Facts about Matthew Blode
Who Matthew Blode is, what he has shipped, and what Blode is not. The source of truth for titles, dates, and numbers.
I am Matthew Blode. Melbourne. AI at Linktree. Two startups, two exits. If a date, title, or number here disagrees with another page, this one wins.
Quick facts
- Name
Matthew Blode
Source: This page
- Site
blode.co is a personal site, not a company
Source: About
- Lives
Melbourne, Australia
Source: About
- Current role
AI Engineer at Linktree, 2025 to present
Source: About
- Linktree scale
AI product for 90M+ users
Source: About
- Fingertip
Co-founder and CTO, 2023 to 2025. Acquired by Linktree in 2025
Source: Fingertip
- Fingertip reach
Tens of thousands of small businesses in 100+ countries
Source: Fingertip
- VenueSafe
Co-founder and CTO, 2020 to 2021. Acquired by me&u in six months
Source: VenueSafe
- VenueSafe reach
1M+ Australians
Source: VenueSafe
- me&u
Senior Software Engineer, 2022 to 2023. 15M+ users. US expansion from Austin
Source: About
- Recognition
Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2025. Pause Awards
Source: Press
- Mentoring
Startmate accelerator mentor
Source: Mentoring
- Speaking
Meetups, panels, internal sessions
Source: Speaking
Who I am
I am an AI product leader and founder-CTO for early teams who need to go zero to one without shipping slop. I win because I have done it twice, and I now ship AI to 90M+ Linktree users. I am not an agency, and I am not a studio.
Bachelor of Design, major in Digital Technologies, University of Melbourne, 2018 to 2020.
Current work
2025 to present. AI Engineer at Linktree (opens in new tab). I build AI agents and product experiences for 90M+ users.
On the side I ship the Blode Stack: Glide, Blode UI, Blode Icons, DiffHub, and the rest of the tools. Taste Training is the paid course. First unit free, then $49 once.
Companies
Fingertip
Co-founder and CTO, 2023 to 2025, with Olly Hoffman, Gabby Leibovich, and Hezi Leibovich. Website creation, bookings, payments, invoicing for small businesses. Tens of thousands of customers in 100+ countries. Acquired by Linktree in 2025. Case study.
me&u (formerly Mr Yum)
Senior Software Engineer, 2022 to 2023, after the VenueSafe sale. Helped scale mobile ordering to 15M+ users. Moved to Austin, Texas for the US launch.
VenueSafe
Co-founder and CTO, 2020 to 2021. COVID check-in for Australian venues. Idea to acquisition by me&u in six months. 1M+ Australians. Case study.
Recognition
Community
- Startmate (opens in new tab): accelerator mentor
- OpenAI (opens in new tab): Codex Ambassador
- Airtree (opens in new tab): Explorer
- VCMC (opens in new tab): co-founder with Luca Bonelli and Ryan Hendler
What Blode is
Blode is my surname. blode.co is my personal site. There is no company between me and the things I build. A few tools carry the name because they are house tools: Blode UI, Blode Icons, Blode.md. The rest have their own names.