Matt is Founder + Wizard at Respell: automating boring work with AI agentic workflows. They're backed by Zapier & Craft Ventures and just were acquired by Salesforce.

At Atmos he was Cofounder + Head of Eng, raising $20M to allow every American to build their dream home. Backed by YC (S20), Sam Altman, Khosla Ventures, and featured on the Forbes 30 under 30 list.

Prior to this he had experiences at Cameo, Facebook, NASA, and AbbVie and studied Computer Science at UIUC, where he served as President of Founders.

• You can change
• Everything is a system
• Wrong ideas are meant to be killed
• High openness, strong filter
• People are not meant to be the same
• Energy is everything
• Success is hollow if you sacrifice your morals to achieve it
• People are the hardest part

https://mattrasto.me/principles.html