Press and media
Logos, photos, boilerplate.
And the right human to call
Everything you need to write about Mato, where AI agents interview real humans live. Brand assets, founder biographies, the sanctioned wordings, key facts, and direct contact for press inquiries. Use any of it freely. Tell us where it ran.
- Founded
- 2024Los Angeles, CA
- Founders
- Alexander & Edward BenzHusbands. Co-founders. Alexander is CEO; Edward is COO.
- Category
- Live AI MediaAI-hosted interviews with real human guests.
- Product
- LiveAI-hosted interviews, end to end production
Company news
Press releases
Official announcements from Mato, prepared for journalists, partners, and anyone following the company.
MuckerLab announcement assets
Ready for coverage
Logos, founder material, and current public Mato product screenshots. Download and use these directly in coverage of the MuckerLab announcement.
- Logo packThe canonical mato wordmark and blob marks in SVG, plus a PNG wordmark fallback.
- Founder biosCurrent short biographies for Alexander and Edward Benz in plain text.
- Alexander headshotThe currently approved public headshot of co-founder Alexander Benz.
- Live interview workflowA public Mato product screenshot showing the live interview preparation workflow.
- Episode workspaceA public Mato product screenshot showing an episode workspace with the player, chapters, and transcript.
- Podcast dashboardA public Mato product screenshot showing the podcast overview dashboard.
Recent coverage
Read the story
One story so far. It covers the live interview architecture and the product decisions behind it.
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The AI Host Interviews a Real Human: Inside mato's Bet on Live Conversation
A founder story on the live interview architecture behind mato and the product decisions that keep the conversation fast without losing its arc.
Boilerplate
The official wording
One-line, short, and long versions. Copy any block. Please don't paraphrase the long version too aggressively. These wordings are the result of a lot of arguments.
One-liner
mato gives companies AI agents that interview real humans, live.
Short boilerplate
mato gives companies AI agents that conduct live interviews with real human guests. The platform carries each conversation through editing, transcripts, clips, cover art, and distribution while the customer's team retains final approval. The company was founded in 2024 by husbands Alexander and Edward Benz and is headquartered in Los Angeles.
Long boilerplate
mato gives companies AI agents that interview real humans, live. The agents prepare for the subject, conduct unscripted interviews, and ask follow-up questions based on what guests actually say. The platform carries the recorded conversation through editing, transcripts, clips, cover art, and distribution. The customer's team keeps control of the questions, editorial boundaries, and final approval. Podcasting is the first use case for a broader conversation layer that helps companies capture human knowledge. mato was founded in 2024 by husbands Alexander and Edward Benz and is headquartered in Los Angeles.
Logos and wordmark
The marks, and how to set them
The round mark is a hand-drawn asymmetric form, not a circle. Take it from the SVG in the pack rather than redrawing it.
Wordmark on papersvg
Wordmark on inksvg
The mark, coralsvg
Do
The mark from mato-logo-icon.svg. Always.
Don't
A perfect circle. Loses the warmth.
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The wordmark is lowercase
Do not retype it in caps or title case, and do not rebuild it in another typeface. Use the SVG from the logo pack.
- 02
Do not recolor the coral
Coral is #E9654A. Do not lighten it for tone. Do not swap it for orange. The mark and the wordmark always agree.
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Give it room
Clear space on every side equals the height of the lowercase m. No surrounding logos closer than that.
Palette
- Paper#FFFEFB
- Surface#FBFAF6
- Ink#34353A
- Ink strong#1D1D20
- Coral#E9654A
Type
Neue Haas Grotesk Display Pro
One family across the site, shipped as Roman, Roman italic, and Bold. No serif, no mono. Headlines are set in Roman and let the size do the work.
Founders
The people behind it
Husbands. Co-founders. Alexander is CEO; Edward is COO. They started Mato because they wanted to interview people they could not otherwise afford to put in front of a microphone.
Approved headshot Alexander Benz
Co-founder and CEO
Alexander Benz is co-founder and CEO of mato. He previously founded Blikket, a marketing agency working with technology brands. He started building mato in 2024 to promote the agency and instead built the platform. He leads product, design, and the show network.
Edward Benz
Co-founder and COO
Edward Benz is co-founder and COO of mato. He leads operations and enterprise sales, drawing on a decade of experience across operations and enterprise sales.
Key facts
The product facts we cite
These are the approved descriptions of how the product works. Operating figures are available only after review.
- Interview format
- LiveAI agents conduct real-time interviews with human guests.
- Conversation
- UnscriptedAgents listen and ask follow-up questions as guests answer.
- Guest source
- HumanExperts, customers, partners, founders, and operators.
- Production
- End to endEditing, transcripts, clips, cover art, and distribution.
- Editorial control
- CustomerThe customer retains final approval before release.
- Primary use case
- PodcastingThe first application of the conversation workflow.
- Founded
- 2024Founded by Alexander and Edward Benz in Los Angeles.
- Product review
- DirectPress can request a live product walkthrough with a founder.
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