Oat Wongsajjathiti

My path to software wasn't obvious.

I was a computational researcher at McGill, studying nanoparticles in a materials lab. Good work. But I wanted to build things, not just study them. So I taught myself to code, moved to Vancouver, and started different eng jobs.

First a small studio. Then a stealth startup. Then Streamlabs, where I met George in 2018.

My first project with George was in winter of 2018. We built a trading exchange for creators where each content creators had their own crypto currency that would change value based on the # of activities on the exchange and in the outside world. We worked like hell, but that bet failed. We focused on the core Streamlabs business and built a # of moonshot products in the creator space. By the time Logitech acquired it, Streamlabs was paying out creators 100s of millions, handling millions of MAU and was the #1 platform for content creators who livestream. We were a small team and I learned a ton.

After Streamlabs, I worked at Bolt and founded Hirable, then co-founded Bluebelt.. Bluebelt is an AI recruiter built for the trades. We processed 250,000 applicants, completed 5,000+ voice interviews, and helped over 500 people find real jobs. Carpenter, security guard, roofer.

I learned a lot building on my own and betting on myself.

So when George called about Monk, I didn't need a long pitch.

I knew George. I knew what happens when this team is focused. And I knew the problem = accounts receivable is hard, broken, and I've seen the pain running BlueBelt.

I joined the guys as the founding engineer to focus on conversational AR agents.

Monk's approach - we call it "Boring Agents by Design" resonates with me. In high-stakes financial workflows, the worst thing an agent can do is surprise you. We constrain our agents intentionally. We build in guardrails. We audit everything. My time at Bluebelt reinforced this: in workflows where the stakes are real, failure modes matter more than features.

I've been building alongside George since 2018. I've seen what this team does when the stakes are high.

We are searching for other 2nd time founders to join us. Apply here

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