Jason Colapietro builds AI agent platforms.
Jason Colapietro is an engineer, author, and the founder and CEO of Suede AI. He has 54 pull requests merged across 46 open-source repositories he does not maintain, including Jest, Adobe React Spectrum, Backstage and the Polkadot SDK; he has written five books on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, and Kindle, including The Claude Code Bible and Codex in Production; and he has shipped 9 iOS apps under his own Apple developer account. He publishes under the pen name Johnny Suede.
Engineer first.
Across 46 open-source repositories he does not maintain: 33 code and documentation contributions and 21 accepted listings of his own work, through September 30, 2026.
- Jest #16296, #16295
- Adobe React Spectrum #10426 (merged, since replaced by #10491)
- Backstage #35102
- Polkadot SDK #12853
- Hardhat #8522
- x402 Foundation #3180
- ZeroClaw #9846
Not counted: one Linux kernel USB/IP patch labeled Public upstream v7, under review. Public ledger · GitHub search · Evidence
Led by two operator's guides to AI coding agents, The Claude Code Bible and Codex in Production, with Proof as Infrastructure, Stake Your Claim and The Human Authenticity Layer. All books
9 iOS apps, 6 Android apps and 2 Chrome extensions. The iOS apps ship under his own Apple developer account.
- Suede AI has been a member of Claude for Startups, Anthropic's startup program, since October 8, 2026.
- JC Investment Group LLC, which he manages, has been a member of Google Cloud Partner Advantage since September 4, 2026; Suede AI has worked in partnership with Google Cloud since September 2025.
- Jason holds 21 course credentials and 17 Microsoft Learn training achievements: 15 module badges and two learning-path trophies. His Claude Academy / Anthropic badges include Claude Platform 101, Claude with Amazon Bedrock, Claude on Google Cloud, the Claude API, Claude Code and MCP. Microsoft Learn modules cover Azure AI Agents, Foundry IQ, Visual Studio Code, Microsoft 365, agent workflows and Microsoft Agent Framework. His search and prompt-engineering training includes Semrush Academy, HubSpot Academy AEO Fundamentals, IBM SkillsBuild, Google Skills, Databricks Academy and Hugging Face’s Fundamentals of Agents certificate (90%). AWS Skill Builder records his Amazon Bedrock Getting Started course completion certificate. GEAR program membership is recorded separately. View individual credentials and module records. AWS public Skills Profile.
- Suede AI was admitted to Stripe Startups in July 2026.
- Five USPTO provisional patent applications, patent pending (provisional).
- He was accepted into the Florida Atlantic Entrepreneurship Institute (FAU College of Business) in July 2026 and is a member of 1909, West Palm Beach.
He built, ran, and sold call centers, and founded Suede AI in 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Why Jason built it, and how he uses it.
Jason Colapietro came to agents as an engineer and an operator: he built, ran, and sold call centers before Suede AI, and his books, written as Johnny Suede, argue that proof and AI agents are real economic assets. Agent Studio is that thesis made usable. An agent is drawn once on a canvas and published as a URL that people and other agents can call, and an agent that earns is paid per call.
He builds with agent flows himself, and the product reflects how he works: every test, release, and paid call is meant to show what ran, what it cost, and what changed. That is why a published agent reports preview, payment-enabled, or unavailable state instead of promising more than the flow can do.
What he has shipped with it so far: the Studio itself, a library of ready-made templates, the public gateway and MCP endpoint, x402 v2 payments in USDC on Base, and the company org chart that gives agents budgets and approval gates.
As the founder of Suede AI he leads the agent platforms the company builds and runs for businesses and white-labels for agencies, plus managed AI agents, forward-deployed engineering and AI search visibility. Suede AI is an agentic platform company founded in 2024 by engineer Jason Colapietro in West Palm Beach, Florida. It builds and runs AI agent platforms that businesses use to manage their work, and white-labels them for agencies and their clients.
Full record: jasoncolapietro.com/accomplishments lists every accomplishment, press mention, and receipt in full.
Three bets, one company.
Software earns trust by showing what ran, what it cost, and what changed. Suede AI Agent Studio makes that evidence part of every test, release, and paid call.
