# Ryan Mullins

> Ryan David Mullins is the co-founder and CEO of Onlife, a Los Angeles spatial-AI company building a Smart Map powered by a proprietary Spatial Behavior Engine. He is best known for creating Aglet, the location-based sneaker game that grew to roughly 4 million players by getting people to walk in the real world to collect virtual kicks. A former Director of Future Trends at Adidas and a serial founder (oolipo, readfy), Mullins blends product building with public writing on technology, philosophy and theology - styling himself an entrepreneur-philosopher who chases what he calls the Prometheus Principle.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Onlife
- **Organizations:** Onlife, Aglet, Adidas, oolipo, readfy
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- **Known for:** Created Aglet, which grew to roughly 4 million players worldwide, Won the LVMH Innovation Award (2021) for Media & Brand Awareness, Raised approximately $24M from investors including Galaxy Interactive, Amazon's Alexa Fund, Sapphire Sport, Lakestar, and angels like Andre Iguodala and Oculus co-founder Nate Mitchell

## Career timeline

- **pre-2017** — Co-founded readfy and oolipo, digital content/storytelling platforms based in Germany
- **2017-2019** — Director of Future Trends at Adidas, advising on digital strategy, creator economy and blockchain
- **2019** — Resigned from Adidas to build a location-based commerce game fusing virtual and physical worlds
- **2020** — Launched Aglet, a free-to-play AR sneaker game, on iOS and Android (April 11, 2020)
- **2020** — Closed a $4.5M seed round led by Sapphire Sport (Dec 2020)
- **2021** — Aglet won the LVMH Innovation Award for Media & Brand Awareness
- **2022** — Raised fresh funding led by Galaxy Interactive and Amazon's Alexa Fund; ~$24M raised to date; introduced NFT features and the Aglet One sneaker
- **2022** — Aglet reached ~3.5-4 million players globally
- **2023+** — Pivoted the company toward Onlife, a spatial-AI Smart Map built on the Spatial Behavior Engine and BrightLight architecture

## Achievements

- Created Aglet, which grew to roughly 4 million players worldwide
- Won the LVMH Innovation Award (2021) for Media & Brand Awareness
- Raised approximately $24M from investors including Galaxy Interactive, Amazon's Alexa Fund, Sapphire Sport, Lakestar, and angels like Andre Iguodala and Oculus co-founder Nate Mitchell
- Built the Spatial Behavior Engine and Onlife Smart Map from Aglet's location data
- Former Director of Future Trends at Adidas

## Latest updates

- **2024** — Steering Onlife from a sneaker game into a spatial-AI platform built around the Spatial Behavior Engine and Smart Map
- **2024** — Writing prolifically on Substack about technology, philosophy and theology as an 'entrepreneur and philosopher'

## Links

- Website: https://on.life
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryandavidmullins/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/rdavidmullins

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Last updated: 2026-06-21