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Speaker · Founder · Operator

I build software companies and talk about what happens next.

Founder of Runpoint. I speak about AI, the new economics of building software, and the operator-engineers reshaping companies.

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Keynotes & workshops
  1. 01The Wild Economics of the SaaSpocalypseIn developmentWhat happens when owning software becomes cheaper than renting it?Keynote →
  2. 02The Operator-Engineer for CEOsHow CEOs turn AI capability into time back, better workflow design, and safe operating leverage.Executive →
  3. 03Why 95% of AI Projects FailA five-step fix built around portfolios, operator-engineers, and gravel-road prototypes.Keynote →
  4. 04The Operator-EngineerWhy services companies have never had a bigger advantage.Talk →

For fun

Software I never would have built before AI.

Small, useful things I can build over a weekend now—because the cost of following an interesting idea has collapsed.

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Community I hostOverflow

A curated community for the best AI agencies and consultants, hosted by Sam.

Meet the community
  1. 01Chrome Prioritizer

    A new-tab priority dashboard with scheduled site blocking.

  2. 02Goings-On

    A cleaner answer to what is happening in Austin tonight.

  3. 03Fakeble

    A Pi-first workflow for putting different coding agents in the same working session.

  4. 04MillworkShield

    Contract review built for the shop side of commercial millwork.

  5. 05GigGrid

    A collaborative workspace for bands to manage songs, schedules, and setlists.

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About

I co-founded Mutual Mobile and Jog.ai. I have built and sold software companies, and I am now building Runpoint.

I speak from the operator's side: starting companies, shipping products, running teams, and living with what happens after the demo.

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The podcast

Runpoint Partners

Sam Gaddis and Matthew Hall talk with the people doing the work—what is useful now, what is overhyped, and how AI is changing the economics of software and business.

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Latest episodeLocal Models, Open Weights, and AI Sovereignty: A Practitioner RoundtableWatch on YouTube

Writing

Writing & field notes

Recent conversations, field notes, and ideas from the current AI cycle, gathered in one place.

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