About
Clear Box is the mission-driven organization behind public-good infrastructure and an open attribution framework for crediting human and AI work. Learn who we are, what keeps us open, and where to continue the conversation.
Co-Founder
Chris is a systems architect who builds open tools, inspectable workflows, and local-first infrastructure for Clear Box. More than twenty years of entrepreneurship and music production left his name on two small businesses and off some of his most widely heard work. DARP, commonllama, and commonFrame are his response to a world where AI amplifies what one person can create, himself included, yet muddies who made the work and how.
Co-Founder
Victoria is an open education advocate and leads outreach, OER development, and knowledge management for Clear Box. She comes from over a decade of public service in secondary education, academic librarianship, and the nonprofit sector, empowering others with access to knowledge. As AI becomes part of everyday learning and working, she remains committed to advancing information literacy, critical evaluation, and learner sovereignty.
A public good is no good behind a paywall, restrictive licenses, or proprietary control. We publish our tools in the open and build a business around helping people optimize how they work and learn.
DARP is published under CC BY 4.0, commonllama under Apache-2.0, and commonFrame under AGPL-3.0. DARP and commonllama are public today; commonFrame is in closed alpha and ships with its license. All projects are open, yours to fork and run.
We charge for services, not products. We're a mission-driven for-profit and transparent about how we sustain the organization through custom design, training, technical support, advising, speaking engagements, and other mission-aligned work.
We're looking for people with strong opinions and relevant expertise to shape what we build and teach in the open for transparent work with AI.
Focus groups on AI literacy. We're creating the open tools and companion curriculum for local-first learning. What knowledge and skills do AI-ready graduates need to thrive in today's workforce?
A working group for honest AI attribution. We're developing DARP, a layered attribution framework for crediting both AI and human contributions to a work. How can we move past blanket AI disclosure statements into meaningful provenance?
Dates & Times TBA. In the meantime, sign up for updates from Clear Box.
Reach out at [email protected], and we'll get back to you within two business days.