# Matthew Kyawmyint > Founding engineer in Davis, California, building AI for colleges and their students. Previously helped build and scale products at AWS and several startups. Pronounced "Jaw-me-int". ## About - [Home page](https://www.matthewkyawmyint.com/): short bio, work history and contact. - Current: founding engineer at Protagonist (Humanist Venture Studio), 2025 to now, building AI for colleges and their students. - Before: early-stage AI startups (contract), Workmaps (founding engineer), Everest AI (senior software engineer), Ethos, Amazon Web Services (AWS Console). Cofounded Japa (smart parking, UC Davis). - [Self-test](https://www.matthewkyawmyint.com/checks/): in-browser checks against the home page, with a switch that plants two bugs. ## Contact - [Email](mailto:hi@matthewkyawmyint.com) - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewkyawmyint)