A New FWB Program Launches 🔜

Last week we unveiled a new visual identity for FWB. This refreshed brand system— designed by Props Supply—draws inspiration from early computational research groups, bold typography in art and technology publications, and historical iconography. It provides a modular, composable framework that reflects our growth into the broader landscape of emerging technology, both software and hardware.

This visual evolution accompanies changes to how we organize, collaborate and create opportunities for our community. Later this week, we’re launching applications for an alpha cohort of a new FWB program called Friends With Builders. If you’ve ever shipped something weird and beautiful because it just needed to exist, this program is for you 👀

Distribute Your Music with Original Works and Get Paid Onchain, Instantly

Original Works is a decentralized and open-source protocol for distributing and monetizing your music onchain. We integrate with the traditional music supply chain, and once a song is distributed, traditional music royalties are paid out onchain through smart contracts.

If you are an independent artist or label, you can now enable instant royalty collection from major platforms in USDC, with payments sent directly to artist wallets via smart contracts. Access advances, easily manage revenue sharing, and retain full self-custody of your music.

Read the OW artist deck to learn more, and reach out to [email protected] to book an introductory call.

FEST25 is back July 31–August 3

“We are living through a syzygy: a celestial alignment of technical systems and symbolic structures, of oracles and errors, of datasets and dreams.”