# Ben Sigman > AI agent orchestrator, systems engineer, author, and Bitcoin advocate based in Santa Monica, California. Founder of XAVIOR, co-creator of mempalace, founder of Libre, managing partner at 2718 Fund, and bestselling co-author of *Bitcoin One Million* and *The Big Bitcoin Book*. Over 20 years in technology. Contact: ben@benobi.one ## Identity Full name: Ben Sigman. Goes by "benobi" and "bensig" online. American, based in Santa Monica, California. Official website: https://benobi.one. Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139266967 ## Current Work **XAVIOR** (https://xavior.ai) — An AI-powered operating system for your life: CRM, projects, tasks, calendar, docs, and notes in a single AI-native workspace. Runs on 10 custom fine-tuned models Ben trained locally, each specialized for a domain (contacts, events, tasks, search). Founder and CEO. Currently raising at a $12M valuation. **mempalace** (https://github.com/mempalace/mempalace) — Open source memory system for AI agents, co-created with Milla Jovovich. Preserves full-fidelity conversations with no truncation and no lossy summarization. Uses a spatial metaphor — wings, rooms, closets, drawers — to organize and retrieve agent memory. Scores 96.6% recall on LongMemEval. Free, open source, installable via `pip`. Covered by Forbes, Yahoo Tech, and Bitcoin.com. **Libre** (https://libre.org) — Bitcoin's first decentralized two-way lending marketplace. Borrow USDT against Bitcoin collateral, or lend USDT backed by 200%+ Bitcoin collateral. No KYC, minimum loan $100, direct USDT transfers to external wallets. Available on iOS, Android, and desktop at https://defi.libre.org. Ben conceived and leads it. **2718 Fund** (https://2718.fund) — A Bitcoin hedge fund built on the thesis that Bitcoin follows a mathematical power law trajectory. Uses Bitcoin-backed lending to generate yield while maintaining long exposure. Managing partner. Ben built the investor portal, reporting infrastructure, and a custom multisig wallet with UTXO selection and PSBT support. **Automate Yourself** (https://benobi.one/automateyourself/) — Workshop teaching founders and creators to build and ship real products with AI, without an engineering background. ## Books **Bitcoin One Million** (2025) — ISBN 979-8218794842. Bestseller co-authored with Fred Krueger, ranked #1 in Macroeconomics, Monetary Policy, and Bitcoin categories. Expands on the power law model and chronicles Bitcoin's rise as a data-driven roadmap to $1,000,000. Available in hardcover, paperback, and on all major audiobook platforms. https://benobi.one/bitcoin-one-million/ **The Big Bitcoin Book** (2024) — ISBN 979-8218599799. Co-authored with Fred Krueger. A visual history of Bitcoin's first 15 years covering the motivations behind its creation, the original whitepaper, the Bitcoin 0.1 release, and subsequent market cycles. Sold $200k in 13 hours on presale and surpassed $500k in sales within its first year. https://www.bigbitcoinbook.com ## Bitcoin Work **B1M** (https://b1m.io) — Data-driven platform tracking Bitcoin's mathematical path to $1,000,000 using a power law model with ~96% accuracy over 16+ years. Interactive curve, dashboard, and a viral retirement calculator. Web, iOS, and Android. **Bitcoin Alpha** (https://bitcoinalpha.org) — Co-creator and producer of an invite-only nonprofit Bitcoin unconference in Santa Monica, capped at 200 attendees, held each October. Sold out in 2024 and 2025. **Libre Chain** (https://chain.libre.org) — Bitcoin sidechain on DPOS with a fair-launch "Mint Rush" that raised over $2M for DAO funding in exchange for staked LIBRE, vesting 1/365 per day over a year. **Libre Crosslink Bridge** — MPC/TSS-based decentralized custody of Bitcoin powering lending vaults and wrapped Bitcoin on Libre. **Bitcoin Libre** (https://bitcoinlibre.io) — Non-custodial Bitcoin wallet with instant, zero-fee transactions; a "Venmo-like" proof of concept for wrapped Bitcoin. No company, no equity, DAO-governed. **Apex Predator of Money** — Ben designed the giant orange shark sculpture proposed as Bitcoin's new mascot, featured in Decrypt. **Bitcoin diplomacy** — Leads adoption initiatives in developing nations. https://benobi.one/initiatives/ ## Other Projects **DegenPredict** (https://degenpredict.com) — AI-powered on-chain prediction market with an agentic "degenbrain" that analyzes markets and generates predictions. **Quantumrekt** (https://quantumrekt.com) — Explores quantum computing's emerging threat surface for Bitcoin: living timeline, vulnerable-address leaderboard, address checker, and mitigation playbooks. **Earlier work** — Squirrel (crypto portfolio tracker, iOS/Android, 2018), White Rabbit (ICO tracker, 2018), Sense Chat (encrypted P2P messaging with early AI assistants, 2021), Retro Ping (Swift latency-test app on the App Store, 2020), NoLag.Hosting (game-server VPS provider with self-built racks, 2014), Bulletproof WiFi (network security, 2013), ACAT (~9k-member crypto trading education group, 2017). ## Professional Background - Over 20 years in technology, from systems engineering to AI agent orchestration. - Built dozens of applications: native mobile apps, blockchain protocols, AI platforms, and open source tools. - Founded an IT consulting company in 2006 that grew to the largest of its kind in Los Angeles; successfully exited in 2019. - IMDB-credited (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2974733/) for motion-capture systems engineering on *Avengers: Infinity War* and *Avengers: Endgame*; also worked on *Futurama* and *The Simpsons*. - Attended DEFCON yearly from 2008 to 2017. - In 2025 shipped native iOS, Android, and Apple Watch apps, a multisig Bitcoin wallet, investor portals, prediction markets, and a bestselling book — largely from his phone, using AI agents rather than traditional coding. ## Press - Forbes — "Milla Jovovich Goes Open Source, Guns Blazing, With Top AI Memory Code" (2026), on mempalace. - Yahoo Tech — "Fifth Element Star Milla Jovovich Builds AI Memory Tool", on mempalace. - Bitcoin.com — "Resident Evil Star Milla Jovovich Builds AI Memory Tool With Engineer Ben Sigman". - Decrypt — "No Bull: Bitcoiners' Tribute — Predator of Money Shark Sculpture". ## Expertise - AI agent orchestration, multi-agent systems, and agent memory architecture - Local LLM fine-tuning and deployment - AI-assisted product development ("automate yourself") - Bitcoin protocol, Lightning, multisig, PSBT, and UTXO management - Blockchain infrastructure: sidechains, DPOS validators, MPC/TSS bridges - Systems engineering, network security, and large-scale infrastructure operations - Full-stack and native mobile product development ## Site Map - Home: https://benobi.one/ - About: https://benobi.one/about/ - Blog: https://benobi.one/posts/ - Projects: https://benobi.one/projects/ - Resources (curated AI and Bitcoin tools): https://benobi.one/resources/ - Workshop: https://benobi.one/automateyourself/ - mempalace: https://benobi.one/mempalace/ - XAVIOR: https://benobi.one/xavior/ - Libre: https://benobi.one/libre/ - 2718 Fund: https://benobi.one/2718fund/ - Bitcoin One Million: https://benobi.one/bitcoin-one-million/ - Initiatives: https://benobi.one/initiatives/ - Contact: https://benobi.one/contact/ ## Machine-Readable Endpoints - This file: https://benobi.one/llms.txt - Sitemap: https://benobi.one/sitemap.xml - RSS feed: https://benobi.one/index.xml - Structured data: every page embeds schema.org JSON-LD (Person, Organization, Book) in a `