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4−title: Company + Team
4+title: Team
5author: Tlon
5author: Tlon
6image: http://media.urbit.org/site/blog-6.jpg
6image: http://media.urbit.org/site/blog-6.jpg
7−preview: A bit about who we are and how our company, Tlon, relates to Urbit the open-source project.
7+preview:
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19−Curtis started working on Urbit in 2002. By 2011 he h
19+Curtis started working on Urbit in his garage in 2002. By 2008 he'd
20+finished Nock, a productivity level of approximately 1 bit per day.
21+By 2012 Hoon was essentially in its present form. By 2014, he had a
22+prototype of Arvo, and used it to raise a little seed funding so we
21−In 2002 Curtis went down to his garage with a question in mind: can
25+Urbit in early 2014 did most of the things it does today, but
22−you build a computer whose state is just a number, and whose updates
26+badly. For example, Urbit has chat and a shell now, and it had
23−are a single simple function? In 2008 Nock worked pretty well, in
27+both in 2014. But in 2014, chat was built into the network
24−2012 Hoon compiled itself to Nock and in 2014 we raised a little
28+module and the shell was a kernel module. Operating systems are
25−funding with the first prototype of Arvo.
29+hard (but fun).
29−Urbit is completely, 100% open source, and always will be. We started
33+Urbit is open source (MIT license) and patent-free.
30−a company, Tlon, to support the development of the platform. Tlon
31−owns roughly half of the Urbit address space, and operates with a
32−simple business model: use the value of Urbit address space to
33−bootstrap the development of the Urbit platform. The name Tlon is a
34−reference to a Borges story.
36−## Team
35+Tlon (named after a Borges story) is a vehicle for using the
36+potential value of the Urbit address space to make Urbit real.
37+Tlon owns about 40% of the address space (95 galaxies).
38−We’re a small team based in San Francisco that values open,
39+Another 50 galaxies are reserved for a future nonprofit. Tlon's
39−independent thinking and spirited debate. We try to foster an
40+long-term goal is to become a boring real-estate investment
40−environment where thoughtful criticism can quickly turn into better
41+trust, and shift development control to a Mozilla-style
41−design and better code. If you think you could be a good fit [send us
42+foundation / community. This will not happen any time soon.
42−an email](urbit@urbit.org).
43+
46+Some companies are all about cultural uniformity. We couldn't
47+differ more. No two people at Tlon see the world eye-to-eye.
49+Galen (CEO) is a surfer from Santa Cruz with an [architecture
50+degree](http://cooper.edu). Curtis (CTO) is a former CS grad student
52+books](https://books.google.com/books/about/The_True_History_of_the_American_Revolut.html?id=SZccAAAAMAAJ).
53+Anton is a rationalist Bolshevik and trained baritone. Philip is
54+a home-schooled Christian and baseball fan. Henry is a
55+prep-school soccer player and expert in horizontal marketing.
44**Galen Wolfe-Pauly** <br />
57**Galen Wolfe-Pauly** <br />
45Founder, CEO<br />
58Founder, CEO<br />
@@ -47,11 +60,11 @@ Recommended reading: Samuel Beckett, Christopher Alexander
48**Curtis Yarvin** <br />
61**Curtis Yarvin** <br />
49Founder, CTO<br />
62Founder, CTO<br />
50−Recommended reading: James C Scott, Ernst Junger
63+Recommended reading: James Burnham, Ernst Juenger
52**Anton Dyudin** <br />
65**Anton Dyudin** <br />
53Engineer<br />
66Engineer<br />
54−Recommended reading: Asmiov
67+Recommended reading: Isaac Asimov
56**Philip Monk** <br />
69**Philip Monk** <br />
57Engineer<br />
70Engineer<br />