Rory Garton-Smith

About Me

AI researcher / founder / angel investor in SF.

Building Mate. Solving ecom for the agentic era. We're plugged into 200k ecom stores and now serving 100 million US shoppers annually with 12B live intent signals. Backed by Google Ventures and a dozen other brilliant VCs.

Also rolling out OpenStock. An easy way for agents to plug into the Mate network of stores.

I studied Law and Engineering and hold a J.D. and M.D.s. + I wrote a research master's thesis in machine learning applications for medicine.

I build companies, invest in health, population and longevity focused startups, and write about law, tech, economics and physics.

I also host Those Who Build, a little channel and podcast where I sit down with my most interesting founder friends.

Pasionate hybrid athlete. In 2027 competing in: Hyrox Miami (Men's pro solo), Mott Street Mile NYC, Abbot Kinney One LA, United Half Marathon, and the SF Triathlon.

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▶Featured in the press

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