Matt Shumer is a technology entrepreneur and investor who co-founded OthersideAI in 2020, which later gave rise to HyperWrite, an AI-assisted writing tool. Matt Shumer's Twitter Score is 296 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of September 2026, ranking #1,112 (top 0.5%) among 486,860 tracked accounts.
Matt Shumer co-founded OthersideAI and previously served as CEO of HyperWrite, roles through which he spent several years building in the AI space. He currently works at Alpha School and serves as a general partner at Shumer Capital. In February 2026, he authored a widely circulated AI essay titled "Something Big is Coming," which drew significant attention across the AI community. In 2024, he faced criticism for promoting an open-source AI model that researchers found did not live up to its performance claims; he later apologized publicly.
Matt Shumer has built a following of 386,021 on the platform, with 11,237 posts published to date. He has been mentioned by 111 accounts, with 176 total mentions.
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