• South Africa–based entrepreneur Paulo Matos leads AI startup Ageiro, founded in 2025.
• Ageiro raised $3 million in December 2025 to scale its autonomous agent platform.
• The company targets faster execution and productivity gains for organizations of all sizes.

Execution remains a major friction point for many organizations between strategy and outcomes. Paulo Matos is betting on artificial intelligence to close that gap.

Paulo Matos is a South Africa–based technology entrepreneur and the co-founder and chief executive officer of Ageiro. He leads the company’s mission to help organizations transform ideas and operational needs into tangible results using artificial intelligence.

Founded in 2025, Ageiro develops a platform designed to allow companies to execute tasks rapidly on their computers. The platform aims to help teams work faster and more efficiently in order to deliver practical results without unnecessary delays.

The startup positions itself as a productivity and time-saving tool. Ageiro removes long and repetitive steps so teams can focus on core objectives, including turning vision and ideas into actionable outputs. The company targets organizations of all sizes, from small teams to large enterprises, that want to reach objectives without traditional development or digital tool constraints.

In December 2025, Ageiro raised $3 million to accelerate the development of its autonomous agent platform. The company plans to use the funding to strengthen decision-making models, compliance frameworks, and commercial expansion.

Before launching Ageiro, Paulo Matos co-founded Manex Systems in 1995. He served as chief executive officer of the South African technology company until 2001. He graduated from Nelson Mandela University and earned a master’s degree in business management and administration in 2016.

Alongside his entrepreneurial career, Matos held senior roles in several technology companies. In 2001, he joined UK software publisher McGuffie Brunton as product manager and pre-sales director. From 2005 to 2024, he worked at UK-based SYSPRO, where he successively served as business development manager and product director.

This article was initially published in French by Melchior Koba

Adapted in English by Ange Jason de BERRY QUENUM