# Matthew Gould

> Matthew Gould is the Reno-based founder and CEO behind Unstoppable Domains and Unstoppable AI. A Georgia Tech finance graduate who moved through data analysis and operations at Talkable before building Ethereum tools, he co-founded Unstoppable Domains in 2018, led it to a $1 billion valuation in 2022, and has since steered the business from blockchain-only naming toward conventional DNS and consumer AI products.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Unstoppable AI and Unstoppable Domains
- **Organizations:** Unstoppable AI, Unstoppable Domains, Talkable, BuyETHdomain, Browseth
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Finance, Georgia Institute of Technology, Scheller College of Business, Coursework in Monetary Finance, Georgia Institute of Technology
- **Known for:** Co-founded Unstoppable Domains in 2018., Led the company through a $65 million Series A at a reported $1 billion valuation in 2022., Helped take the platform from its early blockchain-domain thesis to millions of registered names.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2018** — Worked in data analysis and served as director of operations at referral-marketing startup Talkable, helping it grow from roughly five to 50 people.
- **2017** — Experimented with early Ethereum smart contracts and non-financial token uses with co-founder Braden Pezeshki, before NFT terminology became widespread.
- **2018** — Received an Ethereum Foundation development grant for Browseth and co-founded Unstoppable Domains.
- **2019** — Introduced the company's early thesis publicly: domains as readable crypto-payment endpoints and user-controlled web identities.
- **2022** — Led a $65 million Series A round at a reported $1 billion valuation, after the company had registered about 2.5 million domains.
- **2023-2024** — Was named on granted U.S. patents covering blockchain-domain resolution and management; the company became an ICANN-accredited registrar in 2024.
- **2025** — Discussed the convergence of conventional DNS and onchain domains, including tokenized trading and digital identity, on DomainSherpa.
- **2026** — Said DNS represented more than 90 percent of the business and expanded the company with Unstoppable.ai, a consumer AI workspace launched alongside the domain registrar.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Unstoppable Domains in 2018.
- Led the company through a $65 million Series A at a reported $1 billion valuation in 2022.
- Helped take the platform from its early blockchain-domain thesis to millions of registered names.
- Received a 2018 Ethereum Foundation development grant for the Browseth developer tool.
- Is named as an inventor on multiple U.S. patents related to resolving, scaling and managing blockchain domains.
- Steered Unstoppable Domains into ICANN-accredited registrar status and launched Unstoppable.ai in 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Launched Unstoppable.ai alongside UnstoppableDomains.com, positioning it as the home for consumer AI products and an agent workspace spanning files, projects, browsers and apps.
- **2026-05** — Appeared on the BeaconLayer Podcast to discuss building a Web3 company without a token, product usability and fundraising.
- **2026-03** — Said conventional DNS domains accounted for more than 90 percent of the company's business and described a continued shift toward the traditional internet market.
- **2026-01** — A patent application naming Gould as co-inventor, covering dynamic blockchain transaction preferences, was published.

## Links

- Website: https://unstoppable.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-gould-7877361/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/mattgould
- GitHub: https://github.com/unstoppabledomains
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/unstoppableweb/

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Last updated: 2026-09-27