Brandon Thomas, Creator of ArtCraft
Last verified November 1, 2026
Quick verdict
- Safe?
- Yes, from official sources (signed, checksummed, open source)
- Free?
- Apps free; AI Studio credits paid
- For
- Hobbyists, students, Linux users; not yet pro client work
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- His GitHub profile (echelon) lists him as "Founder: ArtCraft, Storyteller.ai, FakeYou," based in Atlanta, Georgia, and describes him as "Engineer, filmmaker. Rust."
- CineD: previously CEO of Storyteller.ai, the company behind the FakeYou voice platform; says he has 15 years of software experience and roughly a decade of Rust.
- storyteller.ai now states "We're Now ArtCraft."
- His LinkedIn profile lists him as Founder and CEO of ArtCraft, and earlier as a software engineer at Square (2014–2022).
- CB Insights lists the company as founded in 2022 in Atlanta, with $1.9M raised and investors including Greycroft.
Why he built the Adobe-style apps
He said he was "bit by the dark pattern 'cancellation fee' one too many times" (Ars Technica). He wrote the apps with Claude Opus 5.5 and funds them through paid AI tooling.
His own caveats
On Hacker News he said the project is "not anywhere close to ready" (InfoQ).
Frequently asked questions
Who created ArtCraft?
Brandon Thomas, founder of Storyteller.ai and FakeYou, now ArtCraft.
Where is ArtCraft based?
Atlanta, Georgia, per his GitHub profile and CB Insights.