I build AI that helps people, and I teach people to build with it.

I'm Mat. I've been at this since I was 13. These days I sit down with teams, nonprofits and curious neighbours, and we work out what AI can really do for them.

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Based in Sherbrooke, Québec. English or French, happily.

hi, that's me

Illustration of a boy concentrating at an old beige computer in a small family shop

roughly me at 13. the sweater is artistic licence.

Where I come from

It started in my family's shop.

I was 13, working in my family's Apple consulting business, and I liked taking computers apart to understand them. I taught myself the rest.

Thirty-odd years later I've sat in CTO and CIO seats and co-founded a few companies. Then I walked away from a startup I'd co-founded, because the automations we were selling were built to replace people. I wanted to use AI for people instead.

That's still the whole plan.

Illustration of a developer workshop, people at laptops around a long table while the teacher explains a diagram

The part I care about most

Teaching, mostly around a table.

I teach AI for free to the people around me, and I run workshops and cohorts for developers, entrepreneurs and directors, at nonprofits and businesses alike.

One person or a full room, it goes the same way: we start from your own work, we try things, and you leave able to do it without me. I'd rather teach your people than do it for them and leave.

nobody gets left behind at step two.

How I can help

Tell me what you're trying to do.

Put AI to work in your company

Assistants and agents wired into your real systems, data and daily routines, using whatever tools your team already runs. Not a demo.

Teach your team

Developers or not. We talk with a few of your people first, set up accounts and privacy properly, then learn together on your own work.

Build the software around it

The ordinary kind, built to last: back ends, APIs, data pipelines, web and desktop apps, from the first idea to production.

Be your part-time CTO

Someone to help with technical decisions, hiring and a roadmap your team can really ship, without a full-time executive salary.

It starts with a 30-minute call. If one of my products already solves your problem, I'll point you there instead.

Illustration of eider ducks swimming between slabs of Arctic sea ice at golden hour

Good work deserves good tools.

I work at lower rates for nonprofits with a positive impact on the world, like the Arctic Eider Society, where I help bring more AI into SIKU, its Indigenous knowledge platform.

After hours

I still can't leave things alone.

I've been learning electronics, which is how I ended up building a fingerprint reader for my Linux desktop from parts. I also make free tools for tabletop role-playing groups, because the hobby deserves better tools.

Illustration of a home workbench with a fingerprint sensor, soldering iron, dice and a painted miniature

Kind words

What it's like to work with me, from people who have.

What truly sets him apart are his communication skills and genuine kindness. A rare talent, and an even better human being.
Evan Warner, SIKU Product Manager, Arctic Eider Society

That balance of brutal honesty and lighthearted humanity is rare, and it's a big part of why working with him is not just effective, but energizing.
Francisco Teigas, co-founder and collaborator

If you're looking for someone who can not only get things done, but ask the right questions along the way and build peers up, you'll be hard pressed to find a better person.
Reagan McFadden, web developer and collaborator

If you're looking for someone who can elevate your team and inspire everyone around them, I can't recommend him highly enough.
Ale Mazzarella, Marketing Technology Architect

Come say hello.

Tell me what you're trying to get AI to do, or what you need built. Book a call, or email me if that's easier. Je travaille aussi en français.

Book a 30-minute call bourgeois.mat@gmail.com