Who the heck is this guy

I’m Oliver Emberton, founder-CEO of Silktide and possibly the most unashamedly optimistic person you know.

When I’m not building, I write about AI and why it’s mostly a good thing (85% confidence).

In a past life I wrote about understanding and getting the most from life, for Forbes, Huffington Post, Lifehacker, Quora, and more, with those articles read tens of millions of times.

Scattered bio

Started programming when I was 8, Assembler when I was 9
Wrote my first neural net aged 15
Wrote a million-line operating system, video-codec, and web browser when I was 16; this was before Windows 95 came out
Started my first company when I was 21, have never worked for anyone since
Keen salsa dancer, graphic designer, writer, public speaker, photographer, pianist (once in a band, wasn’t very good)
My parents were very cool people; my mom casually mentions meeting John Lennon and Elton John like I might mention a morning coffee
Moved from England to Austin, Texas in 2023. I love England but I’m America’s biggest fan and am never going back
When I moved my website from Wordpress to Substack, I lost over 176k subscribers, and almost 2 million Facebook likes (now to build them up again)
My mission is three slightly unreasonable moonshots
I teach vibecoding and give regular talks on AI in Austin, Texas
I’ve completely shaved my head since I was 18

I find this so interesting it has a whole page (that fact alone probably tells you all you need to know).

I moved the content I cared about to Substack on 3rd June 2025.

My logo is a combination of my initials, OCE (Oliver C Emberton)

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