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Projects

  • Kickstarter

    Cofounder · 2009–2017

    A platform that's helped fund more than 250,000 creative projects and move nearly $10 billion in pledges.

  • The Creative Independent

    Cofounder · 2015–present

    A resource for emotional and practical guidance for artists, built around in-depth interviews and essays.

  • Artist Corporations (A-Corps)

    2024–present

    A new legal structure for creative people that increases the economic and legal power of artists and creators.

  • DFOS (Dark Forest OS)

    2025–present

    Infrastructure for shared private internets.

  • Metalabel

    2021–present

    A platform and philosophy for collective releases, shared revenue, and group-based creative practice, including A-Corps, the Metalabel marketplace, and Dark Forest OS.

  • The Dark Forest Collective

    2023–present

    A collective producing The Dark Forest Anthology, Antimemetics, A Sexual History of the Internet, and related work on internet structure and culture.

  • Bentoism & The Bento Society

    2018–2022

    A philosophy and community built around the Bento framework.

  • Cozy Cozy

    2020–2023

    A family music project exploring improvisation and joy through the albums The Family Album (2021) and Animal Sounds (2022).

  • eMusic Selects

    2006–2010

    An early digital label with artist-friendly deals that helped launch artists like Best Coast and Hurray for the Riff Raff.

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