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Winding down Plexus Knowledge Inc.

Dear Plexus Community,

I’ve decided to take a break from Plexus. So, I dissolved the venture company and, last week, returned our remaining $600k to investors.

The reason: I lost energy for product development.

Plexus’ mission—enabling broad participation online—still feels existential. Plexus’ strategy—connecting people through thoughts—feels right too. 

But the venture company’s work—developing a software product for distribution at scale—felt mixed.

Now, I’m catching my breath: exploring new places, meeting new people, visiting old friends. Going to my sister’s graduation, going to a friend’s memorial, moving neighborhoods in NYC.

The website plexus.earth remains up with all of your Voices. You can download any of them.

At some point, I may develop Plexus in a new form. I may also tutor high schoolers, work at a homeless shelter, and/or consider the application of AI to itself.

For now, I’m simply grateful for the Voice you each gave to this movement. And I’m hopeful that, even as the world spins faster, you stay grounded in it.

Davey

Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats too noble to neglect
Deceived me into thinking I had something to protect
Good and bad, I define these terms quite clear, no doubt, somehow
Ah, but I was so much older then I'm younger than that now

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