About
Al Abut has experience in product and design roles and has been involved with multiple acquisitions.
Al Abut @alabut
The most annoying thing about AI debates is that both sides are right. It really is exploitative, theft-adjacent, energy-hungry, hype-poisoned, culturally radioactive. It’s also the most fun I’ve felt in years. Great. Love watching my soul and friend circles get torn in half.
Apr 26, 2026
Al Abut @alabut
Gemma4:26b took over half an hour just to respond with a single word. I keep tinkering with local models in @ollama and hoping to find a good use case so I can stop burning tokens but damn, this is ridiculous. https://t.co/E0XFgSYISr

Apr 12, 2026
Al Abut @alabut
Ever heard of peanut butter mud? The stuff is so gross and I just ran into it for the first time during a training ride last week. https://t.co/teXJ5ftFmG
Oct 23, 2025
Founder/CPO at MattermarkYC S12
Intro paths
Al went through Y Combinator (Summer 2012) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
In turn, Al can intro founders to Mattermark's investors below.
