# Mathias Biilmann Christensen

> Mathias (Matt) Biilmann Christensen is a Danish-born entrepreneur who went from music journalist to Silicon Valley CEO. He co-founded Netlify in 2014, coined the term 'Jamstack' that reshaped modern web development, and most recently introduced 'Agent Experience (AX)' — the idea that software must be designed not just for humans but for the AI agents that increasingly act on their behalf. Netlify now serves 35 million+ websites and raised $212M total including a $105M Series D in 2021.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-founder at Netlify
- **Organizations:** Netlify, Webpop, BitBalloon, Domestika, Webactiva, Cre8Buzz
- **From:** Denmark
- **Nationality:** Danish
- **Education:** Bachelor of Musicology (with secondary in Comparative Literature), University of Copenhagen (Københavns Universitet)
- **Known for:** Co-founded Netlify, which serves 35 million+ websites globally, Coined the term 'Jamstack' (JavaScript, APIs, Markup) — a term now central to modern web development, Grew Netlify to $33M ARR and a $2B valuation

## Career timeline

- **1990s** — Freelance Music Journalist at Danmarks Radio, Denmark
- **Early 2000s** — Programmer at Webactiva and Cre8Buzz
- **~2007-2011** — Director of Development / CTO at Domestika (Spanish creative startup)
- **~2012-2013** — Founded Webpop, a hosted CMS startup in San Francisco
- **2013-2014** — Founded BitBalloon, a static file hosting service — the direct predecessor to Netlify
- **2014** — Co-founded Netlify (incorporated January 27, 2014, originally as MakerLoop, Inc.) after recruiting childhood friend Christian Bach during a Christmas visit to Denmark when Bach was undergoing cancer treatment
- **2015** — Netlify launched publicly on April 7, 2015; Christian Bach officially joined as co-founder
- **2016** — Coined the term 'Jamstack' publicly on stage at Smashing Magazine's San Francisco conference
- **2016** — Raised $2.1M seed round with backing from GitHub, Heroku, and Rackspace founders, plus Bloomberg Beta
- **2017** — Rebranded the company from MakerLoop to Netlify
- **2017** — Raised $12M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz
- **2018** — Raised $30M Series B led by Kleiner Perkins
- **2020** — Raised $53M Series C led by EQT Ventures
- **2021** — Raised $105M Series D led by Bessemer Venture Partners at $2B valuation; acquired FeaturePeek and OneGraph
- **2022** — Acquired Quirrel (serverless job scheduling)
- **2023** — Acquired Gatsby (Jamstack framework) and Stackbit (visual editing platform)
- **2025** — Published 'Introducing AX: Why Agent Experience Matters' — coined the term 'Agent Experience (AX)' to describe how software must serve AI agents as first-class users
- **2026** — Launched netlify.ai, Netlify's first product built specifically for AI agents; reflected on first year of the AX movement going mainstream with Bessemer and Sequoia adopting the term

## Achievements

- Co-founded Netlify, which serves 35 million+ websites globally
- Coined the term 'Jamstack' (JavaScript, APIs, Markup) — a term now central to modern web development
- Grew Netlify to $33M ARR and a $2B valuation
- Raised $212M total funding across seed through Series D
- Coined 'Agent Experience (AX)' — adopted by Bessemer, Sequoia Capital, and major industry players within a year
- Built Netlify's GPT integration, generating 1,000+ daily deployments from ChatGPT
- Active open-source contributor across multiple programming languages and technology layers
- Netlify Compose conference speaker and host, shaping the web development community

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Published 'AI & Ambition' on biilmann.blog, arguing that AI's real promise is enabling bolder experimentation, not just productivity gains
- **2026-02** — Wrote 'My Bot Got Banned for Being a Bot' — personal AI agent triggered Google account suspension, raising industry questions about automation policies
- **2026-01** — Published 'One Year of AX' reflecting on the Agent Experience movement going mainstream, with Bessemer and Sequoia adopting the term and first AX job postings appearing
- **2025-04** — Wrote '10 Years of Netlify, from Jamstack to Agent Driven Development' marking the platform's decade milestone
- **2025-01** — Launched agentexperience.ax and published 'Introducing AX: Why Agent Experience Matters' — officially coining the AX term
- **2024-10** — Celebrated 5 million developers on Netlify; keynoted Netlify Compose conference in San Francisco

## Links

- Website: http://mathias-biilmann.net
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mathias-biilmann-christensen-a5a3805
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/biilmann
- GitHub: https://github.com/biilmann
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/biilmann.blog
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mathiasch/

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Last updated: 2026-05-25