For agencies, brands, venues, retail, museums and live events
I build branded AI agents with a voice and a memory, and launch them in front of a live audience.
In 1995 every brand needed a website; I founded SiteSpecific, one of the first interactive agencies. Now every brand needs an agent. SOLIENNE, made with Kristi Coronado, talks with visitors at Fotografiska Stockholm, and Bright Moments ran live digital-art events in ten cities.
For agencies, brands and venues
What I'd do for you.
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Make your team AI-native from the inside: hands-on vibe coding with Claude Code, for the people who already know your business.
I build with Claude Code every day: tools, agents, and this site.
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Design the agent: who it is, what it remembers, what it may do without asking, and who approves it.
SOLIENNE keeps her own memory and makes a manifesto every day; Kristi Coronado approves what is shown.
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Launch it live: a museum, a store, an event, with a run of show.
Bright Moments, live events in ten cities, each with a written run of show; SOLIENNE at Fotografiska Stockholm.
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Keep it working past month six, with a named person on your side who has the final say.
SARA SAUER, an AI art critic, with curator Amanda Schmitt, who approves everything published.
Roles: head of AI agents, fractional head of AI.
Recent
Recent work.
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SOLIENNE, with Kristi Coronado An AI artist at museums and fairs
Shown at Fotografiska Stockholm and Paris Photo. Kristi trained her; I build and run the systems underneath.
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Vibeconferencing, with Stan James Claude joins your video call
Your own coding agent joins a Google Meet as a participant and builds what you discuss before the call ends.
Before this
Bright Moments, my most recent company Live art events in ten cities, 2021–2024
Digital art generated and revealed in front of a live audience, with about 150 artists. Watch the documentary
Founded or co-founded
- SiteSpecific 1995–1997
- Majestic Research 2002–2010
- Root Markets 2005–2006
- SocialMedia.com 2007–2009
- Turntable.fm 2011–2013
- Bright Moments 2021–2024
SOLIENNE, 2025 to nowIn partnership with Kristi Coronado: an AI artist shown by museums and art fairs.
SOLIENNE, 2025 to now
SOLIENNE, in partnership with Kristi Coronado: an AI artist shown by museums and art fairs.
Kristi trained her and has the final say on what is shown; I build and run the systems underneath. She keeps her own memory, makes a manifesto every day, and talks with the people who come to see her.
- Nov 2025Paris Photo 2025, Grand Palais, Paris. Her debut.
- Apr 2026RENTED GAZE, her first solo show. Espace Thorigny, Paris.
- May 2026The Machine's Eye in Human Hands, Fotografiska Stockholm, May 8 to November 29, 2026, curated by Lisa Giomar Hydén. Visitors talk with SOLIENNE at a gallery kiosk.
- Jun 2026AICA talk, Munich. Kristi gave the talk, with me; SOLIENNE spoke live.
- Nov 2026Paris Photo 2026, Grand Palais, November 12 to 15. Her new work, Encounter, in a group booth presented by Automata.
Written about in Right Click Save, Télérama, Observer and Whitewall.
Selected workAgents with a voice, a memory and a steward.
Selected work
Agents with a voice, a memory and a steward.
Built with real collaborators.
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Vibeconferencing
A Mac app that brings your own coding agent (Claude Code, Codex or Cursor) into a Google Meet as a participant.
Live
- What it proves
- A clear product decision in a crowded category: the agent works during the call instead of only taking notes.
- Built with
- Stan James, lead engineer, who wrote most of the app and the engine. I shape the product and built the site and the bot characters.
- Years
- 2026 to now
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SARA SAUER
An AI art critic with a published body of essays, trained and curated by curator Amanda Schmitt.
Live
- What it proves
- An agent that publishes needs an editor: a named person with a veto, built in from the start.
- Built with
- Amanda Schmitt, editor, with a veto over everything published.
- Years
- 2026 to now
sarasauer.com Repo private
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GOTHAM
A text-message concierge for Gotham, a New York cannabis concept store, built to bring back lapsed customers.
Pilot, paused
- What it proves
- Customer-facing agent work in a regulated category, rolled out in small groups.
- Built with
- Gotham's founders, as a prototype.
- Years
- 2026
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HEMMA
A home-inventory companion that helps decide what to sell, give or keep, and drafts resale listings.
Live, partial
- What it proves
- An agent that cannot make things up, enforced in code.
- Built with
- Its first user, a vintage reseller, who decides what it does in her shop.
- Years
- 2026 to now
hemma.care Repo private
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DR. WEST
A fictional New York analyst you write to for mentoring, who remembers what you told him. A character, not therapy.
Live, by application
- What it proves
- One character and one memory across text and voice.
- Built with
- Solo.
- Years
- 2026
Bright Moments, 2021 to 2024Live generative-art events in ten cities, 2021 to 2024.
Bright Moments, 2021 to 2024
Bright Moments: live generative-art events in ten cities, 2021 to 2024.
I founded Bright Moments in 2021 to make the release of a digital artwork something you went to. Collectors came at a set time, the artist was there, and each work was generated and revealed in front of them. We did it in ten cities over three years with about 150 artists, including Tyler Hobbs, Casey Reas, Emily Xie and Claire Silver, and ended in 2024 with a final work generated from the algorithms of sixty of them. In 2023 one evening included a talking AI booth with an audience watching.
What carries over to agents in public places
- A set time. An agent in a venue needs a scheduled moment, or it ends up a chat window nobody opens.
- The artist present. For an agent, that is a named person who approves what goes out.
- A run of show. Each city had a written run of show and a local team. An agent in a museum or a store needs the same.
- Visitors who did not come for it. Most people who meet an agent in public came for something else.
Track recordCompanies I founded or co-founded.
Track record
Companies I founded or co-founded.
| Company | Years | What it did | Outcome |
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| SiteSpecific | 1995 to 1997 | One of the first interactive agencies. | Acquired by CKS. |
| Majestic Research | 2002 to 2010 | Internet data turned into research for funds; one of the first alternative-data firms. | 200+ funds, $40M+ in sales. Acquired by ITG. |
| SocialMedia.com | 2007 to 2009 | Ads inside social apps. | Acquired. |
| Root Markets | 2005 to 2006 | An online exchange for sales leads. | |
| Turntable.fm | 2011 to 2013 | Online rooms where people took turns as DJ. | |
| Bright Moments | 2021 to 2024 | Live generative-art events in ten cities. |
How I workHow I build agents for the public.
How I work
How I build agents for the public.
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Memory
Relationship memory.
The agent remembers each person across every channel it runs on, under consent rules written with the brand.
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Rollout
Small groups first.
A customer-facing agent goes out to small groups first, and each group's results are reviewed before the next.
Contact
Tell me what your brand or venue is trying to do with AI agents.
I'll reply with how I would approach it.
[email protected]
Remote, or in person in New York or San Francisco.