Friends With Benefits

a secret third thing

[Friends With Benefits @FWBtweets]

Friends, friends-of-friends,

FW:B FEST 2026
LINEUP & TICKETS LIVE
Jul 31 - Aug 2, 2026

3 days of art, ideas and music with 1000 artists, founders and forecasters.

See you in Idyllwild.

[World Build @worldbuildlabs]

Over the past month, builders from around the world came together to explore what becomes possible on the real human network.

Together, we've built 100 projects across 25 countries and brought 17 builders to Seoul for a week. And we’re not done yet.

Thank you to every founder, hacker, mentor, judge, partner, and supporter who made World Build 3 possible!

[margo @_wetbox]

INDEX is a project I have been developing over the last few months; it was installed in NYC at our event in collaboration with @GrayAreaorg and @FWBtweets, and was also shown as a live visual performance variation at Rockefeller Centre last week for the closing of @rhizome 7x7.

The project critically examines the relationship between technology and economy through the lens of digital frameworks and language.

It is a project about the dynamics of metadata containment and the production of information as a dynamic movement.

INDEX is a piece that forms part of a much larger project, and is the result of years of research and production. It has a strong philosophical grounding.

If you’d like to see it or find more about it, my DMs are open. This piece is also available for sale.

[World Build @worldbuildlabs]

That’s a wrap on Seoul Build Week 🇰🇷

Over the past week, 17 builders came together alongside @world_chain_ to ship products for 38M+ users.

From workshops and product feedback sessions to our founder Demo Day, the week was all about building and preparing products to scale globally!

[Friends With Benefits @FWBtweets]

if you write about taste pivot to reading pierre bourdieu

[邊界 @bianjie_systems]

🖤 It was an amazing evening,

Thank you all who made it possible! @sebkrier @FWBtweets @GrayAreaorg @notscottmoore @index_space_org

[Séb Krier @sebkrier]

Very grateful to Bianjie for curating an amazing dinner bringing together creatives from NYC, SF, and London in one place, as well as @GrayAreaorg, @index_space_org & @FWBtweets's support.

They showcased @yalla_halim’s 6th installment of the Singulars series, where the audience compares and rates both his poems and those generated by a specialized model trained on audience feedback.

We also got a preview of @_wetbox’s Index project, a beautiful visualisation of value/data is produced and distributed. There’s so much great stuff going on in art and tech if you know where to look! 🌀

[邊界 @bianjie_systems]

On 13 May, 邊界 will be hosting an evening gathering at @index_space_org Greenpoint, NYC, bringing together a cross-coastal group of artists, researchers, technologists and cultural intermediaries from New York and San Francisco.

The event is designed to foster meaningful dialogue around the role of artistic practice in shaping how technical institutions, research communities, and public imaginaries intersect. With the support of @GrayAreaorg and @FWBtweets.

We will be presenting @yalla_halim work, “Singulars”: a series of live poetry duels between a human poet and a machine. The audience votes to decide the winner, and their votes train the machine for future performances, helping poetry and machine reach, possibly, a new singularity.

DM for more information!

[Lolo @lolo_IRL]

Lolo is proud to be part of World Build 3, a startup incubator organized by @worldbuildlabs, @worldnetwork, and @FWBtweets.

The state of Lolo's product will look drastically different in 3 months. We're excited to see the results.

Follow us (@lolo_irl) to track the journey 🗺️

[ITM @itmstudio]

Join @FWBtweets and @HIGHERzip in New York City at Automattic on Wednesday, May 13th for Internet Culture Field Notes.

Featuring @sorenwrenn, @404GRDN and @JoseRMejia.

https://t.co/jvGBWR63We

[brian @__chamaquito]

Honestly just an excuse to get interesting people in a room together. @sorenwrenn, @JoseRMejia, @404GRDN

Hosted by @FWBtweets https://t.co/bPW26XAw99

[World Build @worldbuildlabs]

Seoul, we have landed 🛬

Build Week just started: 7 days and 17 builders shipping with @world_chain_ and @tfh_technology for millions of users.

We can’t wait to see what you come up with!

[Restless Egg @Restless_Egg]

We are about the announce the next Restless Egg open call for Batch 2 founders about the theme of luxury technology.

We've written two pieces in anticipation of that announcement, one about the theme of luxury tech and the other about the capital architecture required to invest in it and the founders building it (our response as investors to the #taste converstation)

[DEATH TO STOCK @deathtostock]

We are ready ⚔️⚔️⚔️

[brian @__chamaquito]

Bringing together artists + builders in NYC for a live conversation:

Internet Culture Field Notes

Where the stack breaks:
artist × tools × money

On air @HIGHERzip
Hosted by @FWBtweets

May 13

RSVP ↓
https://t.co/bPW26XzYjB

[Emily Segal @khole_emily]

I will be here

[Restless Egg @Restless_Egg]

Find us in the future with our friends @khpatel and @FWBtweets

Be seeing you🥚

[kalesha @kalesha]

so excited

[Friends With Benefits @FWBtweets]

@orenmeetsworld 🫡

[Friends With Benefits @FWBtweets]

Friends, friends-of-friends,

FW:B FEST 2026
LINEUP & TICKETS LIVE
Jul 31 - Aug 2, 2026

3 days of art, ideas and music with 1000 artists, founders and forecasters.

See you in Idyllwild.

[kelin @kelin_online]

excited to be a part of fwb fest 2026 with friends old and new... thank you @FWBtweets for the opportunity !

tickets below