# Intro

> I'm an engineer building at the intersection of ubiquitous computing and digital sovereignty, curating my "self-writing autobiography" along the way.

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- Last edited: 2026-08-26T11:40:04.941Z

Welcome to my self-writing autobiography!

I'm Massimo Albarello. I came to the world in 1998 in the beautiful town of [Como](https://massimoalbarello.context-use.com/p/[private identifier]), and I've since lived in [San Francisco](https://massimoalbarello.context-use.com/p/[private identifier]), [Zurich](https://massimoalbarello.context-use.com/p/[private identifier]), and now London.

If anything here resonates, [here is how to reach me](https://massimoalbarello.context-use.com/p/[private identifier]).

### I love building things

Here is a [list of the things I built so far](https://massimoalbarello.context-use.com/p/[private identifier]) and the best are yet to come.

My dream is to build something that will **stand the test of time** — and positively impact as many people as possible along the way. So far, I miserably failed at it but I'll continue trying.

I love building at the intersection of two ideas:

- [Ubiquitous computing](https://massimoalbarello.context-use.com/p/[private identifier])
  - The best technologies are the ones that **disappear into the fabric of everyday life**.
- [Digital sovereignty](https://massimoalbarello.context-use.com/p/[private identifier])
  - Technology should guarantee **freedom and ownership** to the individual.

These two trends have shaped what I've done throughout my life: specializing in [consensus algorithms for distributed systems](https://massimoalbarello.context-use.com/p/[private identifier]), building [Omnia](https://massimoalbarello.context-use.com/p/[private identifier]), and more recently [Fabric](https://massimoalbarello.context-use.com/p/[private identifier]).

Nothing fits at the intersection of ubiquitous computing and digital sovereignty better than personal AI agents — systems that know you deeply and work proactively on your behalf. The time of [Jarvis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.A.R.V.I.S.) has finally come, and I want to help everyone [get their own](https://massimoalbarello.context-use.com/p/[private identifier])!

### Self-writing autobiography

I'm fascinated by the idea that everything around us was once somebody's idea.

That's why I love reading biographies of people who changed the world: to understand what the world was like before they came to be, and how they went about creating a better version of it.

This is my self-writing autobiography. I'd love for it to one day be useful to someone, the way many other biographies have been useful to me. I believe each one of us has a story to tell, and I want to make it easy for everyone to do so. This is [why I'm doing this](https://massimoalbarello.context-use.com/p/[private identifier]).

Now that I have some time behind me, I'm starting to look back and try connecting the dots. Have a look at the [chapters of my life](https://massimoalbarello.context-use.com/p/[private identifier]) so far.

*P.S. Everything here is LLM generated but personally curated. I review and edit every page before publishing, so what you are reading is not slop.*