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# Matthew Ao

Matthew Ao is a co-founder of Space, the San Francisco startup building a streaming filesystem. He previously co-founded Kortex, a note-taking app built with the writer Dan Koe, which was later rebuilt as Eden, an AI workspace for creatives.

**Co-Founder** at Space

## Coverage

- [undefined](/article/space-founders-qa-ai-agent-filesystem) - Artificial Intelligence, 2026-09-15
- [undefined](/article/space-a16z-speedrun-streaming-filesystem) - Artificial Intelligence, 2026-08-29