Hey there, I'm Matt Mazzeo!
Spending days tinkering and investing in new products at the forefront of AI. Formerly GP at Coatue, MD at Lowercase Capital, Agent at CAA. Worked with the founders of Replit, Cognition, Stripe, Handshake, Opensea, Mark43, Supabase and others. Life is a potluck, bring something to the table.
Quests
I learn by building
Jesica Mazzeo: AI Model Edition
An experiment in creating an AI-generated version of my wife, Jesica, using advanced image generation techniques.
Walkthrough:
- Collect 20 photos of Jes
- Train custom Flux.dev model on Replicate
- Host model on Hugging Face
- Use Claude Sonnect to develop app on Hugging Face
- Test prompts for reliable image generation
Takeaways:
- Flux.dev beat Midjourney & Runway on character consistency by a mile.
- Connecting Hugging Face Spaces to Replicate API was most challenging step.
- The uncanny valley has been fully crossed. Jes's mom was fooled by several generated images.
Investments
Backstory
Early days
- Spent mostly in LA with short stints in New Zealand, New York and Canada
- Passed time online in Warez rooms, Starcraft servers, competing in chemistry and playing water polo
- Harvard grad (2005)
Cut my teeth at Creative Artists Agency (CAA)
- Started the agency's digital group
- Signed talent like Michelle Phan, Donald Glover and others
- Launched start-ups like Funny or Die and WhoSay
- Learned how to spot talent early
- Learned how to build something from scratch
Second act as Managing Director at Lowercase Capital
- Managed a portfolio of over forty seed and series A investments
- Worked with Stripe, Handshake, Slack, Mark43, Docker and others
- Learned how to spot early potential in products
- Learned how to take risks at seed and series A
Leveled up as GP at Coatue Management
- Launched their Venture Fund
- Led private consumer investing strategy
- Backed teams like Replit, Niantic, Opensea, Supabase, Deliverr and Deel
- Learned how to evaluate companies at scale
- Learned how to be a better board member
Right now, I'm probably spending time with my wife Jesica and our daughter Josephine
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