Intellectual Property & Venture
Proprietary technology. Deep domain knowledge.
Built on the limestone of the Texas Hill Country.
Intellectual Property
From idea to working prototype to filed invention — in days, not quarters.
Featured Product
WTFisReal.io — a 10,000+ event database of verified, scored human history. Every war, plague, invention, and cover-up across 100,000 years, mapped and open to explore. Part teacher, part trivia game, part scavenger hunt for the truth — decide for yourself what’s real.
Explore the map ↗Open Source & IP Portfolio
Proprietary frameworks, open tools, and patent-pending systems across engineering, data science, and design — contributed to the broader community in four primary verticals.
Groundskeeping automation, precision field systems, infrastructure tooling, and mechanized maintenance platforms for underserved markets.
Concept-to-prototype pipelines, consumer hardware systems, and cross-domain product innovation from ideation through manufacture.
Rapid iteration across mechanical, electronic, and software domains — from bench to field-ready in compressed timelines.
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open source projects
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Where We Deploy Capital
Deep operational experience spanning economy through ultra-luxury dealerships. We understand inventory cycles, margin architecture, and the digital transformation reshaping retail automotive.
Operating ExperienceDemand aggregation, supply-chain arbitrage, and last-mile distribution systems. We look for asymmetric opportunities where proprietary data and local networks create durable advantage.
Operating ExperienceAn ownership investment in Cultivated Technology Group (Fresno, CA) — where we also guide product across robotics, strategy, and education technology for working farmers — alongside precision field-automation and water-data systems in development.
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