Strata
April 2026 – Present
Building Strata, an open-source, local-first infrastructure for generalists. Your files, your machine, any AI you'd like.
Now
Current professional projects
harva.ai (formerly Supply Pay)
December 2023 – Present
harva.ai is a cross border trade finance and B2B SaaS company aimed at being an indispensable partner to buyers and sellers involved in international perishable goods trade.
LeverageAI
May 2022 – Present
A small consulting practice I run with a handful of colleagues — we explore ways to leverage ML and AI software for businesses and then apply it.
Current intellectual investigations
SRC Theory
August 2020 – Present
SRC Theory is a term I coined in August 2020. It proposes an optimal definition for a community in the Intelligence Age and seeks to define the constraints within which a community should operate.
What I'm writing
Currently writing short-form essays on X, weekly-ish — that's where most of my in-progress thinking lands first. Between books otherwise; earlier work below.
Essays on X
Ongoing · ~weekly
Short-form essays posted at @will_e_steele. Where most of my current thinking goes first.
How Our World Was Changed Forever By Artificial Intelligence
Non-fiction · December 2022
My first non-fiction book, written on the other side of the GPT moment, about what it actually means for the world that these systems exist. Audiobook followed in January 2023.
The Spark
Fiction · August 2022 · Book one of Beyond The Light
My first novel, and the opening of a science-fiction universe I'm calling Beyond The Light.
Recent
Building AI-Native Foundations · RGV Startup Week
April 27, 2026
A practical workshop for business owners ready to move past the AI hype and start building. What it actually takes to lay AI-native foundations inside a business: where to start, what to prioritize, and the decisions that shape whether AI becomes a real operating advantage or just another line item.
Harva Milestone IV — rebrand + $113M total funding
April 2026
Supply Pay formally became harva.ai. Closed an additional $110M in debt and roughly $750k in equity, bringing total funding across debt and equity to approximately $113M.
Supply Pay pre-seed round — $2.1M
February 2025
Closed a pre-seed round of $2.1M. Open to people interested in joining the journey.
$1M in invoices purchased, $0 in losses
July 2024
Supply Pay crossed $1M in invoices purchased with zero losses — a milestone the eBridge center in Brownsville wrote up at the time.