# Mat Velloso (slim)

> Mat Velloso is chief Product Officer at Docker. Docker Agent and Docker Model Runner on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Chief Product Officer, Docker.

Mat Velloso joined Docker as chief product officer in August 2026. He spent 15 years at Microsoft in engineering, developer relations and customer roles, including as an adviser to the CTO and later the CEO, then led developer growth for Google AI Studio and helped shape API strategy for Meta's AI models.

## What Mat builds

- [Docker Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/docker-agent.md), graded BB, 76.6/100, in Agent frameworks & SDKs. Docker's open-source runtime for building and running AI agents from YAML or HCL files, formerly cagent. It runs as a `docker agent` CLI plugin with a terminal UI, headless mode, HTTP, MCP and A2A servers, and a Go library. Chief Product Officer, Docker, researched 2026-10-28.
- [Docker Model Runner](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/docker-model-runner.md), graded C, 57.2/100, in Local AI. Docker's open-source tool for pulling and running open models from Docker Hub, OCI registries or Hugging Face. It runs through Docker Desktop, Docker Engine or a standalone `dmr` binary, with local OpenAI-, Anthropic- and Ollama-compatible APIs. Chief Product Officer, Docker, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Don Johnson](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/don-johnson/), CEO, Docker
- [Kamel Founadi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/kamel-founadi/), Co-founder, dotCloud (now Docker)
- [Mark Cavage](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mark-cavage/), President and Chief Operating Officer, Docker
- [Sebastien Pahl](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sebastien-pahl/), Co-founder, dotCloud (now Docker)
- [Solomon Hykes](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/solomon-hykes/), Founder, Docker, left day-to-day operations in March 2018
- [Tushar Jain](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tushar-jain/), Chief Technology Officer, Docker

## Backed by

- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)
- [Greylock](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/greylock/)
- [Benchmark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/benchmark/)
- [Insight Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/insight-partners/)
- [Tribe Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tribe-capital/)
- [Bain Capital Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bain-capital-ventures/)
- [Atlassian](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/atlassian/)
- [Citi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/citi/)
- [Vertex](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/vertex/)
- [Four Rivers](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/four-rivers/)

## Questions

### Who is Mat Velloso?

Mat Velloso joined Docker as chief product officer in August 2026. He spent 15 years at Microsoft in engineering, developer relations and customer roles, including as an adviser to the CTO and later the CEO, then led developer growth for Google AI Studio and helped shape API strategy for Meta's AI models.

### What does Docker, Docker, Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists Docker Agent and Docker Model Runner from Docker, Docker, Inc..

### Who has invested in Docker, Docker, Inc.?

The sources our research read name Y Combinator, Greylock, Benchmark, Insight Partners, Tribe Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Atlassian, Citi, Vertex and Four Rivers.

### How are Mat's tools graded?

Docker Agent is graded BB, 76.6 out of 100; Docker Model Runner is graded C, 57.2 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/docker
- https://www.docker.com/
- https://www.docker.com/support/
- https://www.docker.com/company/

These are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched.