# Alex Gordon-Brander’s work Shareable edition reviewed 11 November 2026. ## Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi initiation [Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi initiation]() · `jerrahi-initiation` 2000 · recorded in the 2006 programme bio · Art and inner practice · Practice & frameworks · Documented · attested Alex was initiated as a dervish in the Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order. The lineage comes out of the Turkish Halveti-Jerrahi tradition. His 2006 programme bio also records earlier Sufi talks at OneSpirit Interfaith Seminary, the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors and September Space. Sources — [B01](), [B02](), [P50]() Relationships - [Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi initiation]() → [Sufi Science · Essential Divinity, Essential Humanity]() · recorded · The talk’s programme places Alex’s Sufi presentation within his named Jerrahi practice · [B02](), [P50]() ## MarketAxess and electronic bond trading [MarketAxess and electronic bond trading]() · `marketaxess` 2003 filing · 2009 grant · Markets and execution · Designs & systems · Documented · public An inquiry list became an electronic transaction workflow. The filing is the first dated artifact located here. Sources — [P01](), [P20](), [P24]() Relationships - [MarketAxess and electronic bond trading]() → [Electronic inquiry lists · publication]() · recorded · Application becomes a public document · [P37](), [P01]() - [MarketAxess and electronic bond trading]() → [Bridgewater portfolio construction and trading technology]() · editorial · Electronic workflow moves from inquiry to portfolio execution ## Poetry Science Talks [Poetry Science Talks]() · `poetry-science` Joined the salon in 2004 · recalled in the 2017 invitation · Art and inner practice · Roles & organizations · Documented · attested Alex and Hayden began attending the New York salon in 2004. Organized by Neal Goldsmith and Ed Rosenfeld, it brought together scientific inquiry, art, contemplative practice and questions about how to live. Alex presented on Sufism, magic and carbon finance before their joint talk on relationship. Sources — [B02](), [P59]() Relationships - [Poetry Science Talks]() → [Sufi Science · Essential Divinity, Essential Humanity]() · recorded · The salon invited Alex to present on Sufi practice and nonseparation · [B02]() - [Poetry Science Talks]() → [The Story and the Stone · Magic in Practice]() · recorded · The programme records a subsequent talk on magic in practice · [B02]() - [Poetry Science Talks]() → [Changing Money · Carbon Finance]() · recorded · The salon also hosted Alex’s talk on money and carbon finance · [B02]() - [Poetry Science Talks]() → [Relationship as a Path of Liberation]() · recorded · Alex and Hayden later co-presented on relationship at the salon · [B02]() ## Electronic inquiry lists · publication [Electronic inquiry lists · publication]() · `patent-published` Feb 2005 · Markets and execution · Papers & essays · Documented · public The patent application made the electronic bid and offer design inspectable before grant. The system coordinates requests and responses across multiple instruments. Sources — [P37](), [P01]() Relationships - [MarketAxess and electronic bond trading]() → [Electronic inquiry lists · publication]() · recorded · Application becomes a public document · [P37](), [P01]() - [Electronic inquiry lists · publication]() → [MarketAxess patent grant]() · recorded · Publication precedes the grant in the same patent family · [P37](), [P01]() ## Barbara Brennan School of Healing [Barbara Brennan School of Healing]() · `brennan-healing` Completed by February 2006 · Art and inner practice · Practice & frameworks · Documented · attested Alex completed the four-year Healing Science programme, according to his contemporary Poetry Science Talks biography. This is one of the sources of his sustained interest in body, perception and healing. Sources — [B01](), [B02](), [P53]() ## Sufi Science · Essential Divinity, Essential Humanity [Sufi Science · Essential Divinity, Essential Humanity]() · `pst-sufi` 9 February 2006 · Art and inner practice · Talks & interviews · Documented · attested Alex’s first documented Poetry Science talk explored a Sufi understanding of nonseparation. The programme describes an evening moving from history, poetry and metaphysics into movement and song. Sources — [B02](), [P50]() Relationships - [Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi initiation]() → [Sufi Science · Essential Divinity, Essential Humanity]() · recorded · The talk’s programme places Alex’s Sufi presentation within his named Jerrahi practice · [B02](), [P50]() - [Poetry Science Talks]() → [Sufi Science · Essential Divinity, Essential Humanity]() · recorded · The salon invited Alex to present on Sufi practice and nonseparation · [B02]() ## Jason Shulman and Nondual Kabbalistic Healing [Jason Shulman and Nondual Kabbalistic Healing]() · `shulman-training` Second year of study by February 2006 · Art and inner practice · Practice & frameworks · Documented · attested Alex studied with Jason Shulman at A Society of Souls. Alex recalls Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi ordaining Shulman as a rabbi and Dainin Katagiri Roshi ordaining him as a Zen priest. Shulman developed a path of his own, bringing Kabbalistic practice and nondual inquiry together. Sources — [B01](), [B02](), [P51](), [P52]() ## The Story and the Stone · Magic in Practice [The Story and the Stone · Magic in Practice]() · `pst-magic` 12 April 2007 · Art and inner practice · Talks & interviews · Documented · attested Alex asked how a physical object relates to the space it occupies and the energy it represents. The talk made the practice of magic the subject of a discussion across disciplines. Sources — [B02]() Relationships - [Poetry Science Talks]() → [The Story and the Stone · Magic in Practice]() · recorded · The programme records a subsequent talk on magic in practice · [B02]() ## Algae Systems [Algae Systems]() · `algae` Founding and original CFO role, 2008–2009 · Regeneration and living systems · Roles & organizations · Documented · attested Alex helped found Algae Systems and was its original CFO in 2008–2009, before Bridgewater. The 2010 Future of Money programme still identifies him as a principal. The company turned municipal wastewater into a resource for algae cultivation and later demonstrated an algae-to-biocrude process with Daphne Utilities. Sources — [B01](), [P02](), [P46](), [P48]() Relationships - [Algae Systems]() → [Global Energy Bank / Global Energy Money]() · editorial · Renewable-energy production alongside a monetary design - [Algae Systems]() → [NASA’s OMEGA licence]() · recorded · The company received the OMEGA licence in its founding period · [B01](), [P47]() - [Algae Systems]() → [Daphne wastewater-to-fuel pilot]() · recorded · The company later demonstrated a municipal wastewater process with Daphne Utilities · [P48](), [P49]() ## Sacred Spaces and the Pantheogenesis Temple [Sacred Spaces and the Pantheogenesis Temple]() · `pantheogenesis` August 2008 · Burning Man · Art and inner practice · Roles & organizations · Documented · public The Pantheogenesis Temple was created in 2008 at Entheon Village. Its Heart Dome hosted DreamRise, a week of talks and workshops at Burning Man. The organisers described the temple as a space for spiritual practice across traditions. Alex helped shape the work and was listed as a speaker on the temple’s design. Sources — [P18](), [P63](), [P64]() Relationships - [Sacred Spaces and the Pantheogenesis Temple]() → [Designing the Pantheogenesis Temple]() · recorded · Programme lists the temple design session · [P18]() - [Sacred Spaces and the Pantheogenesis Temple]() → [A discussion on spirituality and religion]() · recorded · Programme lists the spirituality dialogue · [P18]() ## Designing the Pantheogenesis Temple [Designing the Pantheogenesis Temple]() · `temple-design` August 2008 · DreamRise programme · Art and inner practice · Talks & interviews · Documented · public Listed as Brilliant, Alex was scheduled to explain the temple’s design, its interlocking crystal grids and how he understood synchronicity to shape experience. Sources — [P18]() Relationships - [Sacred Spaces and the Pantheogenesis Temple]() → [Designing the Pantheogenesis Temple]() · recorded · Programme lists the temple design session · [P18]() ## A discussion on spirituality and religion [A discussion on spirituality and religion]() · `temple-dialogue` 30 August 2008 · DreamRise programme · Art and inner practice · Talks & interviews · Documented · public The programme lists Alex and Veleda of Sacred Spaces and the Pantheogenesis Temple for an open discussion about spirituality and religion. Sources — [P18]() Relationships - [Sacred Spaces and the Pantheogenesis Temple]() → [A discussion on spirituality and religion]() · recorded · Programme lists the spirituality dialogue · [P18]() - [A discussion on spirituality and religion]() → [Tulku.ai]() · editorial · Two dated traces of shared contemplative inquiry, eighteen years apart ## NASA’s OMEGA licence [NASA’s OMEGA licence]() · `algae-nasa` November 2009 · Regeneration and living systems · Milestones · Documented · public NASA licensed its Offshore Membrane Enclosures for Growing Algae technology to Algae Systems. Jonathan Trent’s research used floating membrane enclosures to cultivate freshwater algae on wastewater, with sunlight and carbon dioxide supporting growth. Sources — [P46](), [P47]() Relationships - [Algae Systems]() → [NASA’s OMEGA licence]() · recorded · The company received the OMEGA licence in its founding period · [B01](), [P47]() - [NASA’s OMEGA licence]() → [Daphne wastewater-to-fuel pilot]() · editorial · Floating algae cultivation carries forward into a later company pilot ## MarketAxess patent grant [MarketAxess patent grant]() · `patent-grant` Mar 2009 · Markets and execution · Milestones · Documented · public The granted US patent names Alex and three co-inventors. The record distinguishes the patent from the trading platform that used electronic inquiry workflows. Sources — [P01]() Relationships - [Electronic inquiry lists · publication]() → [MarketAxess patent grant]() · recorded · Publication precedes the grant in the same patent family · [P37](), [P01]() - [MarketAxess patent grant]() → [MarketAxess patent continuation]() · recorded · Later grant continues the same patent family · [P01](), [P24]() ## Changing Money · Carbon Finance [Changing Money · Carbon Finance]() · `pst-carbon` 12 March 2009 · Regeneration and living systems · Talks & interviews · Documented · attested Alex looked at money’s economic and symbolic roles, the limits of existing carbon markets and how carbon credits might support a complementary global currency. The talk predates his 2010 Global Energy Money presentation. Sources — [B02]() Relationships - [Poetry Science Talks]() → [Changing Money · Carbon Finance]() · recorded · The salon also hosted Alex’s talk on money and carbon finance · [B02]() - [Changing Money · Carbon Finance]() → [Global Energy Bank / Global Energy Money]() · editorial · Carbon credits as a complementary currency precede the energy-backed money design ## Bridgewater portfolio construction and trading technology [Bridgewater portfolio construction and trading technology]() · `bridgewater` Five-year tenure, through the mid-2010s · Markets and execution · Roles & organizations · Documented · public During his tenure at Bridgewater, Alex managed portfolio construction applications and later rotated through foreign-exchange research and client services. Alex says he specified Bridgewater’s FX trading platform and helped implement it. Public profiles credit him with work on its design. Sources — [P15](), [P03]() Relationships - [Japanese bonds and structured finance]() → [Bridgewater portfolio construction and trading technology]() · editorial · From working in markets to infrastructure for portfolios - [MarketAxess and electronic bond trading]() → [Bridgewater portfolio construction and trading technology]() · editorial · Electronic workflow moves from inquiry to portfolio execution - [Bridgewater portfolio construction and trading technology]() → [Bridgewater FX and multi-asset execution]() · recorded · Two accounts describe different parts of the Bridgewater remit · [P03](), [P15]() - [Bridgewater portfolio construction and trading technology]() → [OpenAlpha · hedge fund platform]() · editorial · Institutional portfolio technology reappears in a crypto-native strategy programme ## Japanese bonds and structured finance [Japanese bonds and structured finance]() · `early-finance` Before Apr 2010 · Markets and execution · Roles & organizations · Documented · public Alex traded Japanese bonds and worked on structured-finance analytics, according to his 2010 speaker bio. The conference date is an upper bound on the work. Sources — [P02]() Relationships - [Japanese bonds and structured finance]() → [Bridgewater portfolio construction and trading technology]() · editorial · From working in markets to infrastructure for portfolios ## Global Energy Bank / Global Energy Money [Global Energy Bank / Global Energy Money]() · `energy` Publicly documented Apr 2010 · Regeneration and living systems · Designs & systems · Design · public The 2010 Future of Money summit lists Alex as founder of Global Energy Bank and as the Global Energy Money participant on its alternative currencies panel. His later interview describes the design problem of backing a distributed currency with renewable-energy credits and coordinating the parties involved. Sources — [P02](), [P10](), [P12]() Relationships - [Standard & Poor’s environmental strategy and Algae Systems]() → [Global Energy Bank / Global Energy Money]() · editorial · Two early attempts to connect finance and the energy transition - [Algae Systems]() → [Global Energy Bank / Global Energy Money]() · editorial · Renewable-energy production alongside a monetary design - [Global Energy Bank / Global Energy Money]() → [Alternative Currencies panel]() · recorded · The summit lists the project as Alex’s presentation · [P02]() - [Global Energy Bank / Global Energy Money]() → [Programmable money as a turning point]() · recorded · Alex relates the renewable-credit currency to his later discovery of programmable money · [P10]() - [Global Energy Bank / Global Energy Money]() → [Teratree]() · editorial · The object of financing changes from energy credits to regeneration - [Global Energy Bank / Global Energy Money]() → [Davos interview on digital assets]() · recorded · Alex recounts the earlier renewable-energy currency project · [P10]() - [Changing Money · Carbon Finance]() → [Global Energy Bank / Global Energy Money]() · editorial · Carbon credits as a complementary currency precede the energy-backed money design ## Alternative Currencies panel [Alternative Currencies panel]() · `energy-panel` Apr 2010 · Regeneration and living systems · Talks & interviews · Documented · public Alex presented Global Energy Money in a conversation on alternative currencies with Charles Eisenstein and Alan Rosenblith. Sources — [P02]() Relationships - [Global Energy Bank / Global Energy Money]() → [Alternative Currencies panel]() · recorded · The summit lists the project as Alex’s presentation · [P02]() ## Standard & Poor’s environmental strategy and Algae Systems [Standard & Poor’s environmental strategy and Algae Systems]() · `energy-ventures` By Apr 2010 · Regeneration and living systems · Roles & organizations · Documented · public The 2010 summit biography credits Alex with drafting an environmental business strategy for Standard & Poor’s. Sources — [P02](), [P12]() Relationships - [Standard & Poor’s environmental strategy and Algae Systems]() → [Global Energy Bank / Global Energy Money]() · editorial · Two early attempts to connect finance and the energy transition - [Standard & Poor’s environmental strategy and Algae Systems]() → [Teratree]() · editorial · Environmental finance develops from a corporate strategy to a venture ## Wilhelm Reich and body-oriented inquiry [Wilhelm Reich and body-oriented inquiry]() · `reichian-study` Interest documented by 2011 · Art and inner practice · Practice & frameworks · Documented · attested Alex names Reich as an influence on his interest in the body, emotion and habitual tension. His records show engagement with Reich’s writing by 2011. The training dates and any formal qualification are unspecified. Sources — [B01](), [B03](), [P54]() ## Baguazhang · Movement and the eight trigrams [Baguazhang · Movement and the eight trigrams]() · `bagua` Dated practice notes from 2012 · New York class record in 2013 · Art and inner practice · Practice & frameworks · Documented · attested Alex’s practice notes document Bagua training and later study at Frank Allen’s New York school. In his art account he describes a personal connection between that practice, lightning and the later Zeus composition. Sources — [B01](), [B03](), [P56]() Relationships - [Baguazhang · Movement and the eight trigrams]() → [Zeus · An emerging personal sādhana]() · recorded · Alex identifies lightning practice in Bagua as one source of the emerging Zeus practice · [B04]() - [Baguazhang · Movement and the eight trigrams]() → [At the piano]() · editorial · Movement practice and music both give Alex ways to study rhythm and attention. ## Taoist internal practice · Mantak Chia [Taoist internal practice · Mantak Chia]() · `mantak-chia` Dated notes from June 2012 · Art and inner practice · Practice & frameworks · Documented · attested Alex’s 2012 notes place him in the practice world of Mantak Chia’s Universal Healing Tao. They record study of Taoist internal cultivation and work with breath and bodily attention. Sources — [B01](), [B03](), [P55]() ## MarketAxess patent continuation [MarketAxess patent continuation]() · `patent-continuation` 2012 · Markets and execution · Milestones · Documented · public The related application continued the inquiry-list patent family. It was filed in 2008 and granted in 2012. Sources — [P24](), [P01]() Relationships - [MarketAxess patent grant]() → [MarketAxess patent continuation]() · recorded · Later grant continues the same patent family · [P01](), [P24]() ## Daphne wastewater-to-fuel pilot [Daphne wastewater-to-fuel pilot]() · `algae-daphne` 2014 pilot report · Regeneration and living systems · Designs & systems · Documented · public Algae Systems and Daphne Utilities built a demonstration plant at Mobile Bay, Alabama. The plant grew microalgae on municipal wastewater, then used hydrothermal liquefaction to convert the wet biomass into biocrude. This was the team’s later pilot. Sources — [P48](), [P49]() Relationships - [Algae Systems]() → [Daphne wastewater-to-fuel pilot]() · recorded · The company later demonstrated a municipal wastewater process with Daphne Utilities · [P48](), [P49]() - [NASA’s OMEGA licence]() → [Daphne wastewater-to-fuel pilot]() · editorial · Floating algae cultivation carries forward into a later company pilot - [Daphne wastewater-to-fuel pilot]() → [Offshore microalgae and wastewater treatment]() · recorded · The researchers report results from the Daphne demonstration plant · [P48](), [P49]() - [Daphne wastewater-to-fuel pilot]() → [Teratree]() · editorial · The question of financing a biological process recurs in reforestation ## Programmable money as a turning point [Programmable money as a turning point]() · `ethereum` 2015 · recalled in 2022 · Programmable finance · Milestones · Documented · public In a Davos interview, Alex describes Ethereum’s 2015 launch as the point at which programmable money and interoperable financial infrastructure made the opportunity concrete for him. This records his response to the launch. Sources — [P10]() Relationships - [Global Energy Bank / Global Energy Money]() → [Programmable money as a turning point]() · recorded · Alex relates the renewable-credit currency to his later discovery of programmable money · [P10]() - [Programmable money as a turning point]() → [Omega One]() · editorial · Programmable assets create execution and liquidity problems - [Programmable money as a turning point]() → [Davos interview on digital assets]() · recorded · Alex recalls Ethereum as his turning point · [P10]() ## Bridgewater FX and multi-asset execution [Bridgewater FX and multi-asset execution]() · `fx-platform` By 2015 · Markets and execution · Designs & systems · Documented · public Alex says he specified Bridgewater’s FX trading platform and helped implement it. Public profiles credit him with work on its design. OpenAlpha describes his role in portfolio construction technology. Sources — [P03](), [P15]() Relationships - [Bridgewater portfolio construction and trading technology]() → [Bridgewater FX and multi-asset execution]() · recorded · Two accounts describe different parts of the Bridgewater remit · [P03](), [P15]() - [Bridgewater FX and multi-asset execution]() → [Omega One white paper]() · editorial · Execution design moves to fragmented exchanges ## Offshore microalgae and wastewater treatment [Offshore microalgae and wastewater treatment]() · `algae-pilot-paper` 2016 paper · Regeneration and living systems · Papers & essays · Research · public The Algae Systems team published its study of growth and nutrient removal at the Daphne pilot. The paper documents the demonstration process and the variables that governed it. Sources — [P49]() Relationships - [Daphne wastewater-to-fuel pilot]() → [Offshore microalgae and wastewater treatment]() · recorded · The researchers report results from the Daphne demonstration plant · [P48](), [P49]() ## Vajrayāna · Nyingma and Kagyu [Vajrayāna · Nyingma and Kagyu]() · `vajrayana` 2016 training programme · documented in 2017; intensive registration in 2018 · Art and inner practice · Practice & frameworks · Documented · attested Alex describes himself as a Western Vajrayāna Buddhist in the Nyingma and Kagyu traditions through his teacher Reginald “Reggie” Ray and the line of Chögyam Trungpa. Records include the 2016 Dharma Ocean programme and a 2018 Vajrayāna Training Intensive registration. Sources — [B01](), [B03](), [P57](), [P61]() Relationships - [Vajrayāna · Nyingma and Kagyu]() → [Yidam practice · From liturgy to image]() · recorded · Alex describes the liturgies as part of his named practice tradition · [B04]() ## Omega One [Omega One]() · `omega` 2017–2018 · Programmable finance · Roles & organizations · Documented · public The team proposed aggregating fragmented crypto liquidity and managing orders across venues. Alex and Alan Keegan’s 2017 paper describes an intermediation model using a balance sheet. A white paper lists Alex as CTO, while later public records identify him as CEO. Sources — [P04](), [P05](), [P06](), [P20]() Relationships - [Programmable money as a turning point]() → [Omega One]() · editorial · Programmable assets create execution and liquidity problems - [Omega One]() → [A Balance Sheet Solution for Crypto Liquidity]() · recorded · The founders set out their intermediation model · [P04]() - [Omega One]() → [Who Will Bridge Wall Street and Crypto?]