About us
Building the AI Operating System for the Physical World
We connect data, quoting, and operations for distributors and manufacturers so teams move faster with confidence. Here is who we are, how we think, and why we are building Matterhaul.
We didn’t start Matterhaul because we saw a market opportunity on a slide deck.
We started it because the systems running physical supply chains are fundamentally broken. We’ve worked inside distribution and manufacturing operations. We’ve watched teams re-enter the same order across multiple systems. We’ve seen commitments disappear into inbox threads. Not because people were bad at their jobs — because the software was.
Most enterprise systems were built to record history inside one company. Physical commerce doesn’t work that way. Every order moves across manufacturers, distributors, dealers, and customers. Coordination is the real problem.
That’s what we’re building for. Not another dashboard. Not another copilot. An AI-native operating layer that actually executes operational work across the channel.
Shawn & Stephen, Founders
The opportunity
A massive market that software has never really served well
Industrial distribution and hard goods supply chains have resisted software for decades. Not because the people are slow, but because the tools were wrong.
$12T+
The US physical goods distribution and manufacturing market, and most of it still runs on spreadsheets and siloed software.
$183B
One of the largest software markets in the world, and it is being rebuilt from scratch.
Life at Matterhaul
Building together, in the room.
We are a small team moving quickly, working shoulder-to-shoulder with customers, and making space for the rituals that keep the work human.
How we work
Our operating principles
These aren’t values we aspirationally posted on a wall. They’re how we actually make decisions.
- 01Grounded in the work
- 02Customer obsession
- 03Move with urgency
- 04Ownership over excuses
- 05AI-native thinking
- 06Radical transparency
Based in San Francisco
Our headquarters is in San Francisco. We believe the best ideas happen in the room together and we stay flexible when life demands it.
Help redefine how an entire industry runs
We are hiring founding engineers and operators who want to ship fast and work directly with customers.