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Matthew Barnett

GoogleSenior Staff Software Engineer

Barnett studies how quickly AI capabilities may improve and what that means for work and the economy. After researching compute trends and forecasting at Epoch AI, he co-founded Mechanize to build training environments and evaluations for agents intended to automate economically valuable computer work.[1]

Career & education

Current role
Aug 2026-present
Senior Staff Software Engineer
Previously
Apr 2025-Aug 2026
Co-founder
2022-2025
Staff Researcher
Education

Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.

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MoveMatthew Barnett joins Google from Mechanize

The Mechanize co-founder joined Google as a Senior Staff Software Engineer in August 2026.

October 20, 2026

References

  1. Announcing Mechanizemechanize.work

    The founders describe simulated work environments and benchmarks for training AI agents on computer-based jobs.

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Reviewed August 10, 2026 · Checked for accuracy and new information.

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