C/R
01 / AI research
Cortex Research Group
Community-driven AI research exploring accessible compute, smaller models, and collaborative tools.
Explore Cortex ↗MANSA OBI / NFTMANSA · SELECTED WORK
Ideas into
impact.
Artist. Builder. Brand strategist.
Working where culture, community, and technology meet.
Branding & strategyAI & researchDigital experiencesMusic & culture
01 / SELECTED PROJECTS
Across disciplines.
One creative thread.
6 projects
YOU + ME
+ AI ↗
+ AI ↗
02 / Collaborative AI
GroupGPT
Real-time group chat with AI. A shared space for people, teams, and their ideas to come together.
Open GroupGPT ↗03 / Games & digital worlds
Pixel Ponies
A gaming project connecting playful digital experiences, community, and on-chain worlds.
Explore Pixel Ponies ↗HACKGPT_
04 / Writing & education
HackGPT
Unleash Your Creativity With ChatGPT. The original book, now a chapter-by-chapter reading experience.
Read the book ↗05 / Music & creative direction
Daylight
The single from ₥AN$A. Music, monochrome imagery, and an independent release through LaBakers Records.
Listen to Daylight ↗BLOG /
MANSA
MANSA
06 / Essays & perspectives
Mansa Blog
Writing across music, business, technology, and the questions that connect them.
Read the blog ↗02 / THE PERSON BEHIND THE WORK
Make something
that cuts through.
I’m ₥AN$A. — also known as Mansa Obi and NFTmansa. My work brings together branding, marketing, music, and technology.
I bring more than 15 years of branding and sales experience, with work spanning independent communities, NFT projects, and established brands. That creative practice now sits alongside AI research, collaborative software, gaming, and writing.
Brand style guide ↗03 / FROM THE ARCHIVE
Brands. Communities. Momentum.
Current projects and brands from the creative archive.
Cortex ResearchGroupGPTPony LabsAxo LittlesDoleAltoCityFurBrawlsNFT Black MarketSlim SalamandersLucky ManekiLittle Boo’s
View a page from the 2021 project archive
04 / NEXT CHAPTER
Let’s build something.
Brand strategy, creative projects, and new collaborations.