# Ryan David Mullins

> Ryan David Mullins is co-founder and CEO of Onlife, the company behind Aglet and the Onlife Smart Map. A former Director of Future Trends at adidas and founder of readfy and oolipo, he builds mobile experiences connecting digital activity with physical life and publishes essays on technology and philosophy.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Onlife
- **Organizations:** Onlife, Aglet, adidas, oolipo, readfy
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** University of California, Berkeley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- **Known for:** Co-founded Aglet with Owen Batt and launched the game in April 2020., Aglet received the 2021 LVMH Innovation Awards Media & Brand Awareness category award., Onlife reported $24 million in cumulative funding in March 2022.

## Career timeline

- **2012** — Left academia and co-founded readfy, an advertising-financed eBook application.
- **2016** — Named as Chief Product Officer of multimedia storytelling platform oolipo in publishing trade coverage.
- **2019** — Resigned as Director of Future Trends at adidas; began building Aglet full-time with Owen Batt in October.
- **2020** — Aglet launched worldwide on April 12; a $4.5 million funding round was announced in December.
- **2021** — Aglet won the Media & Brand Awareness category at the LVMH Innovation Awards.
- **2022** — Onlife reported $24 million raised to date in March; Mullins reported 3.5 million monthly active Aglet players in July.
- **2023** — Aglet collaborated with Manchester City and PUMA on a location-based tour treasure hunt.
- **2026** — Continues as Onlife co-founder and CEO and publishes writing on AI and philosophy.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Aglet with Owen Batt and launched the game in April 2020.
- Aglet received the 2021 LVMH Innovation Awards Media & Brand Awareness category award.
- Onlife reported $24 million in cumulative funding in March 2022.
- Aglet reached 3.5 million monthly active players according to Mullins in July 2022; Onlife now describes over four million players globally.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Published the LinkedIn article The Most Undervalued Skill in AI; or, How Things Hang Together on February 22.
- **2025-10** — Published The Next Evolutionary Individual: Toward a Teleology of Human–AI Integration on October 10.
- **2025-09** — Published How AI Gets Truly Useful: A Tiny Personal World Model on September 5.

## Links

- Website: https://ryandavidmullins.substack.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryandavidmullins
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/rdavidmullins
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryandavidmullins/

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Last updated: 2026-10-10