML systems and distributed infrastructure, currently leading NextByte after driving model training efforts at IBM Research's Model Factory. He specializes in MLOps—bridging model development and production—having led post-training work on the Granite family of LLMs and designed orchestration for hundreds of ephemeral VMs at the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab. Trained at MIT (BS/MS EECS) and seasoned in both research and product contexts, he combines hands-on systems engineering with people leadership to run diverse, collaborative teams. Known for a pragmatic, test-for-skill approach to hiring and a penchant for bringing levity to high-pressure technical work, he balances deep technical rigor with strong interpersonal instincts.
11 years of coding experience
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyStartup Accelerator, Startup Accelerator at Y CombinatorHigh School, High School at The Head-Royce School
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Github Skills (44)
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Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
mstallone/mstallone.github.io
Apr 2015 - Apr 2016
Contributions:14 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
mstallone/Brainfuck
Apr 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:7 commits, 9 pushes, 7 branches in 1 month
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