# Matt Wytock

> Matt Wytock is the founder and CEO of Gridmatic, an electricity company applying machine learning to trading, storage and clean energy supply. His background includes Google Search and Ads, a Carnegie Mellon machine-learning doctorate, and published work on forecasting and optimization.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Gridmatic
- **Organizations:** Gridmatic, Google, Carnegie Mellon University, Stanford University
- **Education:** BS, Computer Science, University of California, San Diego, PhD, Machine Learning, Carnegie Mellon University
- **Known for:** Created Keywordless Ads, also known as Dynamic Search Ads, at Google., Earned a PhD in Machine Learning at Carnegie Mellon., Coauthored published work on energy forecasting, source separation and optimization modeling.

## Career timeline

- **2005-2015** — Worked at Google; publicly listed as Senior Staff Software Engineer.
- **2013** — Published energy forecasting and energy-disaggregation research with Zico Kolter.
- **2016** — Completed machine-learning dissertation at Carnegie Mellon and coauthored the cvxflow optimization paper.
- **2016-2017** — Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University, according to public professional profiles.
- **2017** — Founded Gridmatic.
- **2023** — Gridmatic launched retail energy supply for commercial customers.

## Achievements

- Created Keywordless Ads, also known as Dynamic Search Ads, at Google.
- Earned a PhD in Machine Learning at Carnegie Mellon.
- Coauthored published work on energy forecasting, source separation and optimization modeling.
- Founded and leads Gridmatic.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Gridmatic Retail announced an ERCG price-competitiveness award and reported more than 1,600 commercial and industrial customers signed over two years.
- **2026-06** — Gridmatic published its inaugural CAISO Storage Report covering 2024-2025.
- **2025-12** — Gridmatic published an analysis of Endurance Park and Cross Trails battery performance against real-time arbitrage benchmarks.

## Links

- Website: https://www.gridmatic.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mwytock
- GitHub: https://github.com/mwytock

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Last updated: 2026-10-14