PROJECTS / CARL FRANZEN # Independent AI projects *and publications.* Alongside his work as Executive Editor of VentureBeat, Carl Franzen builds independent publications and creative experiments that explore how AI changes the way stories are made and told. 01 / INDEPENDENT ## AI publishing and creative work LAUNCHED FEBRUARY 2026 ### [One Big Story](https://onebigstory.xyz) An independent AI-powered news publication that Franzen built end to end. It presents the news across text, audio, video and chatbot formats. LAUNCHED NOVEMBER 2025 ### [Prompt Scene](https://promptscene.substack.com) An interview publication about AI art. Franzen talks with artists who work with AI image tools about their craft, their creative practice and the culture forming around the medium. AI VIDEO ### [Alternate Worlds](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1V_PIgZ_A7sxIh4Sce4GnQdvCioOOs3-) A series of AI video experiments published as a YouTube playlist. AI IMAGES ### [AI for creativity gallery](https://carlfranzen.net/#gallery) A gallery of 36 AI-generated images, most of them science fiction and retrofuturist scenes, including “Golden Age Sci-Fi,” “Neo Art Deco Manhattan,” “Solarpunk NYC” and “Society of Cyborgs.” 02 / FOUNDED AND BUILT ## Publications and franchises LYFT · 2022 – 2023 ### Lyft Rev Lyft’s first editorial platform, which Franzen co-created and launched as a founding editor. It drew thirty thousand organic newsletter subscribers in its first month. MOTHERBOARD / VICE · 2017 ### Humans of the Year A multimedia editorial franchise and live gala that Franzen created as Managing Editor of Motherboard. ARGO AI · 2021 – 2022 ### The Stack Argo AI’s monthly newsletter about research, product and people at the autonomous-vehicle company. Franzen was its sole author. 03 / MORE ## Related pages [Science fiction](https://carlfranzen.net/fiction/) · [Journalism and editorial leadership](https://carlfranzen.net/journalism/) · [Speaking and media appearances](https://carlfranzen.net/speaking/) · [Full biography](https://carlfranzen.net/about/) ## Contact Carl Franzen · Brooklyn, New York · [carlfranzen@gmail.com](mailto:carlfranzen@gmail.com) · [Resume (PDF)](https://carlfranzen.net/assets/resume.pdf) · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlfranzen/) More: [About](https://carlfranzen.net/about/) · [Journalism](https://carlfranzen.net/journalism/) · [Projects](https://carlfranzen.net/projects/) · [Fiction](https://carlfranzen.net/fiction/) · [Speaking](https://carlfranzen.net/speaking/) · [Recognition](https://carlfranzen.net/recognition/)