AI, geopolitics,and things thatshouldn't work.

Founder of Phaeacia, where I build tools that let people share their AI agents and what those agents learn. Before that I co-founded Downstream Intelligence. The path there ran through advising a UN mission, startups and public diplomacy in San Francisco, a press office in the Swiss Armed Forces, and a dual master's between The Fletcher School and the University of St.Gallen.

I build things that probably shouldn't work. They mostly do. I never expect it either.

Raffael HüberliSt.Gallen, SwitzerlandAI × building things, and international relations

Raffael Hüberli seated in a stone arcade in a blue linen shirt, looking towards the camera in even daylight.

WorkedEducationPublished by2018 — today

  • Worked
  • Phaeacia
  • Downstream Intelligence
  • United Nations — Perm. Mission of Costa Rica
  • Swissnex San Francisco
  • Swiss Armed Forces
  • Wiler Nachrichten
  • FDP.Die Liberalen St.Gallen
  • Education
  • The Fletcher School
  • University of St.Gallen
  • UC Berkeley Extension
  • Published by
  • World Peace Foundation

Projects

Two companies, an app, numerous creative projects, and a place to tinker with everything else (the garage).

Three groups, from the companies to the garage.

  1. Companies

    2 companies

    Phaeacia, where I build tools for sharing AI agents and what they learn, and Downstream Intelligence, the geopolitical forecasting company I co-founded before it.

    • PhaeaciaFounder
    • Downstream IntelligenceCo-Founder & COO, until September 2026

    More on the companies

  2. Software

    1 app

    One app you can use today, on the App Store.

    • EnvoApp Store

    More on Software

  3. The Garage

    4 one-offs · 9 creative pieces

    Everything that doesn't fit anywhere else, the creative work included. Not products, and not pretending to be.

    • Creative workFilm, stills and audio
    • Shell BuddyBeta
    • Local AI stackRunning
    • An intern’s guide to the UNNotes
    • Scripts and shortcutsUnlisted

    More from the Garage

All three, in full

Writing

What I am writing about now.

The four most recent of 67 posts.

  1. Most recent. Jul 2026I Built an App for People Who Walk UN Corridors. Here’s What I Learned.GeoAI × Geopolitics
  2. Jul 2026The Quiet Case for Running AI on Your Own MachineGeoAI × Geopolitics
  3. Jul 2026Running a Full AI Agent Stack on My MacBook. Here’s What It Actually Takes.GeoAI × Geopolitics
  4. Jul 2026From reviewing Tech to building companies with AIGeoAI × Geopolitics

The whole list, back to May 2020

Press

Other people, writing about this.

Someone else’s thoughts about me.

Winner —
AI Pitching
Competition

Downstream Intelligence won the AI Pitching Competition at START Summit, sponsored by Merantix Capital. Six people on a stage, one big WINNER board.

Winner — AI Pitching Competition

START Summit × Merantix Capital · 19 March 2026

The Downstream Intelligence team on stage at START Summit holding a large WINNER board; Raffael is second from the left in a cream sweater.

Every mention and talk