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Brandon Tory Thorpe is an American entrepreneur, software engineer, and artist. He is the founder of Formless, Inc., a technology company focused on digital ownership and revenue-sharing infrastructure, and is known for his work in software engineering, artificial intelligence, and music.
Early life
[edit]Thorpe was born in the Boston area and raised in Brockton, Massachusetts. He attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he studied electrical engineering.[1] During his teenage years, he taught himself computer programming and software development.[1]
Career
[edit]Thorpe began his engineering career at Teradyne, where he worked on embedded systems and device driver software. He later joined Apple as a software engineer and subsequently became a staff engineer at Google, where he worked on artificial intelligence technologies.[2]
Thorpe founded Formless, Inc., a technology company that developed SHARE Protocol, a blockchain-based platform for revenue sharing and digital ownership.[3] In 2023, Formless announced a $2.2 million pre-seed funding round that included participation from a16z Crypto.[4]
Recognition
[edit]Thorpe was featured in The Wall Street Journal article "When Your Day Job Isn't Enough," which profiled professionals pursuing careers outside their primary occupations.[2]
CNBC featured Thorpe in its Young Success series in an article about his career in software engineering and music.[1]
Forbes profiled Thorpe in the article "Google A.I. Engineer/Rapper Wants Kids To Know It's Cool To Be A Genius."[5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Stevens, Zameena Mejia, Mary (2019-01-08). "This engineer was a homeless teen — now he's a rapper working at Google". CNBC. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - 1 2 Feintzeig, Rachel (2018-10-17). "When Your Day Job Isn't Enough". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
- ↑ Zimmerman, Randi (2024-01-21). "How Symphonic Distributes Using the SHARE Protocol". Symphonic. Retrieved 2025-05-22.
- ↑ "Formless Successfully Raises $2.2 Million in Pre-Seed Funding". PR Newswire. 2023-10-17. Retrieved 2025-05-22.
- ↑ Goldsmith, Margie (2019-01-21). "Google A.I. Engineer/Rapper Wants Kids To Know It's Cool To Be A Genius". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-05-22.
External links
[edit]- [[www.brandontory.com](http://www.brandontory.com) Official website]