Founded an AI Strategy & Software Studio
Traverse in Space
Founded Traverse in Space, a multidisciplinary AI strategy and software studio that helps organizations move beyond experiments into resilient, value-generating systems.
Category / Type
Founder-led studio; AI strategy; product architecture; software development; automation; venture building; transformational tooling.
Client / Venture / Internal
Founder-led studio venture.
Project Link
https://www.traverse-in.space/
Context
Traverse in Space was created for organizations that know AI matters but need more than a deck, a prototype, or a disconnected tool. The studio works across strategy, product, design, engineering, research, and operations to turn ambiguous opportunities into systems that can actually run.
The studio’s core stance is simple: AI is not just an add-on. It is an engine for change when it is tied to the right business model, workflow, interface, data, and human behavior.
Traverse in Space serves clients and ventures across AI media, AI voice, product strategy, automation, agentic workflows, applied research, and production-grade software systems.
Wicked Problem
Most organizations are stuck between strategy theater and implementation chaos.
Consultancies can diagnose the opportunity but often stop before the system is in place. Development teams can ship features, but often inherit an unclear strategy. Internal innovation teams can prototype, but those prototypes frequently die in pilot purgatory because no one owns the full path from insight to deployed system.
AI makes that gap more dangerous. The technology changes quickly, vendor stacks shift, teams need literacy, and every use case has real operational, ethical, and commercial consequences. The problem is not “how do we use AI?” The harder question is: what should become a system, who will use it, how will it create value, and how do we build it without losing the human purpose behind it?
Solution
Lucas founded Traverse in Space to own the work from strategy through production.
The studio combines transformational thinking with transformational tooling: workshops and diagnosis to identify the real opportunity; red-teaming and audits to understand risk; rapid automations and interventions to unlock near-term value; and research, design, and development sprints to build products, platforms, and AI systems that can scale.
The work spans AI strategy, product architecture, software builds, AI agents, voice systems, media engines, automation, research, brand experience, and venture building. The goal is not to automate people out of the loop, but to amplify human capacity with tools that fit the organization’s actual context.
Traverse in Space serves as the connective tissue among idea, interface, workflow, and deployed system — so that strategy does not get lost in translation before it becomes useful.
Outcome / Impact
Traverse in Space has become the operating vehicle for a portfolio of AI strategy, software, and venture work across clients and internal products.
Launched HyperThreads, an AI-first apparel sales-design SaaS.
Built AI image data pipelines for model R&D.
Facilitated responsible AI experimentation with an environmental law NGO.
Built AI voice and telephony workflows for sales qualification.
Supported enterprise AI strategy and agentic workflow design.
Built AI media systems that generated hundreds of thousands of branded assets.
Consulted on AI product strategy and launch planning inside mature software ecosystems.
Role / Contribution
Founder, operator, strategist, product architect, and AI systems builder.
Lucas leads Traverse in Space across business development, product strategy, technical architecture, client delivery, venture building, positioning, and translating AI opportunities into working systems.
Supporting Proof / Artifacts
Traverse in Space website: https://www.traverse-in.space/
TiS capabilities deck.
Portfolio work across HyperThreads, ClientEarth, Cantina Labs, Waymo, McDonald’s, Vacation Innovation, Automattic, and other clients.
Studio capabilities spanning AI media, AI voice, automation, agentic workflows, product architecture, and production software.
Founder-led venture and client portfolio.