#93 - Why share what you know: Matias Woloski, Auth0

<p><b>Matias Woloski</b> is the CTO and co-founder at <b>Auth0</b>, a developer-first identity platform born in 2013 that became <b>Argentina&apos;s 5th unicorn</b> in 2019. With clients in over <b>70 countries</b>, it grew to become a global leader in the Identity-as-a-Service arena, and was recently acquired by Okta for <b>US$ 6.5 billion</b> in early 2021.</p><p>Auth0 has over <b>2 thousand</b> enterprise customers and handles around <b>42 million logins</b> every day. That demands a lot of tech working <em>just</em> right, and a lot of top-notch tech support to fix the issues that may come up.</p><p>That&apos;s all part of Matias&apos; job as he oversees people in over <b>30 countries</b>, most of them working remotely, as well as in headquarters in Buenos Aires, London, Seattle, Sidney, Tokyo and Singapore.</p><p>Today, Matias and I talk about:</p><ul><li>What new challenges for cybersecurity are on his mind</li><li>The importance of timing for a product fit (and can it be crafted or is it just luck?)</li><li>How Auth0 made its first connections with Silicon Valley investors</li><li>And what Matias himself looks for when investing in startups as an angel investor</li></ul><p>Building something new? Apply for the <b>Latitud Fellowship</b> at <a href='https://apply.latitud.com/'>apply.latitud.com</a></p>