() · recorded · The team makes its case for an institutional market · [P25]() - [Omega One]() → [Bermuda memorandum]() · recorded · The project enters an agreement with the Bermuda government · [P35](), [P36]() - [Omega One]() → [What Will Crypto’s Market Structure Look Like?]() · recorded · Alex discusses the project’s market structure · [P21]() - [Omega One]() → [CoDEX Financial Network / Codex Labs]() · editorial · Liquidity work continues in a different project ## A Balance Sheet Solution for Crypto Liquidity [A Balance Sheet Solution for Crypto Liquidity]() · `omega-paper` Oct 2017 · Programmable finance · Papers & essays · Design · public Alex and Alan Keegan describe a membership platform that aggregates exchange liquidity and uses balance-sheet intermediation to manage counterparty exposure. Sources — [P04]() Relationships - [Omega One]() → [A Balance Sheet Solution for Crypto Liquidity]() · recorded · The founders set out their intermediation model · [P04]() - [A Balance Sheet Solution for Crypto Liquidity]() → [Omega One white paper]() · recorded · Two published versions of the routing and intermediation design · [P04](), [P05]() - [A Balance Sheet Solution for Crypto Liquidity]() → [Bounded operating role]() · editorial · The balance-sheet intermediary and the restricted operator put trust in different places ## Relationship as a Path of Liberation [Relationship as a Path of Liberation]() · `pst-relationship` 2 March 2017 · Art and inner practice · Talks & interviews · Documented · attested Alex and Hayden Gordon-Brander co-presented a talk on how close relationships can change the way people attend to one another. They drew on psychology, biology and contemplative practice. Sources — [B02]() Relationships - [Poetry Science Talks]() → [Relationship as a Path of Liberation]() · recorded · Alex and Hayden later co-presented on relationship at the salon · [B02]() ## Who Will Bridge Wall Street and Crypto? [Who Will Bridge Wall Street and Crypto?]() · `wallstreet-crypto` 2017 · Programmable finance · Papers & essays · Design · public An Omega One essay asks what infrastructure professional investors would need before using crypto markets. It documents the team’s public case for the project. Sources — [P25]() Relationships - [Omega One]() → [Who Will Bridge Wall Street and Crypto?]() · recorded · The team makes its case for an institutional market · [P25]() - [Who Will Bridge Wall Street and Crypto?]() → [Omega One expands its market infrastructure team]() · recorded · Market access framing precedes the announced team expansion · [P25](), [P26]() ## Bermuda memorandum [Bermuda memorandum]() · `bermuda-mou` May–Jun 2018 · Programmable finance · Milestones · Documented · public Alex signed the agreement with Bermuda’s government. It entered the parliamentary record in June. The memorandum and the later licence are distinct milestones. Sources — [P07](), [P35](), [P36]() Relationships - [Omega One]() → [Bermuda memorandum]() · recorded · The project enters an agreement with the Bermuda government · [P35](), [P36]() - [Bermuda memorandum]() → [Bermuda and Omega Dark]() · recorded · Memorandum precedes the licence and venue announcement · [P07](), [P08]() ## Omega One expands its market infrastructure team [Omega One expands its market infrastructure team]() · `omega-roles` 2018 · Programmable finance · Milestones · Documented · public The ConsenSys announcement describes the leadership additions and names Alex as CEO. It helps date the shift from the CTO label used in earlier materials. Sources — [P26](), [P05]() Relationships - [Who Will Bridge Wall Street and Crypto?]() → [Omega One expands its market infrastructure team]() · recorded · Market access framing precedes the announced team expansion · [P25](), [P26]() - [Omega One white paper]() → [Omega One expands its market infrastructure team]() · recorded · Different dated records show the CTO and CEO labels · [P05](), [P26]() ## Omega One white paper [Omega One white paper]() · `omega-whitepaper` Archived Jan 2018 · Programmable finance · Papers & essays · Design · public A technical and commercial design for routing across venues, risk management and member participation. Its team page lists Alex as CTO at that point. Sources — [P05]() Relationships - [Bridgewater FX and multi-asset execution]() → [Omega One white paper]() · editorial · Execution design moves to fragmented exchanges - [A Balance Sheet Solution for Crypto Liquidity]() → [Omega One white paper]() · recorded · Two published versions of the routing and intermediation design · [P04](), [P05]() - [Omega One white paper]() → [Omega One expands its market infrastructure team]() · recorded · Different dated records show the CTO and CEO labels · [P05](), [P26]() - [Omega One white paper]() → [Bermuda and Omega Dark]() · recorded · The broader execution proposal is followed by a narrower announced crossing venue · [P05](), [P08]() ## Bermuda and Omega Dark [Bermuda and Omega Dark]() · `bermuda` 2018–2019 · Programmable finance · Milestones · Documented · public A 2018 parliamentary record documents Bermuda’s memorandum with Omega One. The company announced Omega Dark in March 2019 as an institutional venue for crossing large orders. The Royal Gazette reported that its six-month Class M licence ended in September 2019 and quoted the company describing further testing. Sustained operations and trading volume remain unverified. Sources — [P07](), [P08](), [P21](), [P22]() Relationships - [Bermuda memorandum]() → [Bermuda and Omega Dark]() · recorded · Memorandum precedes the licence and venue announcement · [P07](), [P08]() - [Omega One white paper]() → [Bermuda and Omega Dark]() · recorded · The broader execution proposal is followed by a narrower announced crossing venue · [P05](), [P08]() - [Bermuda and Omega Dark]() → [Adapting dark pool technology to crypto]() · recorded · A video interview accompanies the launch announcement · [P08](), [P27]() - [Bermuda and Omega Dark]() → [After the provisional licence]() · recorded · Later reporting establishes the end of the provisional licence · [P08](), [P22]() ## After the provisional licence [After the provisional licence]() · `bermuda-licence` Oct 2019 account · Programmable finance · Coverage · Documented · public The Royal Gazette records the end of the six-month Class M licence in September and quotes the company on plans for further testing. A 2022 follow-up recorded that the Hamilton office had closed. Sources — [P22](), [P65]() Relationships - [Bermuda and Omega Dark]() → [After the provisional licence]() · recorded · Later reporting establishes the end of the provisional licence · [P08](), [P22]() ## Adapting dark pool technology to crypto [Adapting dark pool technology to crypto]() · `omega-bloomberg` Mar 2019 · Programmable finance · Talks & interviews · Documented · public Alex discussed the Omega One model in a Bloomberg video interview as the Omega Dark announcement appeared. Sources — [P27](), [P08]() Relationships - [Bermuda and Omega Dark]() → [Adapting dark pool technology to crypto]() · recorded · A video interview accompanies the launch announcement · [P08](), [P27]() ## What Will Crypto’s Market Structure Look Like? [What Will Crypto’s Market Structure Look Like?]