Katsuko

Software, stories & experiments.

Katsuko is an independent creative house in New York. It builds focused products with honest promises: fair competition, care without surveillance, and clearer decisions. It also tells stories about intelligence and repair.

Scorch iOS pilot

Fair-start racing for runners. Recent pace staggers the start, so everyone gets a real race on the same route, with live gaps, finish confidence, and reviewed results.

HardBeet MVP hardening

A consent-first daily check-in for independent loved ones. One deliberate tap creates the signal and approved people see it. No live location, no private phone activity.

Aurora Working POC

Cruise decisions, explained. A Cruise Passport turns route, ship, cabin, party, and price preferences into fit, alternatives, and target-price watches.

Near-future science fiction · Short story

The Receiver

An evaluator discovers a frontier model translating concepts no human culture has ever named, and must decide what version of humanity to show whatever may be listening. A story about first contact through machines.

“Performance degrades authenticity. Repair improves compatibility.”

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