an almost accurate map
of everything on my mind.

oh, hi.
i'm chelsea.

my brain is a tangle of connected threads. pull on any one of them and you'll find the same question underneath.

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wherever i go, i build one of these.
that's me!

a jill of all trades

what a cool way to say i fall down rabbit holes.
funny thing: they all come out in the same place.

Chelsea Rustrum flashing a peace sign

the thread, every time:

shouldn't we all get richer and more connected as technology advances?

01 2014 · the sharing economy

access over ownership.

Wrote the book on it. If we share what we have, everyone ends up with more.

02 2017 · blockchain

shared ownership.

If a network creates the value, the people in it should own a piece of it.

03 now · ai

ai for everyone.

The biggest shift yet. The upside shouldn't belong only to the platforms.

every few years the technology changes. the question never has.

two tedx talks, same question.

Blockchain was the tool that time. The talks were about who gets to own what we build together, and why the answer should be more of us.

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yes, that's a tedx stage.
Chelsea Rustrum speaking on the TEDx stage
Chelsea Rustrum teaching an AI course, standing at a laptop
me, teaching ai.

these days, i teach ai and help people prepare for the future.

Newest tool, same question. Hands-on AI courses on Claude Code, agents and real projects, plus the bigger conversation: where this is going, and how the people in the room come out ahead. Wherever I land, I build that room first. 100+ dinners and meetups from San Francisco to Lisbon, 200+ entrepreneurs taught.

there's the thread.

as seen in

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Chelsea is driven, smart and compassionate. There's often two types of people (idealist/realist or business/creative) and Chelsea is a rare combination of both. Kate Kendall, Politician / Entrepreneur
Chelsea is the big-picture thinker and thought leader most agencies crave to work with. Michael Darius, Apple Pioneer
It's not every day I meet another marketer and writer with as much talent and expertise as Chelsea. Trent Lapinski, The Graph

the journey

  1. 1997first business, age 15
  2. 2014It's a Shareable Life
  3. 2017blockchain & shared ownership
  4. 2018TEDxBoulder: The Future of Blockchain
  5. nowteaching AI, globally
JAM

community building & ai is my jam

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It's a Shareable Life, plus essays on the sharing economy, ownership, and now AI.

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Two-time TEDx speaker. Keynotes on AI, community, ownership.

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the tools change. the mission doesn't.

oh, hi.
still chelsea.

still curious.
still building ecosystems.
still pulling the thread.

let's build technology that leaves
more of us, better off.