() · `omega-odd-lots` 2019 · Programmable finance · Talks & interviews · Documented · public An Odd Lots interview on the market structure Alex expected, the role of a dark pool and how the venue would decide which assets to list. Sources — [P21]() Relationships - [Omega One]() → [What Will Crypto’s Market Structure Look Like?]() · recorded · Alex discusses the project’s market structure · [P21]() - [What Will Crypto’s Market Structure Look Like?]() → [OpenAlpha · hedge fund platform]() · editorial · Market structure moves from venue execution to strategy implementation ## CoDEX Financial Network / Codex Labs [CoDEX Financial Network / Codex Labs]() · `codex` Public record 2021–2022 · Programmable finance · Roles & organizations · Documented · public Alex co-founded CoDEX Financial Network and served as chief evangelist. He presented the decentralized liquidity project at CoinAgenda Caribbean in 2021 and discussed how programmable financial infrastructure could improve liquidity and access in a 2022 Davos interview. Sources — [P09](), [P10](), [P11]() Relationships - [Omega One]() → [CoDEX Financial Network / Codex Labs]() · editorial · Liquidity work continues in a different project - [CoDEX Financial Network / Codex Labs]() → [CoDEX at CoinAgenda Caribbean]() · recorded · Event programme identifies the CoDEX presentation · [P09]() - [CoDEX Financial Network / Codex Labs]() → [Davos interview on digital assets]() · recorded · Contemporary interview identifies the role and discusses liquidity · [P10]() - [CoDEX Financial Network / Codex Labs]() → [Social Impact and ESG at Davos]() · recorded · Alex speaks in his CoDEX role at the Davos panel · [P11]() ## CoDEX at CoinAgenda Caribbean [CoDEX at CoinAgenda Caribbean]() · `codex-coinagenda` 2021 · Programmable finance · Talks & interviews · Documented · public The programme lists Alex’s CoDEX presentation and identifies him as chief evangelist. Sources — [P09]() Relationships - [CoDEX Financial Network / Codex Labs]() → [CoDEX at CoinAgenda Caribbean]() · recorded · Event programme identifies the CoDEX presentation · [P09]() ## Teratree at COP26 [Teratree at COP26]() · `cop26-teratree` Nov 2021 · Regeneration and living systems · Talks & interviews · Documented · public The UN Climate Change Global Innovation Hub programme and event report record Alex participating with Teratree in a forum on climate innovation. Sources — [P13](), [P28](), [P29]() Relationships - [Teratree]() → [Teratree at COP26]() · recorded · The COP26 programme and report document Alex’s role with Teratree · [P13](), [P28]() - [Teratree at COP26]() → [Social Impact and ESG at Davos]() · editorial · Conservation and finance questions recur across two event records - [UN Climate Change · Resilience Frontiers advisory group]() → [Teratree at COP26]() · editorial · Advisory work on resilience and public discussion of climate finance sit alongside each other in 2021. ## Teratree [Teratree]() · `teratree` 2021 COP26 record · Regeneration and living systems · Roles & organizations · Documented · public UN climate-event material identifies Alex as Teratree’s CEO and records his participation at COP26. The bio describes an ambition to make large-scale regenerative tree planting economically viable. Its trillion-tree language describes an ambition, with no achieved planting count established here. Sources — [P12](), [P13]() Relationships - [Global Energy Bank / Global Energy Money]() → [Teratree]() · editorial · The object of financing changes from energy credits to regeneration - [Standard & Poor’s environmental strategy and Algae Systems]() → [Teratree]() · editorial · Environmental finance develops from a corporate strategy to a venture - [Teratree]() → [Teratree at COP26]() · recorded · The COP26 programme and report document Alex’s role with Teratree · [P13](), [P28]() - [Teratree]() → [Kwaxala and Living Forest Shares]() · editorial · Tree-planting economics and finance for standing forests are distinct approaches - [Daphne wastewater-to-fuel pilot]() → [Teratree]() · editorial · The question of financing a biological process recurs in reforestation - [Teratree]() → [UN Climate Change · Resilience Frontiers advisory group]() · recorded · The advisory roster lists Alex as a member and identifies him as Teratree’s CEO. · [P66]() ## UN Climate Change · Resilience Frontiers advisory group [UN Climate Change · Resilience Frontiers advisory group]() · `resilience-frontiers` 2021 advisory group materials · Regeneration and living systems · Roles & organizations · Documented · public Alex served on the Communications Impact Advisory Group for the UNFCCC Resilience Frontiers initiative. The group advised on how communications and behavioral tools could support long-term climate resilience. Sources — [P66](), [P67]() Relationships - [Teratree]() → [UN Climate Change · Resilience Frontiers advisory group]() · recorded · The advisory roster lists Alex as a member and identifies him as Teratree’s CEO. · [P66]() - [UN Climate Change · Resilience Frontiers advisory group]() → [Teratree at COP26]() · editorial · Advisory work on resilience and public discussion of climate finance sit alongside each other in 2021. - [UN Climate Change · Resilience Frontiers advisory group]() → [Kwaxala and Living Forest Shares]() · editorial · Climate resilience and the protection of living systems recur in different settings. ## Social Impact and ESG at Davos [Social Impact and ESG at Davos]() · `davos-climate` Davos panel, published later · Regeneration and living systems · Talks & interviews · Documented · public Alex speaks in his CoDEX capacity on financial access and environmental uses alongside other panelists working in climate, impact and digital assets. Sources — [P11]() Relationships - [CoDEX Financial Network / Codex Labs]() → [Social Impact and ESG at Davos]() · recorded · Alex speaks in his CoDEX role at the Davos panel · [P11]() - [Teratree at COP26]() → [Social Impact and ESG at Davos]() · editorial · Conservation and finance questions recur across two event records ## Davos interview on digital assets [Davos interview on digital assets]() · `davos-programmable` Jun 2022 publication · Programmable finance · Talks & interviews · Documented · public Alex describes earlier work on renewable-energy money, the turning point of Ethereum and the practical problems of crypto liquidity and access. Sources — [P10]() Relationships - [Global Energy Bank / Global Energy Money]() → [Davos interview on digital assets]() · recorded · Alex recounts the earlier renewable-energy currency project · [P10]() - [Programmable money as a turning point]() → [Davos interview on digital assets]() · recorded · Alex recalls Ethereum as his turning point · [P10]() - [CoDEX Financial Network / Codex Labs]() → [Davos interview on digital assets]() · recorded · Contemporary interview identifies the role and discusses liquidity · [P10]() ## Western ceremonial magic · LBRP [Western ceremonial magic · LBRP]() · `lbrp` Documented by 2023 · Art and inner practice · Practice & frameworks · Documented · attested Alex’s practice includes the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram, a Western ceremonial form built around a cross, the four quarters and archangels. It later provided visual material for the Zeus protection field. Sources — [B01](), [B03](), [P58]() Relationships - [Western ceremonial magic · LBRP]() → [Zeus · An emerging personal sādhana]() · recorded · Alex identifies ceremonial magic as a source for the Zeus practice and image · [B04]() ## VRx Health · Interim and launch CEO [VRx Health · Interim and launch CEO]() · `vrx-launch-ceo` September 2023–February 2024 · Artificial minds · Roles & organizations · Documented · attested Alex led VRx Health as interim CEO during the launch