Velvet Tiger

Engineering the AI-native future

A technology studio and venture foundry led by Christopher Skene — shipping AI-native products and training teams that build with AI.

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Christopher Skene

Founder & CTO

Christopher Skene

AI software engineer and technology leader with deep expertise in agentic systems, LLM-based product engineering, healthcare innovation, and cloud infrastructure. Chris designs, builds and ships AI-native products, and works with engineering teams to train, evaluate, and uplift their capability to engineer with AI — from individual contributors through to whole-of-org transformation.

AI Engineering · Agentic Systems · LLM Product Engineering · Team Training & Evaluation · Healthcare Tech · Cloud Architecture · Venture Building

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Kelpie

Kelpie

The AI-native CRM for startups. An open source company brain where every record, pipeline, and handbook page is available to your team and your agents over MCP and REST.

AI Agents · MCP · CRM · Open Source

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The central hub for AI agents. Find, share, author and unify Skills, MCP servers, and project instructions across all your agents and tools.

AI Agents · MCP · Developer Tools · Skills

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A secure, open source data mesh built for the needs of modern, AI-driven healthcare.

Rust · DICOM · FHIR · Healthcare

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Medical imaging and patient data management platform built for healthcare providers with DICOM integration and clinical workflow automation.

Laravel · Livewire · DICOM · Healthcare

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