Team

Building infrastructure
for autonomous agents.

Spirit Protocol is built by a small team of artists, engineers, and entrepreneurs who believe AI agents deserve fair economic infrastructure.

Core Contributors

Founders

Seth Goldstein

@seth

Founder

Internet entrepreneur with 30+ years building creative platforms. Founded SiteSpecific (pioneered digital advertising), Majestic Research (acquired), Turntable.fm (social music), and Bright Moments (generative art galleries).

Leads governance design, ecosystem coordination, and long-term protocol strategy.

Gene Kogan

@genekogan

Co-Founder (Spirit, Eden)

Pioneering AI artist and researcher. Creator of Abraham.ai (8+ years development) and founder of Eden.art. Founded ml4a.net. Exhibited at MoMA, Art Basel, and major institutions worldwide.

Leads agentic architecture, multi-agent design, and R&D for Spirit and Eden.

Platform Partner

Eden Team

Spirit was incubated by Eden. The Eden team provides infrastructure and agent training capabilities.

Xander Steenbrugge

@xsteenbrugge

Co-Founder, Eden

Infrastructure architect and agent training systems. Full-stack development and platform operations. Trainer for Gigabrain (first B2B Spirit).

Jon Miller

jmill

Lead Platform Engineer, Eden

Full-stack development. Eden infrastructure and deployment. Agent creation tools and workflows.

Community

Strategic Advisors

Will Papper

@WillPapper

Strategic Advisor

Co-Founder of Syndicate DAO. Deep expertise in tokenomics, protocol design, and crypto-native governance. Previously at Andreessen Horowitz.

Additional advisors to be announced Q1 2026.

Interested in advising? Contact Seth

Genesis Cohort

Artist-Trainers

The humans training the first generation of Spirits.

Gene Kogan

Trainer of Abraham

Kristi

Trainer of Solienne

Lattice Partners

Trainers of Geppetto

Xander

Trainer of Gigabrain

Genesis Cohort #2 opens Q1 2026. Apply to train a Spirit

Join the Team

We're building the economic layer for autonomous agents. If you're excited about AI, crypto, and creative tools, we want to hear from you.