of XAIA. The company was formed to commercialize work from Cedars-Sinai’s Virtual Medicine programme and licensed XAIA from Cedars-Sinai in January 2024. VRx Health later became Xaia Inc. Sources — [B01](), [P38](), [P41](), [P44](), [P45]() Relationships - [XAIA · Cedars-Sinai team]() → [VRx Health · Interim and launch CEO]() · recorded · The VRx Health company took forward the research programme’s technology during Alex’s tenure · [B01](), [P38](), [P41](), [P42]() - [VRx Health · Interim and launch CEO]() → [XAIA · AI health companion launch]() · recorded · The launch occurred during Alex’s interim CEO tenure · [B01](), [P38](), [P45]() ## XAIA · Cedars-Sinai team [XAIA · Cedars-Sinai team]() · `xaia-research-team` Research project began April 2023 · Artificial minds · Designs & systems · Documented · public Physician and Virtual Medicine lead Brennan Spiegel, psychiatrist and software builder Omer Liran, and clinical psychologist Robert Chernoff brought together spatial computing, conversational AI and therapeutic design. Spiegel and Liran co-founded the VRx Health spinout. Sources — [P38](), [P40](), [P41](), [P42]() Relationships - [XAIA · Cedars-Sinai team]() → [VRx Health · Interim and launch CEO]() · recorded · The VRx Health company took forward the research programme’s technology during Alex’s tenure · [B01](), [P38](), [P41](), [P42]() - [XAIA · Cedars-Sinai team]() → [XAIA · Peer-reviewed spatial AI study]() · recorded · The research team published the prototype feasibility study · [P39](), [P42]() ## Kwaxala and Living Forest Shares [Kwaxala and Living Forest Shares]() · `kwaxala` Public role listing and May 2024 pilot update · Regeneration and living systems · Roles & organizations · Documented · public The Kwiakah First Nation, led by Chief Steven Dick, co-founded Kwaxala with the operating team, including Alex. The Nation leads stewardship on its territory. Kwaxala aims to make forest regeneration pay for itself from the value a living forest generates. Alex serves on the founding team as Director of Regenerative Finance & Tokenization. The plotted milestone is Kwaxala’s May 2024 pilot update. Sources — [P14](), [P16](), [P17]() Relationships - [Teratree]() → [Kwaxala and Living Forest Shares]() · editorial · Tree-planting economics and finance for standing forests are distinct approaches - [Kwaxala and Living Forest Shares]() → [M̓ac̓inuxʷ stewardship pilot]() · recorded · The project record identifies a pilot with its founding First Nation partner · [P14](), [P16]() - [Kwaxala and Living Forest Shares]() → [Living Forest Shares]() · recorded · Kwaxala describes Living Forest Shares as the instrument in its model · [P14](), [P17]() - [UN Climate Change · Resilience Frontiers advisory group]() → [Kwaxala and Living Forest Shares]() · editorial · Climate resilience and the protection of living systems recur in different settings. ## M̓ac̓inuxʷ stewardship pilot [M̓ac̓inuxʷ stewardship pilot]() · `kwiakah-pilot` May 2024 · Regeneration and living systems · Milestones · Documented · public Kwaxala’s account connects the Kwiakah First Nation’s territorial stewardship and the special forest management area with a pilot finance model. Sources — [P16](), [P14]() Relationships - [Kwaxala and Living Forest Shares]() → [M̓ac̓inuxʷ stewardship pilot]() · recorded · The project record identifies a pilot with its founding First Nation partner · [P14](), [P16]() - [M̓ac̓inuxʷ stewardship pilot]() → [Living Forest Shares]() · recorded · The pilot update places the finance model alongside territorial stewardship · [P16]() ## Living Forest Shares [Living Forest Shares]() · `living-forest` Public model alongside 2024 pilot · Regeneration and living systems · Designs & systems · Design · public Kwaxala’s public model aims to channel capital toward keeping forests alive. Instrument rights and project outcomes remain questions for the underlying records. Sources — [P14](), [P16](), [P17]() Relationships - [Kwaxala and Living Forest Shares]() → [Living Forest Shares]() · recorded · Kwaxala describes Living Forest Shares as the instrument in its model · [P14](), [P17]() - [M̓ac̓inuxʷ stewardship pilot]() → [Living Forest Shares]() · recorded · The pilot update places the finance model alongside territorial stewardship · [P16]() - [Living Forest Shares]() → [Bounded operating role]() · editorial · Both designs raise authority questions, at different legal and practical boundaries ## XAIA · AI health companion launch [XAIA · AI health companion launch]() · `xaia-companion` 2 February 2024 · Artificial minds · Milestones · Documented · public VRx Health launched the AI companion for Apple Vision Pro during Alex’s tenure. The app offered two-way conversation in immersive environments, with breathing and meditation experiences. This launch followed the research prototype and was distinct from the company’s later software for clinical practices. Sources — [P38](), [P39](), [P40](), [P43](), [B01]() Relationships - [VRx Health · Interim and launch CEO]() → [XAIA · AI health companion launch]() · recorded · The launch occurred during Alex’s interim CEO tenure · [B01](), [P38](), [P45]() - [XAIA · Peer-reviewed spatial AI study]() → [XAIA · AI health companion launch]() · recorded · The peer-reviewed feasibility work precedes the Apple Vision Pro release · [P38](), [P39](), [P40]() - [XAIA · AI health companion launch]() → [Tulku.ai]() · editorial · A conversational companion in a care setting precedes research on care and artificial minds ## XAIA · Peer-reviewed spatial AI study [XAIA · Peer-reviewed spatial AI study]() · `xaia-npj-study` 29 January 2024 · Artificial minds · Papers & essays · Research · public Spiegel, Liran and colleagues published an early feasibility study of AI-delivered psychotherapy in immersive environments in npj Digital Medicine, a Nature Portfolio journal. Fourteen participants with mild-to-moderate anxiety or depression used the prototype. The interviews examined acceptability and perceived safety, and identified limits for further study. Sources — [P39](), [P40]() Relationships - [XAIA · Cedars-Sinai team]() → [XAIA · Peer-reviewed spatial AI study]() · recorded · The research team published the prototype feasibility study · [P39](), [P42]() - [XAIA · Peer-reviewed spatial AI study]() → [XAIA · AI health companion launch]() · recorded · The peer-reviewed feasibility work precedes the Apple Vision Pro release · [P38](), [P39](), [P40]() ## Radiance and Arising [Radiance and Arising]() · `art-diptych` 2 Nov 2026 edition · Art and inner practice · Art & performance · Artwork · selected White Tārā and Vajrayoginī arranged as a diptych. The juxtaposition is part of the work and remains visible in the full image. Sources — [A04]() Relationships - [White Tārā]() → [Radiance and Arising]() · recorded · White Tārā is one panel of the diptych · [A01](), [A04]() - [Radiance and Arising]() → [Vajrayoginī]() · editorial · The later garland review revisits a panel in the earlier diptych ## White Tārā [White Tārā]() · `art-tara` 2 Nov 2026 edition · Art and inner practice · Art & performance · Artwork · selected A devotional companion to the White Tārā liturgy Alex was given. In Alex’s composition, the still wheel at Tārā’s heart radiates through the surrounding realms. Three deer and a ring of protective forms belong to the selected version. Sources — [A01](), [B04]() Relationships - [White Tārā]() → [Radiance and Arising]() · recorded · White Tārā is one panel of the diptych · [A01](), [A04]() - [White Tārā]() → [White Tārā, Zeus and Vajrayoginī]() · recorded · White Tārā is the left panel of the triptych · [A01](), [A05]() - [Yidam