Building tech that includes everyone.

Stanford graduate in CS (HCI & AI) and Music. Data Scientist at Instagram (Meta). Passionate about AI, accessibility, and human-centered design.

Education · Stanford University
BS  Computer Science: Human-Computer Interaction
BA  Music: Vocal Performance
MS  Computer Science: Artificial Intelligence
Industry experience
Meta Y Combinator Chief Product Officer Apple Microsoft Pi Network Coframe AI

Career
Where I've worked
Meta (Instagram)
2025 – Present
Data Scientist, Relevance Labs
Partner with Product and Engineering on early-stage bets in Instagram's ranking and recommendation systems. Translate complex behavioral signals from large-scale ML systems into product direction — combining statistical modeling, experimentation, and exploratory analysis to surface what's actually driving outcomes. Build forecasting and monitoring frameworks that give teams early visibility into whether a system is performing as intended.
AI Startup (YC W25)
2024 – 2025
Chief Product Officer
Product vision and zero-to-one execution at a YC-backed AI startup — translating frontier model capabilities into concrete user workflows, prototyping with LLMs as core infrastructure, and iterating concept to working product through eval-driven feedback loops. Safety-conscious thinking embedded from day one with evaluation harnesses to catch model regressions before they shipped.
Stanford CS Dept.
2023 – 2025
Teaching Assistant
Designed structured learning frameworks for 2,000+ students that made abstract technical concepts concrete and actionable. Ran a tight feedback loop between observed learner behavior and instructional design — prioritizing transferable reasoning skills over prescriptive fixes.
Pi Network
2023
Product Manager
Led a developer education initiative enabling 34M+ users to build and deploy applications on Pi. Translated an emerging technology into accessible UX and product workflows, bridging the gap between platform capability and non-technical audiences.
Apple
Intern
Software Engineer
Built Vision Pro accessibility features for blind users — new technology enabling inclusive spatial computing experiences through close collaboration across engineering, design, and product.
Microsoft
Intern
Software Engineer
Worked on gRPC protocol and low-latency systems infrastructure, contributing to performance-critical backend systems within a large-scale engineering organization.
Coframe AI
Intern
Product Manager
Technical documentation and metric road-mapping at an AI/ML startup building LLM-driven UI optimization and continuous A/B testing systems.

Beyond the screen
A little about me
Matthew Ayoob

Outside of tech, I make visual art, enjoy vocal performance, and cooking Lebanese and Italian dishes — and I'm originally from West Virginia.