# Jonathan Matus

> Jonathan Matus is an entrepreneur who co-founded Zendrive and founded Fairmatic, the commercial auto insurance business renamed LEEO in December 2025. After work on Android at Google and Facebook’s mobile platform, he applied smartphone data to driving safety and insurance pricing. Based in Sintra, Portugal, his current public profiles also identify him as founder and CEO of The Inner Circle Group and Accelerando.AI.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at The Inner Circle Group and Accelerando.AI; founder of Fairmatic (now LEEO)
- **Organizations:** The Inner Circle Group, Accelerando.AI, Fairmatic (now LEEO), Zendrive, Google, Facebook, Redpoint Ventures, Boston Consulting Group
- **From:** New York, United States
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree; studied AI and neuroscience, graduated cum laude with an honors thesis on artificial intelligence, Harvard University, Boston University
- **Known for:** Co-founded driving-analytics business Zendrive., Founded Fairmatic, which announced $88 million in financing across its 2022 Series A and 2023 Series B., Helped launch Android in North America and Asia and worked on Facebook mobile.

## Career timeline

- **2005** — Worked as a consultant at Boston Consulting Group.
- **2007-2011** — Worked at Google on speech recognition and Android product marketing, including North America and Asia launches.
- **Before 2013** — Worked on Facebook’s mobile platform and was an entrepreneur in residence at Redpoint Ventures.
- **2013** — Co-founded Zendrive with Pankaj Risbood.
- **2022** — Fairmatic emerged publicly with a $42 million Series A. Zendrive announced Matus’s transition to chairman and founding CEO of Fairmatic, with Risbood becoming Zendrive CEO.
- **2023** — Fairmatic raised $46 million in a Battery Ventures-led Series B, bringing announced financing to $88 million.
- **2024** — Intuit agreed to acquire Zendrive technology; its subsequent update dates closing to July 11, 2024.
- **2025** — Left the Fairmatic CEO role; the company announced a transition to Chief AI Leader and Jeffrey Chen’s appointment as CEO.
- **2025-12** — Fairmatic relaunched as LEEO.
- **2026** — Public profiles list founder and CEO roles at The Inner Circle Group and Accelerando.AI.

## Achievements

- Co-founded driving-analytics business Zendrive.
- Founded Fairmatic, which announced $88 million in financing across its 2022 Series A and 2023 Series B.
- Helped launch Android in North America and Asia and worked on Facebook mobile.
- Graduated cum laude from Harvard with an honors thesis on artificial intelligence.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — At research time, his LinkedIn profile identifies an Accelerando.AI affiliation and a Sintra, Portugal location; The Inner Circle Group website lists him as founder and CEO of both organizations. This is an observation date, not a verified appointment date.
- **2025-12** — Fairmatic relaunched as LEEO under CEO Jeffrey Chen on December 15.
- **2025-08** — Fairmatic announced that Matus would leave the CEO role and transition to Chief AI Leader, with Jeffrey Chen becoming CEO.

## Links

- Website: https://about.me/jonathanmatus
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmatus/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/matusjon

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Last updated: 2026-10-22