LAUREN Chief Executive Officer
Our founder is a lifelong artist who began performing and writing music in second grade. She went on to attend Berklee College of Music as a songwriting major, minoring in music business, and has spent her entire career working at the intersection of creativity, advocacy, and innovation. Based in Austin, TX, she also founded a local organization that connects the arts community with social justice movements bridging the gap between music and meaningful change. With experience directing large-scale community activations, booking festivals, managing artists, and navigating the music tech startup world, she brings a deep understanding of both the artistic journey and the business behind it. Her work extends to political advocacy for artists, and her lived experience gives her deep insight into what it means to survive as an artist and as a business. She's using that knowledge to build a more sustainable future and tools for the creative community.
JOSEPH Chief Experience Officer
As Chief Experience Officer at Prosper XO, Joseph leads the platform’s UI/UX and helps shape the broader experience across events and community engagement. With a background in front-end development and creative technology, he blends artistic insight with technical execution to drive meaningful connections. An active artist and designer, Joseph brings firsthand knowledge of the music world and focuses on building tools that empower artists and spark lasting cultural impact.
JONNY Chief Technology Officer
Our AI Engineer and Full Stack Developer is more than just a technologist—he's also a working artist who intimately understands the challenges of the creator economy and the ways traditional tech continues to leave artists behind. That shared frustration is part of what brought us together to build Prosper XO. He brings with him a deep generational connection to creative culture and community. His grandparents owned a community-run dance hall, a hub for music, movement, and gathering. His father, a professional magician, taught him the business and technological side of being an artist: the hustle, the strategy, and the lack of support creatives often face. His lived experience with art, family legacy, community, and technology gives him a unique and powerful lens on what we're building.
CLINT Entertainment Lawyer
Our startup and entertainment lawyer has represented artists fighting for ownership of their data, worked with music industry professionals to navigate complex contract structures, and brings deep knowledge of business formation and IP protection. As someone with a family rooted in the arts, he's personally committed to building a fairer future for creatives—and does it every day.
We're a team of artists, engineers, legal advocates, and creative technologists who have lived inside the music industry on both sides of the equation. We've been the performers, the managers, the promoters, the designers, and the people chasing after checks after giving everything to our craft. We've seen the beauty of the creative community, and also the burnout, the broken systems, and the lack of ownership and devaluation artists face every day.
In addition to our core team, we're supported by a growing group of advisors ranging from high-level corporate technology leaders to experts on the ground floor of the music and creative industries. Their insight helps guide both our long-term strategy and our day-to-day product development, ensuring we stay rooted in both innovation and reality.
We didn’t just come together to build an app; we came together to build a sustainable future for the artist. Prosper XO is about shifting power back to the creators. We believe that when artists prosper, culture thrives. That’s why we’re building Prosper XO together.