Grig Bilham is a technologist, electronic musician, and nonprofit strategist who has spent more than 25 years designing open systems that keep artists in charge of their work. He helped pioneer equitable digital music in 2004 by co‑founding Addictech, an underground electronic‑music store that paid independent producers on fair splits and shipped DRM‑free catalogues long before such terms were common.
After exiting Addictech in 2018, Grig moved fluidly between consultancy and early‑stage co‑founder roles, delivering over sixty web, VR, and AI products for clients such as Disney‑ABC, Warner Music, Autodesk, and a swarm of seed‑stage start‑ups. His current umbrella vehicle, Distributed Creatives, operates Forever Sites, Musely.social, and the Local Artist Network—projects aimed at preserving creative works for centuries while ensuring that 100% of revenue flows back to their makers.
On the standards front, Grig co‑chairs the Digital Asset Management Working Group within the Metaverse Standards Forum, where he is helping draft open metadata and provenance formats for 3‑D and Web media. He also maintains FractalMesh, a modular social‑network stack, and Thinkr, an AI‑orchestration layer that automates research and code for distributed teams.
Performing internationally under the alias Neuronaut, he blends modular synthesis with large‑scale visuals to advocate for ethical AI and resilient creator economies. Across dozens of community‑owned ventures on five continents, his principle remains constant:
Tools should outlast platforms—and creators should out‑earn intermediaries.
Long‑Term Initiatives
Each project below is governed as public‑good infrastructure and designed for multi‑decade continuity.
Distributed Creatives
Umbrella non‑profit building an open creator‑first economy.
EverArchive
Century‑scale infrastructure preserving the complete creative process.
Metaverse Metadata Directory (MVMD)
Hub for open metadata standards across the Metaverse.
Local Artist Network
Digital‑signage network weaving local art into daily life.
Musely.social
Non‑profit platform returning 100% of revenue to creators.
SumSet Tech
Consultancy delivering AI, Web3, and spatial‑computing solutions.
Trashformers NFT
SpaceBucks‑fuelled NFT universe where junk becomes treasure.
XCH Foundation
Non‑profit stewarding the Chia blockchain ecosystem.
Thunkr.ai
AI solutions lab for autonomous research and workflow agents.
FractalMesh
Modular social‑network stack for decentralized communities.
Creator Advocacy
Advocating policy and tooling that ensure creators retain rights.