Hey 👋, I'm Judson Stephenson. Most people call me Jud.

We live in an amazing time. So much to build and so many tokens to burn.

Nights and weekends I build local-first tools. smelt turns small models into installable agents, operator types what you say into the terminal, mkdn renders what your agents write, kokoro speaks on the Neural Engine, and ve-capsule proves an encrypted key backup holds the right key.

Most recently I was a Staff Engineer at Block working on Bitkey. Before that I ran the ad platform at Drizly (acquired by Uber) and a product consultancy helping startups find market fit. I've co-founded a bitcoin exchange, a couple of bitcoin wallets, and a wholesale distribution platform. Grew up at eBay via Svpply.