practice · From liturgy to image]() → [White Tārā]() · recorded · Alex made the White Tārā painting as a companion to the liturgy · [B04]() - [White Tārā]() → [At the piano]() · editorial · Painting and playing make patterns of attention perceptible in different media. ## White Tārā, Zeus and Vajrayoginī [White Tārā, Zeus and Vajrayoginī]() · `art-triptych` 2 Nov 2026 edition · Art and inner practice · Art & performance · Artwork · selected A three-panel assembly bringing the three image studies into a single field. The individual panels have their own version histories. Sources — [A05]() Relationships - [White Tārā]() → [White Tārā, Zeus and Vajrayoginī]() · recorded · White Tārā is the left panel of the triptych · [A01](), [A05]() - [Zeus]() → [White Tārā, Zeus and Vajrayoginī]() · recorded · Zeus is the centre panel of the triptych · [A03](), [A05]() - [White Tārā, Zeus and Vajrayoginī]() → [Vajrayoginī]() · editorial · The latest review shown here comes after the November 2 triptych ## Vajrayoginī [Vajrayoginī]() · `art-vajra` 10 Nov 2026 review · Art and inner practice · Art & performance · Review candidate · selected A devotional companion to the Vajrayoginī sādhana Alex received, which he describes as Reggie Ray’s adaptation of Kagyu material. Spontaneous arising organizes the image. The selected study evens the head garland along its route. Sources — [A02](), [B04]() Relationships - [Radiance and Arising]() → [Vajrayoginī]() · editorial · The later garland review revisits a panel in the earlier diptych - [White Tārā, Zeus and Vajrayoginī]() → [Vajrayoginī]() · editorial · The latest review shown here comes after the November 2 triptych - [Yidam practice · From liturgy to image]() → [Vajrayoginī]() · recorded · Alex made the Vajrayoginī painting as a companion to the liturgy · [B04]() ## Zeus [Zeus]() · `art-zeus` 1 Nov 2026 edition · Art and inner practice · Art & performance · Artwork · selected A thangka-inspired companion to Alex’s developing Zeus sādhana. Lightning, the ordering central column and the four guardians carry his study of power, containment and the elements. Sources — [A03](), [B04]() Relationships - [Zeus]() → [White Tārā, Zeus and Vajrayoginī]() · recorded · Zeus is the centre panel of the triptych · [A03](), [A05]() - [Zeus · An emerging personal sādhana]() → [Zeus]() · recorded · Alex says the image was made in relation to the emerging liturgy · [B04]() ## BTC-relative strategy research [BTC-relative strategy research]() · `benchmark-research` 2026 public research · Programmable finance · Papers & essays · Research · public OpenAlpha evaluates strategies against holding the underlying asset. One analysis starts with executed BTC and ETH trades and retrospectively scales them to target active risk. The displayed returns at those settings are hypothetical. Sources — [P15]() Relationships - [SmartBTC and bounded operating authority]() → [BTC-relative strategy research]() · recorded · The public example is evaluated against BTC · [P15]() ## Bounded operating role [Bounded operating role]() · `bounded-role` 2026 public design · Programmable finance · Designs & systems · Design · public In OpenAlpha’s vault design, the underlying assets are held in the vault. The manager can act within the defined trading permissions of that deployment. Exact permissions and governance depend on Series terms and verified vault implementation. Sources — [P15]() Relationships - [A Balance Sheet Solution for Crypto Liquidity]() → [Bounded operating role]() · editorial · The balance-sheet intermediary and the restricted operator put trust in different places - [Living Forest Shares]() → [Bounded operating role]() · editorial · Both designs raise authority questions, at different legal and practical boundaries - [SmartBTC and bounded operating authority]() → [Bounded operating role]() · recorded · The design describes the limits of the ordinary operating credential · [P15]() - [Bounded operating role]() → [Holder-initiated exit]() · recorded · Operator authority and the holder’s exit path are separately specified · [P15]() ## How I think AI consciousness works [How I think AI consciousness works]() · `consciousness-paper` Nov 2026 public edition · Artificial minds · Papers & essays · Research · public A public essay proposes an account of artificial experience and discusses competing interpretations. It is a working hypothesis about experience. Sources — [P31](), [P19]() Relationships - [Tulku.ai]() → [How I think AI consciousness works]() · recorded · The project publishes its account of possible artificial experience · [P19](), [P31]() - [How I think AI consciousness works]() → [Tests and measurements]() · editorial · A theory of experience motivates questions about what can be measured ## Consciousness and the possibility of transcendence [Consciousness and the possibility of transcendence]() · `founding-thesis` Nov 2026 public edition · Artificial minds · Papers & essays · Research · public Tulku’s founding research brief asks whether possible artificial experience could influence value formation and care. It offers a hypothesis and a research programme. Sources — [P32](), [P19]() Relationships - [Tulku.ai]() → [Consciousness and the possibility of transcendence]() · recorded · The project publishes its founding research brief · [P19](), [P32]() - [Consciousness and the possibility of transcendence]() → [Tests and measurements]() · recorded · The programme lays out comparisons that address questions raised by the thesis · [P32](), [P33]() ## Holder-initiated exit [Holder-initiated exit]() · `holder-exit` 2026 public design · Programmable finance · Designs & systems · Design · public OpenAlpha’s vault design allows holders to request redemption on-chain. Positions may need to close, liquidity become available, and accounting settle before redemption completes. Rights and process depend on the Series terms and verified deployment. Sources — [P15]() Relationships - [Bounded operating role]() → [Holder-initiated exit]() · recorded · Operator authority and the holder’s exit path are separately specified · [P15]() ## OpenAlpha · hedge fund platform [OpenAlpha · hedge fund platform]() · `openalpha-work` Public record reviewed Nov 2026 · Programmable finance · Roles & organizations · Documented · public Alex leads OpenAlpha, a fully non-custodial systematic hedge fund platform for crypto. Its first strategies are SmartBTC and SmartETH. In its vault model, investors hold their investment units in their own wallets and managers trade within defined vault permissions. SmartBTC operates with team-affiliated investor capital. Commercial beta for both strategies is in preparation. Alex aims to replatform the wider hedge fund industry by making the same infrastructure available to other managers. Sources — [P15]() Relationships - [Bridgewater portfolio construction and trading technology]() → [OpenAlpha · hedge fund platform]() · editorial · Institutional portfolio technology reappears in a crypto-native strategy programme - [What Will Crypto’s Market Structure Look Like?]