Products.
Systems.
Experiments.
I'm Matt, co-founder of Zero Nine. I build digital systems that put AI to work on real world tasks.
Administration, procurement and personal data.
A service concierge over iMessage, WhatsApp or text. From plumbers to accountants and mortgage brokers, Paul contacts businesses, gathers quotes and helps organise the service you choose.
Product direction, system design and implementation
Procurement value tracking built on shared definitions, connected operational data and consistent performance reporting.
Analytics engineering and solutions development
Agentic invoice validation against contract terms and agreed rates. Built to identify mismatches and focus human review.
System design, data engineering and implementation
A personal data system connecting services, preserving source records and delivering data to applications.
System design and implementation
I turn business processes into working AI systems. At Zero Nine, I lead product strategy, system design and client delivery, combining business knowledge with data and software engineering.
Five years in commercial and procurement. Technical leadership across business systems. Internal consulting and value measurement. I bring that experience to automating administration with AI agents.
Studies in computer science, economics and finance, followed by hands-on work in administration, analytics and software engineering. At Zero Nine, I bring that experience together to automate administration.
Deep experience in analytics, data engineering, business systems and automation. I build full-stack applications and AI systems, choosing tools to suit the problem.
2025–presentCo-founder, Zero NineProduct strategy, system design and client delivery.
2019–presentHancock Iron OreAdministration, commercial and procurement analytics, internal productivity consulting, and systems development.
2018–2019Independent digital marketingContent, experimentation and reporting.
2015–2017Electronic music & eventsDirector of Reason Promotions; treasurer, then president of Curtin's Electronic Music Appreciation Society.
What I built. What I contributed.
I lead product direction and system design, and build the implementation. Paul turns a message about a service you need into enquiries to businesses, quotes to compare and help organising your chosen service. Whether you need a plumber, accountant or mortgage broker, Paul handles the searching and coordination. Join the waitlist at trypaul.ai.
Explore PaulI built shared value definitions and reporting for procurement teams to track outcomes consistently across operational systems. The work combined data integration with value measurement in Power BI, SQL, Python and Databricks. Internal data and interfaces remain private.
AI proposes matches between invoice charges and contract rate lines. Confirmed mappings can be reused, while pricing is checked with deterministic calculations. I am extending the validation to supporting records, including swipe-card data, to give reviewers the evidence behind each exception. In development.
I am building Indy from the data connections through to storage and delivery. One system for collecting personal data and making it available to applications. In development.
Building with AI. Engineering the data. Making it work in a business.
Smart scale + smartwatch + calorie and macro tracking + walking. How I lost 12.6 kg.
Model routing balances cost, speed and intelligence by matching each request to the capability it needs.
My agent setup, the skills behind it, and a practical way to get better work from cheaper models.
AI can handle routine administration. The bigger opportunity is giving administrators control over exceptions, quality and how the work gets done.
