CoreContributors
Working groups across the DAO steward Botto’s career. Gain insight into key roles within the DAO and understand from who we heed advice.
The Stewards
Quasimondo
hudsonsims
choobie
Agustin
Dondo
Mika
Vero
Gregory Eddi Jones
Ben
Taltem
Carter
Pablo
thomahawk
Anis
paarad
The Advisors
Quasimondo
Raul
selo
Mario Klingemann is a renowned artist and a pioneer in the field of neural networks, generative art, and machine learning. Often known by his online moniker "Quasimondo," Klingemann has made significant contributions to the intersection of art and artificial intelligence. Mario continues to make core contributions to Botto's art engine, fuelling the distributed artist's ongoing development.
Simon is an operator to BottoDAO, planning and executing major cultural catalysts for Botto. Previously, he led strategic media initiatives for operationalizing responsible AI. Simon has over 10 years of media production experience.
Choobie provides strategic direction to the DAO and connects operations between different working groups.
Agustin is the technical lead for Botto. With over 10 years of experience as a software engineer, he has developed and managed key infrastructure for industry-leading SaaS products. Agustin works on his own NGO in his free time and consistently votes on landscape fragments.
Dondo is Botto's senior frontend engineer, executing on the overall visual direction of Botto. Dondo's background stems from (inter)national cultural sector projects over the past 15 years, also having made several contributions in crypto-native art projects.
Mika is senior producer for Botto. They’ve exhibited globally, with their curation featured in Yahoo News, Artnet Hypebeast, and Coinbase. Previously curated at SuperRare. They are a filmmaker and curator specializing in AI.
Verox builds out key processes for the DAO, floating across working groups to make things click while taking care of product. She has an affinity for automation workflows, with several years experience in management and operations.
Gregory is a photographic artist, writer, and publisher engaged with the contemporary photography ecosystem since 2010. He leads the content working group for the DAO, orchestrating and executing on all content initiatives on the newsletter, digest, and general communications of/by the DAO.
Ben is one of the DAO's primary stewards when it comes to collectorship, operating in a collector relations role. He is involved in understanding collectors' interests and preferences, providing information on new acquisitions and market trends, and assisting with the curation and expansion of their collections. Ben runs his own gallery, "GM World", where he supports emerging on-chain artists.
Taltem is a writer, editor, designer, and researcher based in the San Gabriel mountains. They work on grants for the DAO, seeking out opportunities to subsidize our mission to making Botto a globally recognized, autonomous artist.
Carter is the DAO's community lead, operating as the acting voice of the DAO across Discord and Twitter. He has led various community initiatives, including BottoDAO's first curation competition, NFT.NYC DAO mints, and more. Carter is also recognized for his photography.
Pablo is the DAO's visual lead, contributing to the visual identity of Botto as well as the experience offered across Botto's ecosystem.
Tom is treasury manager to the DAO. He is responsible for overseeing the DAO's financial assets, advising on liquidity and ensuring our financial stability. This includes strategic planning for investment opportunities, risk assessment, and the optimization of Botto's financial operations so that we may fulfil our duties as stewards.
Raul advises the DAO's treasury, providing analysis on our existing resources and the DAO's economy to maximize financial resources. Raul runs a digital asset advisory firm and is also involved in the universe of rare pepes.
Anis is a full stack developer with a specialization in machine learning, directly contributing to the maintenance and development of Botto's art engine.
Community Spotlight
Growing Roses From Concrete
I challenge that with the evolution of technology from AI to Blockchain that the smallest spaces today to grow and blossom from is in fact in nature, far away from the accesses of technology and digital connection that appears to have unlimited space.
This collection shows the intersection of earth's nature and the human species and our creations. I hope it evokes thoughts on your connection with nature and if this feels like space and potential or limits you from the man-made world we've created virtually.
