# Olof Mathé

> Olof Mathé is the San Francisco-based co-founder and founding CEO of Mixmax, now branded Mixmax AI, and the founder of Art Hack Day. His career spans McKinsey, Skype and Inkling Habitat, alongside collaborative computer art, installations and writing.

- **Role:** Co-founder at Mixmax AI; founding CEO (former)
- **Organizations:** Mixmax AI, Art Hack Day, Inkling, Skype / Microsoft, McKinsey & Company, Global Math Circle, San Francisco chapter
- **Education:** Studied engineering physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Studied engineering physics, École polytechnique, Studied philosophy of science, École normale supérieure
- **Known for:** Co-founded Mixmax and led it as founding CEO., Led the team that built Inkling Habitat., Founded Art Hack Day, a collaborative computer-art event held in multiple countries.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2014** — Worked at McKinsey and Skype, then led the team building Inkling Habitat.
- **2013** — Collaborated on Smooch Booth in Stockholm and a digital artist Facebook-profile auction in Berlin.
- **2014** — Co-founded Mixmax with Brad Vogel and Chanpory Rith; served as founding CEO.
- **2015** — Mixmax launched publicly after a private beta.
- **2019** — Discussed more than 10,000 customers and over $5 million in annual recurring revenue on the SaaS Podcast.
- **2025** — Announced the November 19 relaunch as Mixmax AI with three AI copilots.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Mixmax and led it as founding CEO.
- Led the team that built Inkling Habitat.
- Founded Art Hack Day, a collaborative computer-art event held in multiple countries.
- Contributed an Art Hack Day chapter to the Routledge book Art Hack Practice.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Argued in a LinkedIn post that sales plans should focus on deciding and executing the next useful action rather than increasing activity.
- **2025-11** — Announced Mixmax AI with Inbox, Meeting and Engagement copilots.

## Links

- Website: https://olofmathe.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olofmathe
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/olofster
- GitHub: https://github.com/olofster

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Last updated: 2026-10-23