Matthew Sim

About

I learned how to sell before I learned how to code. At 17, I was knocking on doors in Virginia selling solar — cold calls, cold weather, cold rejections. Before that, I bootstrapped Virginia Velocity Esports from nothing into a company with B2B partnerships with Epic Games and Quest Nutrition. No funding. No network. Just relentless execution and an understanding that distribution is the real product. That background — gamification, community psychology, and face-to-face selling — is what I brought into AI. Today I'm building Operator Uplift: a local-first AI agent operating system. The thesis is simple but unpopular — your AI should run on your device, not on someone else's server. Your data stays with you. Your agents answer to you. No API middleman. No corporate surveillance. We've built a functioning agent OS with a Solana Agent Store integration, meaning users can discover, run, and transact with AI agents on-chain. The early results: → 93% user retention → 300+ active beta users → 2,500+ community members → $2M+ in processed volume I'm currently in the Colosseum pre-accelerator (Superteam x NS grant) and am an official Superteam Malaysia member. The product is live. The commu

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