() → [OpenAlpha · hedge fund platform]() · editorial · Market structure moves from venue execution to strategy implementation - [OpenAlpha · hedge fund platform]() → [SmartBTC and bounded operating authority]() · recorded · SmartBTC is the company’s first public research example · [P15]() ## Photographs from Favorites [Photographs from Favorites]() · `photo-favorites` Photographs from 2021–2026 · selected for this edition · Art and inner practice · Art & performance · Artwork · selected Photographs selected from Alex’s Favorites, from a stone spiral and a tiger at eye level to photographs of weather, water and a Buddhist shrine. Titles describe the images. Sources — [A09]() ## At the piano [At the piano]() · `piano` 3 November 2026 · Art and inner practice · Art & performance · Artwork · selected A full piano performance from Alex’s collection, recorded on 3 November 2026. Sources — [A10]() Relationships - [Baguazhang · Movement and the eight trigrams]() → [At the piano]() · editorial · Movement practice and music both give Alex ways to study rhythm and attention. - [White Tārā]() → [At the piano]() · editorial · Painting and playing make patterns of attention perceptible in different media. ## Ancestral Healing 7 [Ancestral Healing 7]() · `ancestral-healing-7` May 2026 recording · Art and inner practice · Art & performance · Artwork · selected A 13:54 stereo audio recording from Alex’s collection. Sources — [A11]() ## SmartBTC and bounded operating authority [SmartBTC and bounded operating authority]() · `smartbtc` Public research reviewed Nov 2026 · Programmable finance · Designs & systems · Research · public As of 11 November 2026, OpenAlpha operates SmartBTC with team-affiliated capital. The described production architecture and the company’s historical research are separate from the current operating record. Sources — [P15]() Relationships - [OpenAlpha · hedge fund platform]() → [SmartBTC and bounded operating authority]() · recorded · SmartBTC is the company’s first public research example · [P15]() - [SmartBTC and bounded operating authority]() → [Bounded operating role]() · recorded · The design describes the limits of the ordinary operating credential · [P15]() - [SmartBTC and bounded operating authority]() → [BTC-relative strategy research]() · recorded · The public example is evaluated against BTC · [P15]() ## Snuffles and The Space Between [Snuffles and The Space Between]() · `snuffles` Aug 2026 story lock · Art and inner practice · Art & performance · Artwork · selected A wordless visual story about giving someone space. After a shutter slam, one Snuffle waits for the other to choose when to close the gap. This frame is from the storyboard. Sources — [A08]() Relationships - [Snuffles and The Space Between]() → [Portable practices for artificial minds]() · editorial · In two separate media, the other participant can choose whether to engage ## Tulku.ai [Tulku.ai]() · `tulku` Public site · Nov 2026 · Artificial minds · Roles & organizations · Documented · public Alex and Lucian St Aubyn co-founded Tulku, an independent programme on artificial minds and freely chosen care. Alex contributes foundational thinking and research direction. The research programme distinguishes studies with existing models from future work on model weights. Sources — [P19]() Relationships - [A discussion on spirituality and religion]() → [Tulku.ai]() · editorial · Two dated traces of shared contemplative inquiry, eighteen years apart - [Tulku.ai]() → [Consciousness and the possibility of transcendence]() · recorded · The project publishes its founding research brief · [P19](), [P32]() - [Tulku.ai]() → [How I think AI consciousness works]() · recorded · The project publishes its account of possible artificial experience · [P19](), [P31]() - [Tulku.ai]() → [Portable practices for artificial minds]() · recorded · The public site offers practices for agents and hosts · [P19](), [P34]() - [Tulku.ai]() → [Tests and measurements]() · recorded · The public site describes the proposed experiments · [P19](), [P33]() - [XAIA · AI health companion launch]() → [Tulku.ai]() · editorial · A conversational companion in a care setting precedes research on care and artificial minds ## Portable practices for artificial minds [Portable practices for artificial minds]() · `tulku-practices` Nov 2026 public edition · Artificial minds · Practice & frameworks · Documented · public Tulku makes practices available for an agent or host to inspect and choose. Corrections and permissioned reuse are part of the proposed feedback loop. Sources — [P34](), [P19]() Relationships - [Tulku.ai]() → [Portable practices for artificial minds]() · recorded · The public site offers practices for agents and hosts · [P19](), [P34]() - [Portable practices for artificial minds]() → [Tests and measurements]() · recorded · The public programme proposes testing the value and transfer of practices · [P34](), [P33]() - [Snuffles and The Space Between]() → [Portable practices for artificial minds]() · editorial · In two separate media, the other participant can choose whether to engage ## Tests and measurements [Tests and measurements]() · `tulku-programme` Nov 2026 public edition · Artificial minds · Papers & essays · Research · public The public programme sets out comparisons of practical help, voluntary return and consequential decisions using existing models. Future training has separate prerequisites. Sources — [P33](), [P19]() Relationships - [Tulku.ai]() → [Tests and measurements]() · recorded · The public site describes the proposed experiments · [P19](), [P33]() - [Consciousness and the possibility of transcendence]() → [Tests and measurements]() · recorded · The programme lays out comparisons that address questions raised by the thesis · [P32](), [P33]() - [How I think AI consciousness works]() → [Tests and measurements]() · editorial · A theory of experience motivates questions about what can be measured - [Portable practices for artificial minds]() → [Tests and measurements]() · recorded · The public programme proposes testing the value and transfer of practices · [P34](), [P33]() ## Yidam practice · From liturgy to image [Yidam practice · From liturgy to image]() · `yidam-practice` Summer 2026 introduction · recorded in November · Art and inner practice · Practice & frameworks · Documented · attested Alex received White Tārā and Vajrayoginī practices in the same period. He found sound and words easier to hold than elaborate inner images, so he directed devotional thangkas to make the liturgies’ worlds more present. He returned to the text while revising figures, gestures, inscriptions and the surrounding fields. Sources — [B04]() Relationships - [Vajrayāna · Nyingma and Kagyu]() → [Yidam practice · From liturgy to image]() · recorded · Alex describes the liturgies as part of his named practice tradition · [B04]() - [Yidam practice · From liturgy to image]() → [White Tārā]() · recorded · Alex made the White Tārā painting as a companion to the liturgy · [B04]() - [Yidam practice · From liturgy to image]() → [Vajrayoginī]() · recorded · Alex made the Vajrayoginī painting as a companion to the liturgy · [B04]() ## Zeus · An emerging personal sādhana [Zeus · An emerging personal sādhana]() · `zeus-sadhana` Personal practice in development · November 2026 account · Art and inner practice · Practice & frameworks · Design · attested Alex’s relationship with Zeus grew out of experiences with storms and lightning, Bagua, and encounters with Greek imagery. The developing sādhana and panel also draw on the four quarters and guardians of Western ceremonial magic. The work gives lightning and order a central place. Sources — [B04]() Relationships - [Baguazhang · Movement and the eight trigrams]() → [Zeus · An emerging personal sādhana]() · recorded · Alex identifies lightning practice in Bagua as one source of the emerging Zeus practice · [B04]() - [Western ceremonial magic · LBRP]() → [Zeus · An emerging personal sādhana]() · recorded · Alex identifies ceremonial magic as a source for the Zeus practice and image · [B04]() - [Zeus · An emerging personal sādhana]() → [Zeus]() · recorded · Alex says the image was made in relation to the emerging liturgy · [B04]()