Responding to what AI founders and developers need

Hello! My name is Matthew McAteer. I'm a Technologist, Entrepreneur and Full Stack Machine Learning Scientist. In 8+ years I've built technology across industries, for businesses of all shapes and sizes. My edge is through using modern frameworks, scientific methodologies and platforms to design, build and deliver innovative projects, fast.

Matthew McAteer

Matthew McAteer, Founder of 5cubelabs

An innovative yet practical approach

Keeping it real, making use of modern tools and scientific methodologies to accelerate business growth and establish unfair advantages.

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Rapid Prototyping & MVP

From concept, ideation and prototyping to MVP, testing and launching technology enabled business defines who I am.

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End-to-End AI Solutions

Over the years, I've specialized in all aspects of AI solutions, from data collection and preprocessing to model development and deployment, ensuring effective applications at scale.

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Business Model Innovation

With deep experience of SaaS, Cloud, Fundamental AI Research, Biotech, I help in developing the right business model, through experimentation and iteration.

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AI Infrastructure / On-Prem and Cloud-Based Solutions

I use leading-edge tools, frameworks, and techniques to provide businesses a significant advantage in time to market and cost-efficiency.

Tools i work with

Here are some of the tools and platforms I use to do my job. I'm constantly researching and testing new technologies.

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Python

Python

JavaScript/Node

JavaScript/Node

C++

C++

Golang

Golang

Julia

Julia

R

R

Solidity

Solidity

Bash

Bash

Lua

Lua

MATLAB

MATLAB

SCALA

SCALA

RUST

RUST

API Gateway

API Gateway

AI21

AI21

Airtable

Airtable

Modal Labs

Modal Labs

Aarch64

Aarch64

Lambda

Lambda

S3

S3

EC2

EC2

Anaconda

Anaconda

Ansible

Ansible

Cassandra

Cassandra

Apache Spark

Apache Spark

Apache Kafka

Apache Kafka

MacOS

MacOS

Arduino

Arduino

ArgoCD

ArgoCD

Astro

Astro

Sagemaker

Sagemaker

SQS

SQS

ECS

ECS

Kinesis

Kinesis

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure

bitbucket

bitbucket

Blender

Blender

Chroma

Chroma

Circle CI

Circle CI

Cohere

Cohere

Confluence

Confluence

D3

D3

Debian

Debian

Digital Ocean

Digital Ocean

Django

Django

Docker

Docker

DynamoDB

DynamoDB

elasticsearch

elasticsearch

Sagemaker

Sagemaker

 ECS/Fargate

ECS/Fargate

FastAPI

FastAPI

Fauna

Fauna

Figma

Figma

Firebase

Firebase

Flask

Flask

Gatsby

Gatsby

Git

Git

Git Hub

Git Hub

Gitlab

Gitlab

Godot

Godot

Google Cloud Platform

Google Cloud Platform

Google Colab

Google Colab

Grafana

Grafana

Graphql

Graphql

Hadoop

Hadoop

React

React

Heroku

Heroku

HuggingFace

HuggingFace

JAX

JAX

jenkins

jenkins

Jira

Jira

Anthropic

Anthropic

jupyter

jupyter

kubernetes

kubernetes

LabView

LabView

LangChain

LangChain

FastAPI

FastAPI

LatchBio

LatchBio

latex

latex

linux

linux

DevOps / MLOps

DevOps / MLOps

MongoDB

MongoDB

Mysql

Mysql

Neo4j

Neo4j

Netlify

Netlify

Replit

Replit

next js

next js

nginx

nginx

Numpy

Numpy

openai

openai

Opencv

Opencv

OpenGL

OpenGL

oracle

oracle

pandas

pandas

postgresql

postgresql

prometheus

prometheus

PyTest

PyTest

Raspberry

Raspberry

redis

redis

Robotic Operating System (ROS)

Robotic Operating System (ROS)

Rstudio

Rstudio

Scikit-Learn

Scikit-Learn

selenium

selenium

Neo4j

Neo4j

slack

slack

SQLAlchemy

SQLAlchemy

SQLite

SQLite

Tailwind CSS

Tailwind CSS

Tensorflow

Tensorflow

Terraform

Terraform

ThreeJS

ThreeJS

Render

Render

typescript

typescript

ubuntu

ubuntu

unity

unity

Unreal

Unreal

vercel

vercel

Vim

Vim

VSCode

VSCode

Vue js

Vue js

Weaviate

Weaviate

windows

windows

pinecone

pinecone

Zapier

Zapier

Over 8+ years, I've founded numerous startups

Dome successes, some failuresī¸, here are the most notable.

