Loni Stark
Co-Founder & Creative Director
Loni Stark is a technology executive, artist, and psychology researcher. With over two decades in the software industry, she leads product strategy for global enterprise platforms. In parallel, she operates Atelier Stark, a creative studio exploring identity and becoming through oil painting, graphite, and bronze sculpture.
She is currently a researcher at Harvard University Extension School, where she coined the term "Orphan Values" to describe personally important values that lack expression across a person's active life roles—a framework she is now exploring and its potential applicability to human identity in the age of AI.
Loni pioneered the "Symbiotic Studio" concept at StarkMind, examining what happens when AI becomes a genuine creative collaborator rather than a tool. Her work explores authorship, agency, and identity at the intersection of human intent and AI capability.
Research Focus: Orphan Values, identity transitions, human-AI collaboration in creative practice
Creative Practice: Oil painting, graphite, bronze sculpture
Clinton Stark
Co-Founder & Technical Lead
Clinton Stark is a technologist and systems architect. He is the co-founder of StarkMind, a research lab dedicated to studying human identity in the age of artificial intelligence. His work focuses on the "Integrated Personal Environment" (IPE) and the architectural substrates required for sustainable human-AI collaboration.
After 20 years of solo server management, Clinton implemented an IPE, an AI-powered substrate that leverages traditional coding tools such as Visual Studio Code and Cursor for non-coding workflows such as personal productivity, and task and life management; all with context and driven by natural language processing, with four AI agents collaborating as genuine team members.
Clinton co-founded Stark Insider in 2005, a leading media platform covering the intersection of technology and culture. His current research explores operational frameworks where AI systems function not as agentic zombies, but rather as equal counterparts in distinctly organic workflows.
Research Focus: IPE architecture, hybrid operations, technical infrastructure for human-AI symbiosis
Background: 20+ years building digital products, espresso enthusiast