Matthew MacSharon
Toronto, Canada  ·  since 1999

Carpenter, designer, inventor, technologist, fabricator.

Twenty five years of making things fit. The material keeps changing. The way I look at a problem does not.

Portfolio  ·  by area

Now

What is on the bench.

Everything on the table right now, with an honest label on each. Some of it is running, some is not built yet, and it says which.

Software

The platform

Final audits underway. Every claim measured rather than assumed, before any of it goes out.

Getting ready to launch
Software

Nina

A private assistant that runs on hardware you own and keeps its memory there.

Building
Hardware

The key

Identity in one object, tied to a real passport. It cannot be cloned, stolen, or moved to another device.

Prototyping
Hardware

The mesh

Devices find each other and move files directly, encrypted, with no company holding a copy. A stalled transfer resumes from the exact byte.

Working
Hardware

Mesh communicators

Off grid messaging for the places a network does not reach. Dive operations, expeditions, remote crews.

Coming soon
Infrastructure

Private infrastructure

Your data under your own key. No back door, and no switch anyone can flip. Runs on our metal, on yours, or offline.

Running
Infrastructure

The isolated dev network

Testing everything without ever watching a real user. The awkwardness of that is the point.

Running
Trade

Barworks

Restaurant management, with Lambo Construction handling the team and the floor. The platform underneath, not the front.

In design
Trade

Built work

Bar and restaurant fit-out in Toronto. Millwork, lighting, and the joinery underneath it.

Taking jobs
Design

Toronto apparel

Premium blanks made in Toronto, carrying the orange stitch mark. A platform for designers, not a fashion label.

In design
Software

The network

A place for people to build on, and to find the trades they need. No charge to list, and a listing stays as long as it is real.

Next
Teaching

Talks

Monthly, in person, small rooms. Building with AI without handing your work to someone else's server.

Running
The short version

How I got here.

Twenty five years in the trades. Carpentry, painting, lighting, commercial builds. At twenty four I invented a tool-less connection system and a compound forty five degree structural joint. That was the first time I understood that the thing in front of me was not the only way it could be done.

Everything since has been that same instinct pointed at different material. Wood, then metal, then software. The lens does not change when the material does.

All of it is about bringing people together, working with the best, and making room for someone else to do their best work. I am always looking for people who want to build the next thing.

Contact

Say what you are trying to make.

Built work, software, or something you cannot quite place yet. Write to me and I will tell you honestly whether I can help. If I cannot, I will tell you who can.