WattPricer Co-Founder & CTO
2022 - 2023

WattPricer Co-Founder & CTO

A weather map, but for transformer-level location-specific electricity prices. High MRR, but was nerfed (and later shut down) at the request of the DoE shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

AstroGlia Founder & CEO
2021 - 2022

AstroGlia Founder & CEO

No-code tool for building and deploying private machine learning workflows. Received seed funding at $1M valuation..

IPFS ArXiV Founder & CEO
2019 - 2020

IPFS ArXiV Founder & CEO

ArXiV on the Interplanetary File System. Acquired by Inkrypt for an undisclosed amount.

Project AgeTuneUp Founder & CEO
2019 - 2020

Project AgeTuneUp Founder & CEO

Metabolic Engineering startup, focused on engineering e.coli to more cheaply produce short-lived NAD+ precursors. Received support from MIT s The Engine accelerator and raised $500K

In between startups

I've worked on various projects for companies big and small, giving me key insights into building technology at all levels.

Formic Labs (now Deep Origin) Head of Machine Learning
2022 - 2023

Formic Labs (now Deep Origin) Head of Machine Learning

Formic Labs (now Deep Origin) is developing technologies to accelerate biology R&D.

Generally Intelligent (now called Imbue) Machine Learning
2021 - 2022

Generally Intelligent (now called Imbue) Machine Learning

Infrastructure for GPU-accelerated self-supervised learning experiments.

UnifyID Machine Learning Engineer
2019 - 2020

UnifyID Machine Learning Engineer

The Next Generation Platform for Identity and Authentication. Acquired by Prove..

Machine Learning Contract
2019 - 2020

Machine Learning Contract

Worked on Tensorflow Probability.

Massachusetts General Hospital
2019 - 2020

Massachusetts General Hospital

Computer vision on multi-photon microscopy images for Alzheimer's Research..

Recent Publications

Here are some of the articles and features from the things I've been involved in.

31 July 2019

31 July 2019

Model Weight Theft With Just Noise Inputs: The Curious Case of the Petulant Attacker
31 July 2018

31 July 2018

Bioprocess decision support tool for scalable manufacture of extracellular vesicles
15 Mar 2021

15 Mar 2021

SPICEs: The Survey Papers as Interactive Cheatsheet Embeddings Embeddings

Areas of Specialisation

A set of unorthodox yet complimentary skills to create advantage

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AI Strategy and Transformation

AI-First technology is poised to define the next decade's technological landscape. Companies that leverage it early can secure a significant competitive advantage.

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AI-First Infrastructure

AI-First technology is poised to define the next decade's technological landscape. Companies that leverage it early can secure a significant competitive advantage.

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AI-Driven Growth Strategies

AI-First technology is poised to define the next decade's technological landscape. Companies that leverage it early can secure a significant competitive advantage.

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AI Drug Discovery

AI-First technology is poised to define the next decade's technological landscape. Companies that leverage it early can secure a significant competitive advantage.

How do I aid businesses?

Cloud & Infrastructure Cost Reduction

Many firms find themselves burdened with excessive costs for AI/ML infrastructure. I work with these businesses to significantly reduce expenditure by optimizing legacy and modern architectures.

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Virtual CTO

For startups seeking guidance on AI/ML technology decisions or wishing to implement strategies that provide a competitive edge.

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AI/ML Pipeline Automation & Setup

Building best practice, secure AI/ML pipelines and automations to allow businesses to develop, train, and deploy models rapidly and securely.

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Zero to MVP

Leveraging my extensive experience building AI/ML minimum viable products, I ensure a swift path to the first release with a tech stack that is future-proof.

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AI-Enabled Business Innovation

For businesses that need to find growth triggers or have plateaued and need to innovate around their AI applications and strategies.

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