Matt Hawes is a founding Principal at Ex/Ante who co-authors thought leadership on digital memory and AI governance, notably the essay "You don't own your memory," which frames how AI agents and infrastructure should safeguard individuals' digital memory and autonomy rather than centralize control in large platforms. He combines a background in Harvard psychology and computer science with prior work at Bain, Insight, and 645 Ventures to invest in early-stage AI and infrastructure companies from both a human-behavior and systems perspective.
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Ex/Ante is the first venture fund explicitly dedicated to agentic technology—tools that advance individuals' control over their privacy, data, and assets to counter surveillance capitalism and support democratic resilience. The fund combines unusually deep regulatory expertise from team members like former FinCEN Acting Director Michael Mosier with hands-on experience building privacy and AI systems at companies like Meta and Google, focusing on Pre-Seed and Seed investments in companies developing deepfake detection, data security, and self-custody technologies.
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