01 / Aerospace & autonomy
Founder & CEO
Deimos-One
Autonomous aerospace platforms, mission software and intelligence systems built for complex operations in near space and beyond.
Founder / Architect / Actor / Writer
Jamin Thompson.
Building companies, systems and stories.
Aerospace and AI. Product design and advanced research. Film, economics and the written word. Different disciplines, connected by curiosity and an instinct to build.
01 / About
More than
More than
one thing.
An entrepreneur, actor, writer and researcher working where technology meets imagination.
Jamin Thompson is the founder and CEO of Deimos-One and the founder of Starlab, Redshift and Fifty Fathoms. His work spans aerospace, autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, data science, product architecture and original film and television.
His background is just as varied: professional tennis, national advertising campaigns, blockbuster movies, economics and independent theoretical writing. The common thread isn't a job title. It's a willingness to learn difficult things and make them useful.
Founder & CEO / Deimos-One
Economics / Clemson
MBA / The Citadel
Actor / Producer
Writer / Researcher
02 / The portfolio
The
The
brand.
Four companies. Distinct industries. A shared focus on building original work.
02 / Advanced research
Founder
Starlab
Advanced research in machine intelligence, battlespace analysis, remote sensing, forecasting and autonomous decision systems.
03 / Intelligence & creative systems
Founder / Architect
Redshift
A creative technology venture exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence, digital products and original storytelling.
Creative technology / Product architecture
04 / Film & television
Founder / Producer
Fifty Fathoms
Film and television development and production, with a focus on original scripted stories and cinematic worlds.
03 / Product architecture
From zero
From zero
to one.
Working across hardware, software and content means treating the whole product as the problem: research, architecture, user experience, execution and the business that makes it viable.
The thinking behind the work
01
Autonomy
Mission software & intelligent systems
02
AI & Data
Research, modeling & analysis
03
Products
Software, experience & architecture
04
Storytelling
Original worlds & screen production
04 / Actor & producer
On screen.
On screen.
Behind it.
From television appearances to producing original series, the film work spans performance, development and the business of getting stories made.
Actor
Executive producer
Original series
Watch Dying for a Living
Also seen in The Rookie, Ballers, Black-ish and SEAL Team. Full credits on IMDb ↗
05 / Writing & independent inquiry
The
The
Unconquered
Mind.
Economics, decision theory, emerging technology, consciousness and everything between. Essays, long-form analysis and theoretical work that is meant to be questioned, tested and revised.
01
The Materium: Aliens, Gods, and Infinity
Theoretical framework / Philosophy
02
Reject Safety, Embrace Chaos
Essay / Decision-making
03
Alien Plasma & the Fourth State of Matter
Science / Exploration
More essays, essays-in-progress and articles at the journal.
Read The Unconquered Mind
06 / Background
The long
The long
way here.
The career didn't begin in a lab or a boardroom. It began with competitive sport, then moved through commercial modeling and television before the companies.
01
Competition
Jamin's early career was in tennis, including a U.S. No. 1 national ranking, training at the Rick Macci Tennis Academy and representing Team USA in international competition.
02
Performance
National campaigns for Nike, Under Armour and ESPN. Editorial work in major fitness publications. Then roles in film and television.
03
Enterprise
Founding companies in aerospace, artificial intelligence, creative technology and entertainment while continuing to build, write and work across disciplines.
Education
BS, Economics · Clemson University
/
MBA · The Citadel
07 / Research & impact
Beyond the portfolio.
Thompson Foundation
Supporting programs and grants in space exploration research, science and engineering education, Earth science, agriculture, safe AI and economics.
Explore the foundationInstitute of Technology & Science
A research and education initiative exploring neural interfaces, performance engineering and disease-focused technologies.
Explore the institute