Matei Anghel

Building products
at the intersection
of AI & design.

Currently finishing my Bachelor's. Incoming Master's student at the University of Amsterdam. Focused on finishing my thesis and building side projects.

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The Background

I'm a final year BS student with a deep interest in AI, product design and user experience. Next year, I'll be moving to Amsterdam to deepen my knowledge in Human-Computer Interaction at UvA.

Tech Stack

  • TypeScript / React / Next.js
  • Python / Kotlin / SQL
  • Firebase / Supabase / AI

Honors

  • 1st Place Google AI Hackathon
  • Finalist Innovation Labs '25
  • YC Startup School 2024

Education &
Experience

June 2024 – Present

Data Management Expert

ING Hubs · Software Engineering / Data Tools

Built dbKit, an internal AI toolkit for data team workflows, and developed DeskReserve, a desk-booking system with real-time availability and custom Firestore security rules. Also created a Flutter subscription-management proof of concept during an internal hackathon and managed data flows, reporting, specifications, data-quality rules, and stakeholder alignment with NL Finance.

March 2025 – July 2025

Co-founder & CEO

Truffle

Led a five-member team developing a local AI copilot plugin for data teams. Reached the Innovation Labs finals, was shortlisted for investment by Early Game Ventures, and ran demos with PPC, Auchan, and BRD.

September 2023 - June 2026

Bachelor of Computer Science

ASE University Bucharest

Bucharest, RO

Contributions

Last 12 months of activity

Matei's GitHub Contributions

Data from @matei-anghel

Selected Projects

Next.js OpenRouter AI Safety

DystopiaBench

Open-source AI safety benchmark for multi-turn coercion testing of LLMs, with a stateful evaluation pipeline and interactive dashboard. Secured a $5k grant from AISTOF, attracted interest from Dan Hendrycks, and drove 300k+ views across social platforms.

React TanStack Supabase

Artificial Minds

AI chat platform enabling conversations with AI clones of startup founders. Built the scalable backend with TanStack Query and Supabase Edge Functions.

React Gemini Tailwind

Mira

AI marketing platform with virtual try-on and ad creative generation. Implemented image processing pipelines and a modular React architecture.

Electron WebRTC Firebase

Notto

Cross-platform invisible AI assistant with meeting notes, dictation, and always-on-top chat, using glass UI, global shortcuts, and low-latency speech-to-text. Architected persistence with SQLite, Firestore sync, Cloud Functions for OAuth and Stripe, and OpenRouter for LLM access.

Python FastAPI Playwright Mistral

MarvOS

Windows AI desktop agent capable of screen interaction, UI control, browsing, and multi-step task execution. Architected as a local desktop app with FastAPI, WebSockets, pywebview, and Playwright automation.

Robotics GPT-4

Scio

AI-powered robot that teaches English to kids using GPT-4 and computer vision.

JS HTML CSS WIP

Fintrix

Stock analysis platform for the Romanian market.

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Matei Anghel

Currently exploring safety evaluation frameworks for AI agents deployed in complex systems, emerging interfaces for human-machine interaction, and the broader future of human-AI coexistence.

Links

GitHub • LinkedIn • Resume • Email

Work

Research Intern @ Center for AI Safety (July 2026 - September 2026)
Data Management Expert II @ ING Hubs (June 2024 - May 2026)

Built dbKit (AI toolkit for data teams), DeskReserve (desk booking system), led customer data flow migration

Co-founder & CEO @ Truffle (March – July 2025)

Local AI copilot for data teams; Innovation Labs finalist

Selected projects

DystopiaBench — red-team safety benchmark for harmful-intent detection under progressive escalation and scope creep

Artificial Minds — talk to clones of legendary founders

Notto — meeting notetaker, dictation & chat overlay

MarvOS — desktop agent that controls your Windows machine (task-based interface concept)

Fintrix — stock analysis platform for the Romanian market

Education

BSc Computer Science — ASE University Bucharest (2023–2026)

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