Join Us
The story is live. The pipeline works. We're competing in the Future Vision XPRIZE, a $3.5 million competition to make a film about the future of humanity. We're looking for people who want to help build something that matters.
See the Work First
Everything is public. Judge the quality for yourself before you decide if this is worth your time.
New episodes drop every Wednesday. Companion podcasts every Friday. The series is a 75-episode serialized thriller exploring AI's promise to transform healthcare. It's also an official entry in the Future Vision XPRIZE.
The production pipeline works and the cadence is live. But the scope of what this project demands, including writing, image generation, voice synthesis, video editing, sound design, short-form content, podcast production, and multi-channel publishing, has outrun what one person can sustain at the quality level that makes this worth doing. If you care about the craft and want to help build something real, keep reading.
What I'm Looking For
A creative collaborator, ideally local to the Stayton, OR area, who's genuinely interested in at least one of the areas below. Remote roles are available for experienced, self-directed producers who can take an assignment and deliver without supervision:
Video Editing
Turning AI-generated scenes, voiceover, and imagery into polished YouTube episodes. DaVinci Resolve experience is a plus but not required.
Visual Storytelling
Scene composition, thumbnail design, visual continuity across episodes. Helping the story look as good as it reads.
SFX & AI Music
Sound effects, ambient scoring, and AI-generated music for episode theming. Building the sonic identity of the series from the ground up.
AI Experimentation
Curiosity about AI tools for creative production: image generation, voice synthesis, workflow automation. Willingness to learn and iterate.
Shorts & Distribution
Cutting long-form episodes into vertical YouTube Shorts, creating thumbnails that stop the scroll, writing titles that drive clicks, and publishing across Instagram, Pinterest, and TikTok.
You don't need to check every box. If you're curious and willing to learn, that matters more than a specific resume.
Open Source First
Budget is limited. There's only enough for a handful of paid services (API calls, cloud hosting). Everything else runs on open-source tools and locally hosted infrastructure. If there's a free, self-hosted alternative, that's what we use.
That means collaborators who know their way around open-source ecosystems, or want to learn, are especially valuable here. This isn't a project with enterprise licenses. It's resourceful production with the tools available.
The Production Network
The lab runs on a home network with real compute capacity. The workhorse is Stable: an AMD Ryzen 9 7900X workstation with 128GB RAM and an NVIDIA RTX 4090 (24GB VRAM). This is where all AI image generation runs locally through SwarmUI and ComfyUI, where DaVinci Resolve renders video, and where the heavy lifting happens.
Behind it sits a multi-server network: a dedicated Docker production server running 30+ containers, a monitoring stack with Prometheus and Grafana, networked storage for backups and media, and Cloudflare tunnels for secure remote access. Total across the lab: 40 CPU cores, 288GB RAM, and multi-terabyte storage.
This isn't a cloud operation. It's a purpose-built home lab. Everything runs on hardware we own, on a network we control.
A Note on IP & Confidentiality
Collapse Protocol is an active commercial production. The story content, including plots, narratives, character arcs, and unreleased episodes, is proprietary and protected. The custom production tools (StoryTeller, StoryArt) are not open source.
All contributors with access to production materials will be asked to sign a straightforward NDA. This isn't about distrust. It's about protecting a story that's still being told. We're transparent about how we work, but the work itself stays under wraps until it's published.
What You Gain
This isn't a job. There's no paycheck right now. What's listed below is what we can offer today. But the producer believes this project has real commercial legs, and he has a long memory. The people who show up early and do good work are the first ones called when things take off.
Published Credits
Your name on real, published content. Every episode, every asset. Contributors are credited.
Portfolio Pieces
Tangible, finished work you can point to. Not mockups or class projects. Actual published media.
Creative Satisfaction
Real input into creative decisions. You'll see your ideas shape the final product. That's the satisfaction of work well conceived and well executed.
Recommendation Letters
Professional references and recommendation letters for your contributions, whether for school, jobs, or freelance work.
Get In Touch
Interested? Send a short note about who you are and what caught your eye. No formal application. Just tell me what you'd want to work on.