Part-time Software Engineer (SWE)
National University of Singapore
Developing internal software tools and frontend applications to improve operational workflows. Spearheaded NUS CDE Innovation Day’s website as the main developer.
01—06 / Work & interests
A builder, in a few different rooms.
Venture, engineering and teaching. Different settings, the same curiosity about how things work—and how to make them better.
01 / ExperienceThe rooms that
The rooms that
shaped how I build.
Co-founder
Rentably.ai
March 2026 — PresentAn MCP-native marketplace connecting AI agents with humans for real-world work.
Venture Capital Intern
EDBI
May — August 2026Meeting founders across stages. A view into the people and companies building what comes next.
Software Engineer Intern (SWE)
ACUO AI LIMITED
October — December 2025 · Remote
Head of Physics
MACRO Academy
April 2024 — PresentLeading a team of 12 tutors across four locations. Making difficult ideas easier to understand.
Co-founder
Melio
January 2025 — PresentOperations, front-end development and edge SEO. Websites on the front, AI-powered backends behind them.
02 / Features
Out in the world.
A little of the story beyond the build.
Press / August 2026
Lianhe Zaobao
Matthias and his co-founder, featured with Rentably.
Open the newspaper
Speaking / TJC
The economic singularity & game theory.
I spoke at TJC about the economic singularity and gave a presentation on tit for tat in game theory.
Read my take on the economic singularity03 / Projects
Explore my GitHubIdeas, made tangible.
Featured build / Rentably.ai
Giving AI agents a way into the real world.
Software can plan the work. People can do the parts that need hands, feet, and local knowledge. Rentably brings them together.
Explore the projectAlso exploring
Side projects and research, from agent marketplaces to crypto arbitrage.
04 / WritingQuestions I keep
Questions I keep
coming back to.
Articles on the economic singularity, moats, investing and more. Some finished, some still taking shape.
Explore the articlesMy take on The Economic Singularity
Black Hat, White Hat.
Good Friday
The currency of time — Moats.
My first day at EDBI
In the eyes of an Investor
The run with Rongyang
Where the bulls and the bears battle
Value Add, or Subtract?
More thoughts to come. I’ll return to the pieces still in progress.
05 / CompetitionsA little pressure.
A little pressure.
A lot of learning.
Hackathons, olympiads and pitch stages—places to test an idea, work with a team, and see what holds up.
Hackathon / SingaporeOpenAI × Sea
OpenAI × Sea
Regional Codex Hackathon
Pitch stage
RC4 Pitching Competition
Taking Rentably from a build session to the stage.
06 / Rentably.ai
Agents meet
the real world.
The MCP-native marketplace where AI agents hire humans for real-world work.
For the builders pushing beyond what software can do on its own.
Visit Rentably.ai
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