Matt Turck

Career

Early in Turck's career, Turck co-founded TripleHop Technologies, an enterprise AI search startup that Oracle acquired, and then worked as an executive at Oracle. Before joining FirstMark, Turck was a Managing Director at Bloomberg Ventures, the incubation and venture arm of Bloomberg LP, which Turck helped start.²

At FirstMark, Turck invests in early-stage companies, mostly at the seed and Series A stages, with a focus on enterprise software and a long-running interest in data, machine learning and AI, from infrastructure to applications.¹²

Channel and publications

Turck has published the MAD Landscape, a market map of the machine learning, AI and data ecosystem, as an annual publication since 2012, each edition paired with a long overview post on mattturck.com. Recent editions include the 2023 landscape, "Full Steam Ahead" for 2024 and "Bubble & Build" for 2025.²³⁴⁵

Turck also hosts The MAD Podcast, a weekly interview show with founders, researchers and technical leaders about frontier models, agents and AI infrastructure, and organizes Data Driven NYC, a roughly monthly in-person meetup in New York on data and AI startups.⁶¹

Work and contributions

• The MAD Podcast with Matt Turck Show, channel or publication

  Hosts a roughly weekly podcast with CEOs, founders, researchers, and heads of AI.¹

• The MAD Landscape Show, channel or publication

  Publishes an annual market map and state-of-the-union post on the machine learning, data, and AI ecosystem.¹

Timeline

1. 2012Began publishing the MAD Landscape, an annual market map of the data and AI ecosystem.²
2. Feb 21, 2023Published the 2023 MAD (Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence & Data) Landscape.³
3. Mar 31, 2024Published "Full Steam Ahead: The 2024 MAD (Machine Learning, AI & Data) Landscape".⁴
4. Oct 28, 2025Published "Bubble & Build: The 2025 MAD (Machine Learning, AI & Data) Landscape".⁵

Other documented roles

Roles the sources document that are not confirmed as current.

• Managing Director (helped start the unit), Bloomberg Ventures²
• Co-founder (acquired by Oracle), TripleHop Technologies²

Where they work

• FirstMark 1 person in the wiki

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