Category Visionaries

Matt Butcher, CEO of Fermyon: $26 Million Raised to Power the Future of WebAssembly

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Matt Butcher, CEO of Fermyon, a web assembly company that’s raised $26 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Matt’s background as a PhD in Philosophy, and the mistake that led him to learn coding in high school Working in HP and several other companies, including Microsoft Fermyon’s inception, and how it sells to developers as the easiest way to go from a blinking cursor to a deployed application in two minutes or less Matt's thoughts on the difference between a manager and a leader The advantages of starting a startup with a mature team, developing a pattern of boldness, and the importance of Matt’s mentor

Broadcast on:: 29 Aug 2023

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Matt Butcher, CEO of Fermyon, a web assembly company that’s raised $26 Million in funding.

Topics Discussed:

Matt’s background as a PhD in Philosophy, and the mistake that led him to learn coding in high school
Working in HP and several other companies, including Microsoft
Fermyon’s inception, and how it sells to developers as the easiest way to go from a blinking cursor to a deployed application in two minutes or less
Matt's thoughts on the difference between a manager and a leader
The advantages of starting a startup with a mature team, developing a pattern of boldness, and the importance of Matt’s mentor