Founder · Former Google Team Lead · Product builder

MatteoGobbi

From the first App Store generation to Twitter and Google — now building independent products at Bending X.

A little about me Explore IPTVX

Matteo Gobbi featured in Il Mondo magazine in 2010 — Il Mondo · 19 November 2010“Tanti soldi (e imprese) con le apps”

22 years oldAlready building for the future.

RomeLondonSilicon ValleyDubai

Founder & CEO — Bending X✦Creator of IPTVX✦Former Team Lead Engineer at Google✦Ex Twitter · Trainline · Busuu✦

The story

An Italian engineer who learned to turn code into products — and products into independent companies.

Matteo has been building for Apple platforms since 2008. His path moved from early independent iPhone apps in Rome to product teams in London, senior engineering at Twitter and a Team Lead Engineer role at Google in Silicon Valley.

In 2019 he founded IPTVX, bringing the polish of premium streaming platforms to personal media libraries. In early 2023 he left Google to give the company his full attention. Today he leads Bending X from Dubai, after living in four countries across three continents.

2008Building for iOS since the beginning

MillionsIPTVX downloads around the world

2025 · Acquisition offer$10MDeclined to keep building independently

3 / 4Continents / countries lived in

Selected work

Flagship company2019 — now

Bending X presents

IPTVX

The product that made personal IPTV feel premium: cinematic interfaces, Apple cloud sync and a native experience designed to stand beside the world’s best streaming platforms.

Visit IPTVX

Author · Founder storyAvailable now

The Hidden Side book cover by Matteo Gobbi

Three editions

The story behind the product

The HiddenSide.

From a 56K modem and the early hacking years to Twitter, Google and a multimillion-dollar platform built from zero.

Self-published to move faster and make the story available immediately—now in English, Italian and French.

EnglishThe Hidden Side ItalianoIl Lato Nascosto FrançaisLe Côté Caché

Developer community13+ years

Reputation17.7K

People reached676K

229 answers, deep iOS expertise and three gold badges on Stack Overflow — including recognition in Mobile Development.

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Career

Built across borders.

Bachelor’s in Computer Science. Master’s in Computer Engineering. A career shaped by changing cities before comfort could settle in.

A few companies behind the journey

From scaling consumer products to building one from zero.

BusuuLondon

TrainlineLondon

TwitterSan Francisco

GoogleTeam Lead Engineer · Silicon Valley

Bending XDubai

01
Rome
Independent iOS builder
Writing for Apple platforms since 2008, when the App Store was still a new frontier.
02
London
Busuu · Trainline · Twitter
Rebuilt Busuu’s iOS product, engineered consumer experiences at Trainline, then joined Twitter before moving to Silicon Valley.
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03
Silicon Valley
Twitter · Google · IPTVX
Continued at Twitter in Silicon Valley, became a Team Lead Engineer at Google, and founded IPTVX while building across global product teams.
04
Dubai
Bending X · IPTVX
Founder and CEO, building an independent product company around taste, speed and uncompromising craft.

Recognition

The award that started the signal

2011

First prize

Idea to Sapienza

Matteo won first place at Sapienza University of Rome for a mobile redesign of InfoStud — giving students a clearer way to review their academic record, book exams and understand credits from iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.

Read the Sapienza press review

Early product signaliTelevideo entered Italy’s top 20 paid software

Wired documented the result during Matteo’s first generation of independent App Store releases.

2025 · Independence$10M acquisition offer declined

After earlier $1.5M and $3M approaches, the largest offer was turned down in 2025 to protect IPTVX’s long-term product vision.

CommunityMobile Development · Recognized

Three gold, 32 silver and 43 bronze Stack Overflow badges at the latest public snapshot.

In the press