Matthew Persons is a product-focused engineering leader and cofounder with 11 years of experience building production-grade AI systems and developer platforms. He led Google Cloud’s Natural Language efforts, coordinating 50+ engineers across teams to launch Vertex Generative AI and AutoML Natural Language, and now drives Oumi AI’s mission to make state-of-the-art language models broadly accessible. Comfortable at the intersection of research and product, he has a track record of turning advanced NLP models into scalable cloud services. Based in Kirkland, WA and a Cornell CS alum, he combines startup grit with large-scale cloud engineering experience—and quietly brings a background in teaching and mentoring that shapes how he builds teams and products.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Cornell University
Basic Pokemon Bot for a limited version of Pokemon Showdown
Contributions:21 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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