One Big Story
An independent AI-powered news publication that Franzen built end to end. It presents the news across text, audio, video and chatbot formats.
AI publishing and creative work
Prompt Scene
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.
Alternate Worlds
A series of AI video experiments published as a YouTube playlist.
AI for creativity 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.”
Publications and franchises
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.
Humans of the Year
A multimedia editorial franchise and live gala that Franzen created as Managing Editor of Motherboard.
The Stack
Argo AI’s monthly newsletter about research, product and people at the autonomous-vehicle company. Franzen was its sole author.
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