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AI / ART / SYSTEMSORIGINAL STUDY — 001

The reality
layer

Art.
Technology.
Business.
AI.

THE THROUGH LINE

Make the future feel like it.

Technology is moving quickly. The world around us should feel like it. I’m building toward that connection—through software, art, and physical environments that bring the future into lived experience.

My work spans startups, invention, engineering, venture and investment strategy, and creative direction. I’ve advised investors and businesses on opportunities, positioning, and execution.

I’m also the founder of the Cathedral Project—an environment and research laboratory in development.

The visible world.
The systems beneath.

Selected directions across experiential AI,
communication, governance, and engineering.

WORLD 001
EXPERIENTIAL AI / RESEARCH · IN DEVELOPMENT

Project Cathedral

A physical environment bringing architecture, light, sound, and responsive AI into one coherent experience.

A destination. A laboratory.

The thesis

The Cathedral is a place outside of space. We build the places the future will need to rest in.

Project Cathedral explores how software can shape a physical place—responding to presence through light, sound, and atmosphere.

The first chapter is being developed as a pilot: a place to experience, test, and advance intelligent physical environments.

ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPT / 001
01

AI governance

INVENTION

Governance mechanisms for AI systems. This work is held for direct discussion.

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02

RAIN

COMMUNICATION

An AI-mediated translation layer that presents interpreted intent alongside the original message. Built around the gap between expression and understanding.

03

Neuromorphic hardware

RESEARCH

Persistent physical states in analog neuromorphic hardware. Research into computation through physical systems.

04

HIVE

AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS
EARLY DEVELOPMENT

Exploring autonomous drones and coordinated swarms as adaptable, multipurpose systems.

My background includes FAA certification as a remote pilot.

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The idea.
The architecture.
The experience.

STRATEGY

Find the leverage.

Advisory across business and investment opportunities, AI integration, automation, and brand positioning. Connecting the opportunity to a practical direction—and the next step toward proving it.

Background

Experience includes investor advisory, campaigns, production, and creative execution for luxury lifestyle and hospitality businesses. A background in regional sales and operations leadership supports that work.

MEDIA & CREATIVE DIRECTION

Shape the experience.

Creative direction and production across campaigns, film, photography, aerial imagery, and interactive experiences. Shaping a consistent visual language from concept through execution.

Approach

Establish the visual language, bring the right collaborators together, and carry the idea through production.

Selected frames.

Original photography by Austin Ihm. Select a frame.

Small worlds.
Working things.

Independent software experiments.
DJ is Ded is an ongoing project.
Music creation for the masses.

AUSTIN IHM / INDEPENDENT FOUNDER

Let’s build
something real.

ihmaustin@gmail.comOr not.