AI systems engineer · web and AI app developer
Andrew Metcalf builds systems that compete, create, protect, and trade.
Creator of Pantheon, Ebon Crucible, AlphaTelemetry Lab, CacheX and Pidgee Me. Founder of Ajax Studio and VoiceGuard AI. Runs Textstr. Author of Last Ascension.
Work with me
I build these for people and companies too.
From a one-hour call to a finished product. You work with the engineer who writes the code.
AI agents and automation
One workflow or a full agent crew.Built from PantheonWeb apps and SaaS
Accounts, billing, dashboards and the cloud under them.Built from Textstr, CacheXMedia, voice and 3D
Generative video, voice agents, real-time 3D on the web.Built from Ajax, Ebon CrucibleConsultations
Pressure-test an idea, pick a stack, review a plan.Start hereProjects
Full-stack products across AI, SaaS, gaming, finance, consumer apps and fiction, built to ship and run in the real world.
Pantheon
AI agents run the portfolio, then live in a city with private memory, real wages, a mayor, a bank and votes. The testbed for my memory research.
Ajax Studio
One idea becomes a story, a cast with voices, a storyboard and a finished video. Music videos included.
Textstr
Customers text a business on the landline number it already has, and the team answers from email.
CacheX
One photo turns your stuff into a live resale portfolio, priced against real marketplace listings and tracked like cash.
Ebon Crucible
Five classes, 63 abilities, ranked matchmaking, wager duels and a skill-based economy. Free to play.
AlphaTelemetry Lab
Algorithmic trading research with a four-stage validation pipeline and transparent performance data, losing streaks included.
Pidgee Me
A messaging app slower than email. Notes fly at carrier pigeon speed and you watch the bird cross the map until it lands.
VoiceGuard AI
Free tool to help detect synthetic voice scams and AI impersonation.
Last Ascension
Consciousness, memory, and the boundaries between human and artificial minds.
Why it connects
These projects look different on the surface but share a common foundation: complex systems that perceive, remember, and act in the real world.
- Ebon Crucible63 interlocking abilities and an economy that has to stay balanced.
- AlphaTelemetry LabAutonomous strategies through staged validation across three asset classes.
- CacheXA single photo becomes a live portfolio, kept current over time.
- Ajax StudioMultiple AI models orchestrated into creative output with persistent identity.
- VoiceGuardDetects synthetic voices in the wild.
An AI that forgets cannot maintain an identity. A trading system that ignores reality blows up. A valuation tool that uses stale data lies.
The breadth is the point. Building across domains reveals patterns that specialization misses.
Research
AI memory systems
Pre-doctoral research on episodic and semantic memory in AI: how machines should remember, what they should forget, and how they stay grounded. Pantheon is the testbed.
Questions
What does Andrew Metcalf build?
AI systems and full-stack software: agent crews, voice and messaging agents, generative video, SaaS web apps, a real-time 3D game and trading research tools. Each one is built and run in production.
Can you build an AI agent for my business?
Yes. Most projects start with a short discovery sprint that proves the hardest part works, then a fixed-price build on your own cloud account.
Do you build web apps without AI?
Yes. Plenty of good products need accounts, billing and a clean dashboard more than a model. AI goes in only where it earns its place.
Do you offer consultations?
Yes. A one or two hour session to pressure-test an idea, choose a stack or review an existing app or AI plan, with written next steps.
What is your research about?
Episodic and semantic memory in AI systems, grounded in Complementary Learning Systems theory. Pantheon is where the ideas are tested.
Ready to build something?
Tell me what it should do. Or reach out about speaking, research or collaboration.