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Founder & CEO

Search, Video, Content, Commerce, Crypto, AI. I've built through them all.

25 years building companies at the frontier of internet technology — from early search and streaming video to content networks and e-commerce. I've been part of teams that shaped how people use the web. Today I run Ragu.AI and build AI-native products across communication, biometrics, and personal AI.

Robertson Price

iWon.com (2002–2005)

$750M Acquisition

Part of the team that drove 20% of Google's early search revenue

MyVideoDaily (2005–2008)

3M Views / Month

Founded & scaled — larger than Fox News + NBC streaming combined

Answers Network (2008–2015)

32M Monthly Visitors

600 websites, 45 employees

Rebates.com (2015–2023)

Acquired

Founded and scaled e-commerce platform

Quantum Exchange (2017–2018)

Blockchain Protocol

Quantum-resistant blockchain protocol — failed, but built real infrastructure

Media

As Seen On

ABC 6abc News — AI commentary & technology analysis

Ragu.AI (2022–Present)

Enterprise AI

Enterprise AI infrastructure for premium brands — from discovery through production deployment

Building at the internet frontier since 1996

Building
at the frontier.

Every few years, a technology shift changes how businesses operate. I've been early to each one — not as an observer, but as a builder. I hold a granted U.S. patent (10,021,455) for a system that uses luminaire-based optical communication to identify content and determine viewership — an early step in the thinking that led to Nourova, for which I have a patent pending (US 18/330,111) — a real-time AI system that reads biometrics and continuously adapts content based on physiological response.

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1996

University of Pennsylvania

Studied at Penn while the web was just becoming real. The early internet wasn't a class — it was something you figured out by doing.

2000

Search & Early Internet

Built at the intersection of search and content during the first wave. Learned what it meant to build for scale before "scale" was a buzzword.

2005

Streaming Video

Was building video infrastructure while YouTube was still figuring out what it was. Understood distribution before distribution was the business.

2010

Content Networks & Commerce

Built content networks and e-commerce operations at the moment when online commerce shifted from experiment to expectation. Moved merchandise, built audiences, ran operations.

2015

E-Commerce & Performance Marketing

Built Rebates.com into a $500K/month paid marketing operation. Learned what it means to run profitable customer acquisition at scale — every dollar measured, every channel optimized.

2018

Blockchain & Algorithmic Systems

Built Quantum Exchange, a quantum computer-resistant blockchain protocol. Designed and deployed algorithmic trading systems for digital assets. Developed Web3 applications for the art market. All three failed. Each one taught me more about building at the frontier than any success could have.

2020

AI-Native

Saw the shift coming before most. Started building AI-native businesses: infrastructure for enterprises, products for consumers, protocols for communication. This one is different.

I've done this
transition before.

Every major technology wave requires the same thing: someone who's already built through one to help you build through the next. I work with founders and CEOs who are ready to run their businesses with AI — not just talk about it.

Live Build Sessions

90 minutes. We get on a call and actually build something together — an app, a workflow, a tool, a prototype. You walk away with something functional, not a deck of recommendations.

Fractional AI Strategy

Ongoing advisory for leaders who want a strategic partner embedded in their business. Organizational AI roadmap, async access, and the judgment of someone who's built through multiple technology transitions.

Enterprise AI Infrastructure

Through Ragu.AI, my team builds production-grade AI systems for premium brands — the kind of infrastructure that runs quietly and reliably at scale.

What I'm building now.

AI-native products, enterprise infrastructure, and new protocols for how people communicate and create.

Current · Founder

Nourova

Biometric feedback AI that reads real-time physiological signals and continuously adapts content based on your response. Patent pending.

Visit nourova.com
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Tezit

A communication protocol where context travels with the message. Share ideas with the understanding behind them — intent, focus, background, and evidence.

Visit tezit.com
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MyPA

AI personal assistants for teams. Each team member gets their own PA that communicates with others, manages context, and coordinates across channels.

Visit mypa.chat
Current · Founder

Hana.care

AI-powered wellness and healthcare platform — personalized care coordination that adapts to each patient's needs and connects the dots across providers.

Visit hana.care
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The AI Coder

An AI-built apps marketplace where the community backs projects, watches AI agents build in real time, and earns revenue shares when apps launch.

Visit theaicoder.com
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Vibe Working

Content and advisory on AI-native business operations. The playbook for running a business with AI as a force multiplier.

Visit vibewrk.com
Dispatches from the frontier

Dispatches from the frontier.

On building with AI, running companies, and what happens when you stop treating intelligence as a tool and start treating it as infrastructure.

All dispatches

In the Media.

TV appearances and press coverage on AI and what it means for everyday people.

Let's build something.

I take on a limited number of advisory engagements. If you're a founder or CEO ready to operate with AI, I'd like to hear from you.