Matt Van Horn
Serial entrepreneur · open-source AI builder
- Agents
- Open source
- Entrepreneurship
Editorial bio
Matt Van Horn's career reads like a map of the last two consumer-tech waves. He co-founded Zimride – the carpool company that became Lyft – after a college trip to Zimbabwe gave him the idea, and stayed on as an advisor. He then co-founded June, the smart oven company, which was acquired by Weber. Along the way he was VP of Business at Path, did business development at Digg and ran higher-ed marketing for Apple while still in college. He has a B.S. in business, entrepreneurship and marketing from the University of Arizona's Eller College.
His current work is firmly inside the AI-agent toolchain. He's the author of popular open-source projects – including last30days, a research skill that hit high GitHub stars, plus CLI Printing Press and Agent Tincan – and hosts The /last30days Podcast. He's recently taken on a role as special board advisor at Automattic. He lives in the Seattle area.
Worth following if you want to see how a repeat consumer-tech founder is actually using agents day-to-day – shipping small, open, opinionated tools rather than theorising about them.
Key facts
- based in
- Seattle, WA
- current
- Open-source AI builder · podcast host · board advisor, Automattic
- prior
- Co-founder, June (acquired by Weber) · co-founder, Zimride (became Lyft) · VP Business, Path · BD, Digg · Apple (higher-ed marketing)
- education
- B.S. Business/Entrepreneurship/Marketing, University of Arizona (Eller College)
- focus
- AI agents · open-source tooling · applied consumer AI
Interviews
Interview with Matt Van Horn
Watch on YouTube
Featured work
last30days
AI research skill that went high on GitHub; the public face of his agent-tooling work.
CLI Printing Press · Agent Tincan
Further open-source projects on the AI-agent toolchain.
The /last30days Podcast
His own podcast on what's actually shipping in AI.
Zimride → Lyft · June → Weber
Two consumer-tech companies he co-founded that became category outcomes.