Daniel Matar
Apple Design Studio • Frontier AI Technologies Team
Engineer + designer hybrid specializing in prototyping with over 10 years of experience. Currently working to discover the future of human-computer-interaction in the age of ubiquitous artificial general intelligence.
Generative Computing
"The last program ever written will be that which creates other programs"
The second iteration of the Generative UI prototype, this breakthrough garnered widespread excitement throughout Apple, launching significant investment into the space. I lead development of Generative UI at Apple, as the leading expert in the subject.
Model used
GPT-4o
Presented to
300 ppl
Generative Computing
"The last program ever written will be that which creates other programs"
The second iteration of the Generative UI prototype, this breakthrough garnered widespread excitement throughout Apple, launching significant investment into the space. I lead development of Generative UI at Apple, as the leading expert in the subject.
Model used
GPT-4o
Presented to
300 ppl
Generative Computing
"The last program ever written will be that which creates other programs"
The second iteration of the Generative UI prototype, this breakthrough garnered widespread excitement throughout Apple, launching significant investment into the space. I lead development of Generative UI at Apple, as the leading expert in the subject.
Model used
GPT-4o
Presented to
300 ppl
Digital Twin
Fine-tuning a model to contain my memories, personality, and habits. Data from my iPhone, tuned using LORA and local compute (2 Mac Studios), and run on a 7b model (Mistral) that is capable of running inference on edge. Learned everything on the fly.
Project length
2 weeks
Training examples
100k
Digital Twin
Fine-tuning a model to contain my memories, personality, and habits. Data from my iPhone, trained using local compute (2 Mac Studios), and run on a 7b model (Mistral) that is capable of running inference on edge. Learned everything on the fly.
Project length
2 weeks
Training examples
100k
Digital Twin
Fine-tuning a model to contain my memories, personality, and habits. Data from my iPhone, tuned using LORA and local compute (2 Mac Studios), and run on a 7b model (Mistral) that is capable of running inference on edge. Learned everything on the fly.
Project length
2 weeks
Training examples
100k
Personal Deep Research
Imagine “LLM Deep Research,” but pointed inward: the model searches your iPhone’s personal data to answer questions about you.
By pairing on-device retrieval (RAG) with an LLM, this prototype resurrects personal memories on demand and hints at the future of truly personal assistants.
Retrieval system
RAG
Model params
14b
Personal Deep Research
Imagine “LLM Deep Research,” but pointed inward: the model searches your iPhone’s personal data to answer questions about you.
By pairing on-device retrieval (RAG) with an LLM, this prototype resurrects personal memories on demand and hints at the future of truly personal assistants.
Retrieval system
RAG
Model params
14b
Personal Deep Research
Imagine “LLM Deep Research,” but pointed inward: the model searches your iPhone’s personal data to answer questions about you.
By pairing on-device retrieval (RAG) with an LLM, this prototype resurrects personal memories on demand and hints at the future of truly personal assistants.
Retrieval system
RAG
Model params
14b
Engineer plus designer hybrid specializing in
Prototyping
Prototyping
Prototyping
Prototyping
Prototyping
with over
10 years
10 years
10 years
10 years
10 years
of experience.
Currently working in the
Apple Park Design Studio
Apple Park Design Studio
Apple Park Design Studio
Apple Park Design Studio
Apple Park Design Studio
discovering the
future of human
computer interaction
in the age of ubiquitous
Artificial General Intelligence.
Artificial General Intelligence.
Artificial General Intelligence.
Artificial General Intelligence.
Artificial General Intelligence.
Engineer plus designer hybrid specializing in
Prototyping
Prototyping
Prototyping
Prototyping
Prototyping
with over
10 years
10 years
10 years
10 years
10 years
of experience.
Currently working in the
Apple Park Design Studio
Apple Park Design Studio
Apple Park Design Studio
Apple Park Design Studio
Apple Park Design Studio
discovering the
future of human
computer interaction
in the age of ubiquitous
Artificial General Intelligence.
Artificial General Intelligence.
Artificial General Intelligence.
Artificial General Intelligence.
Artificial General Intelligence.
Engineer plus designer hybrid specializing in
Prototyping
Prototyping
Prototyping
Prototyping
Prototyping
with over
10 years
10 years
10 years
10 years
10 years
of experience.
Currently working in the
Apple Park Design Studio
Apple Park Design Studio
Apple Park Design Studio
Apple Park Design Studio
Apple Park Design Studio
discovering the
future of human
computer interaction
in the age of ubiquitous
Artificial General Intelligence.
Artificial General Intelligence.
Artificial General Intelligence.
Artificial General Intelligence.
Artificial General Intelligence.
Skills
Skills
UX Design
iOS Engineering
Full Stack Web
AI APIs
Rapid Prototyping
Human Computer Interaction
Experience demos
Speculative Design
Python
Swift
ARKit
Circuit Design
Arudino
Keynote Speaking
Mentoring
Never Giving Up
+ More
+ More
+ More
Experience
Experience
Machine Learning Engineer — AI Prototyping
Machine Learning Engineer — AI Prototyping
Machine Learning Engineer — AI Prototyping
Apple (Design Studio)
Apple (Design Studio)
Apple (Design Studio)
Mar 2024
Mar 2024
Senior Software Engineer — Apple Vision Pro
Senior Software Engineer — Apple Vision Pro
Senior Software Engineer — Apple Vision Pro
Apple (VPG)
Apple (VPG)
Apple (VPG)
Jan 2021
Jan 2021
Software Engineer — VideoApps
Software Engineer — VideoApps
Software Engineer — VideoApps
Apple (Services)
Apple (Services)
Apple (Services)
Jun 2019
Jun 2019
Emerging Technologies Engineer
Emerging Technologies Engineer
Emerging Technologies Engineer
The Ohio State University
The Ohio State University
The Ohio State University
Jan 2018
Jan 2018
Cloud Engineer Intern
Cloud Engineer Intern
Cloud Engineer Intern
Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble
May 2018
May 2018
UI/UX Designer
UI/UX Designer
UI/UX Designer
School Apps USA
School Apps USA
School Apps USA
Jun 2016
Jun 2016
Your questions,
answered
Your questions,
answered
What is an Engineer/Design hybrid?
What’s your superpower as a hybrid?
Do you prefer working solo or with a team?
What is an Engineer/Design hybrid?
What’s your superpower as a hybrid?
Do you prefer working solo or with a team?
What is an Engineer/Design hybrid?
What’s your superpower as a hybrid?
Do you prefer working solo or with a team?