Founder · Builder · Explorer

Building things,
one city at a time.

Repeat founder who loves turning ideas into products. Washington DC native, shaped by five years in Shenzhen, now putting down roots in New York.

Brian
Brian speaking at a conference in China
Washington, DC
Where it started
Born and raised. The place that gave me my hustle and first taste of how systems and institutions actually work.
Shenzhen
5+ years in China
The hardware capital of the world. Learned to build fast, ship faster, and navigate a completely different way of doing business.
New York
Setting down roots
Home base. Where the energy of the city meets everything I've learned — building the next chapter from here.
85+ countries visited.

I'm a repeat founder drawn to the intersection of technology, design, and what people actually need. I've built products from zero across hardware and software — from factory floors in China to launch days in the US.

0 → 1 Products Hardware Culture Startups Venture Capital NYC Smart Homes AI / ML Travel Blockchain Governance Music Books
Building my AI stack.

I'm setting up my entire workflow so AI can work alongside me in everything I do — making my work fully legible, searchable, and actionable by AI. The goal is less "use AI tools" and more "make AI a collaborator with full context."

This feeds into a bigger obsession: startup OS powered by AI. The idea is simple — structure a company's work so it's fully visible to AI, then let it manage operations, answer questions, and keep everything moving. Not AI as a feature, but AI as the operating layer.

I'm exploring what's next — whether that's cofounding something new or joining an early-stage team as COO or Chief of Staff. If you're building internal AI tools at a startup, I'd love to compare notes.

5 Levels of AI-Powered Productivity
Current Stack
{
"agents": ["OpenClaw", "Claude Code"],
"models": ["claude-opus-4", "gemini-2.5-flash", "deepseek-v3", "qwen3-max"],
"notes": "Obsidian",
"chat": ["Telegram", "WhatsApp", "WeChat"],
"automation": "n8n",
"infra": ["Mac Mini", "MacBook Pro", "Raspberry Pi 4"],
"memory": "Qdrant"
}
Say hello

I'm always happy to connect — especially if you're building something.