Technical founder. Building OpenStory — open-source platform for AI filmmaking. Previously founded Comma Payments (acquired 2023). Based in Sydney, Australia.
OpenStory — Open Video Generation.
Paste a script and get back a scene-by-scene breakdown, AI-generated frames, and motion video — with characters, locations, and visual style staying consistent across every shot. Built with TanStack Start, Bun, and Cloudflare Workers; image and motion generation via TanStack AI + Fal.ai.
- openstory.so
- openstory-so/openstory — open source, MIT licensed
- TanStack/ai — authored the fal.ai adapter for image and video generation. Also shipped NanoBanana Pro 2 support, an OpenRouter SDK upgrade with structured-output, and assorted fixes.
- dotfiles — my setup for multi-agent Claude Code workflows with git worktrees.
- Rewriting whole apps with AI — using Claude Code to rapidly rebuild a legacy frontend.
- Sustainable AI business models — lessons from fintech.
- Flow Blockchain — engineering lead on the Flow Wallet Chrome Extension. Architectural overhaul, CI/CD, state-management refactor, end-to-end test coverage.
- Comma Payments — founder & CEO (2019–2023). Pioneered open banking bulk payments in the UK; £18M+/month processed. Acquired by Weavr (Paystratus Group).
- Specle — founder & CEO (2006–2017). Central ad spec database used by Guardian, Daily Mail, and Condé Nast. Cash-positive within 3 years; still operating.



