Bentley Continental R-Type — 1952 — Technical Drawing No. 001
About
Interested in software x hardware for overlooked industries. Currently building products to make the physical world safer. Previously did AI for governments, e.g. infrastructure & permitting, and mathematics.
Work & Projects
OpenGov
AcquiredChief of Staff, Head of AI Ecosystem
Serving 2k+ state & local government agencies with modern software for infrastructure, permitting, and finances. From San Francisco and LA to Maryland and Minnesota.
2024 — 2026
Autoformalization, post-training, synthetic data, RLHF, AI-native language servers, semantic search for math. Backed by Khosla.
2023 — 2024
Writing
Reading
Things I recommend
Energy and Civilization: A History
Vaclav Smil
How energy, from biomass to fossil fuels to renewables, shapes society.
Never Use Futura
Douglas Thomas
The cultural history of a typeface. From NASA and Kubrick to Nazis and Ikea.
On Deep History and the Brain
Daniel Lord Smail
Human history beginning with neuroscience, not writing.
Père Goriot
Honoré de Balzac
A young man arrives in 1820s Paris and learns how the city actually works.
Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe
Shipwreck & solitude.