About
Matt Stallone co-founded NextByte and previously led post-training work on foundation language models at IBM Research, including the Granite model series. He holds Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from MIT and has published research in machine learning.
Founder at Tweeks.ioYC W25
Intro paths
YC
Matt went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator — the partner who ran Tweeks.io's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Matt can intro founders to Tweeks.io's investors below.
Tweeks.io's investors · 1
Co-founders at Tweeks.io
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Jason MadeanoFounder
Experience
- NextByte (YC W25)Founder & Chief Humor Officercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- IBMAI Architect | Researcher2023 — 2025
- IBMDistributed Engineer (MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab)2022 — 2023
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyTeacher Assistant2021 — 2022
Education
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMaster's degree, Computer Science2021 — 2022
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science2017 — 2021
- Y CombinatorStartup Accelerator2025
- The Head-Royce SchoolHigh School2013 — 2017
Skills & more
Java4Python (Programming Language)2PyTorchPythonDatabasesSoftware Construction4TypeScriptDistributed SystemsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Go (Programming Language)Hugging FaceKubernetes
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Generative AILarge Language Models (LLM)From Matt's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology977
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmDelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Varda
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Also attended Y Combinator1,463
Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City
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Shared employers
Also worked at IBM547
Ken ChenaultInvestment Team at General CatalystRoger KrakoffGeneral Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel CapitalTejAdvisor at Clear VenturesEricAdvisor at Clear VenturesKT MooreAdvisor at Clear Ventures
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Also worked at Massachusetts Institute of Technology325
Aileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmScott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Noubar AfeyanInvestor at Flagship PioneeringVyas RamananVenture Partner at Third Rock VenturesRhie LimPartner, Global Strategy at One Way Ventures
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