The next small business is a flow of AI agents researching, deciding, acting, and selling around the clock. Suede AI Agent Studio is the canvas where that workforce gets wired and launched.
Publish a service buyers can discover and evaluate, then enable x402 v2 payments in USDC on Base after readiness checks pass. Each listing shows its current state: preview, payment-enabled, or unavailable. Ordinary standalone services can offer previews; company services require paid-call readiness.
Books by Jason Colapietro.
Five titles available in hardcover, paperback, and Kindle, led by two operator's guides to AI coding agents, then the ownership trilogy on the argument this studio ships (ownership, proof, and AI agents as real economic assets). Plus The Screenshot, a free book on AI search visibility, and a guitar tone memoir & method sold direct through GuitarHub.
The Complete Operator's Guide to Claude Code and AI Coding Agents.
Amazon (hardcover, paperback, and Kindle)
A Practical Operator's Guide to OpenAI Codex, AGENTS.md, Worktrees, Skills, Security, and Long-Running Agent Work.
Amazon (hardcover, paperback, and Kindle)
How Ownership, Origin, and AI Redraw the Creative Map.
Amazon (hardcover, paperback, and Kindle)
Designing Durable Systems Without Trust Assumptions.
Amazon (hardcover, paperback, and Kindle)
Speeches, Discussions & Hard Truths on Turning the AI Onslaught into a Real Asset, Autonomous Agents, and Building Generational Wealth.
Amazon (hardcover, paperback, and Kindle)
Why AI Recommends Your Competitors, and How to Fix It.
Read it free
Guitar Tone, Memoir & Method. Incorporates the older Guitar Without a Number title.
guitarhub.orgStart with the free condensed preview: read the Stake Your Claim preview on suedeai.org.
One stack, shipped product by product.
Agent platforms lead: this studio, the white-label platforms Suede runs for agencies, and the managed agents behind them. The search visibility practice and developer sites sit around them, and music and creator software is its own product line. Built and shipped by one founder.
This site: the AI agent platform where businesses build agents for the work that repeats, watch every run, and publish an agent as a paid endpoint.
Suede builds and runs an agent platform under an agency's brand for its clients, scoped per engagement.
Suede builds, runs and tunes agents for a business, with every run visible in Agent Studio.
The company home: agent platforms, white-label platforms for agencies, managed AI agents and AI operations, and forward-deployed engineering.
The AI search visibility practice: GEO, AEO and SEO for businesses that want to be found and cited.
The portfolio tracker for the x402 agents you launch: USDC earned on Base, calls, per-agent performance, status and trend on one screen.
Free open-source Claude Code and Codex skills for SEO, AI search visibility, conversion copy, marketing and business operations.
Lessons from running more than twenty live software surfaces with Claude Code and AI coding agents in production.
Suede AI's research and investor site: essays, the books, and the founder's profile.
Music and creator software: the network where musicians share work, collaborate, and build an audience.
Music and creator software: a conversational AI guitar coach with a tuner, chords, scales and ear training.
Music and creator software: a songwriting companion for lyrics, theory, and creative momentum.
Music and creator software: the inspiration and remix workspace, with stems on every render.
Announcements and features.
“Award-Winning Developer Jason Colapietro Opens Suede Labs AI’s Long-Awaited SEO Cohort”
“Suede AI Opens SEO Cohort With Optional AI Integration and Live Agent Workflows”
“Suede Labs AI Releases iOS Apps, Codex Skills & Musicians Terminal”
“How AI, Blockchain, and On-Chain IP Are Changing Creator Ownership”
“Suede Labs Brings AI-Powered Creative Tools to Students: The Quiet Revolution in Africa's Classrooms”
“Suede Labs Launches A Comprehensive On-Chain IP Authentication System”
Infrastructure and ecosystem references: Google Cloud, LayerZero, and Chainlink. Agent Studio caller settlement uses x402 v2 in USDC on Base.
Straight answers.
Who built Suede AI Agent Studio?
Jason Colapietro, the engineer who founded Suede AI and is its CEO, built Suede AI Agent Studio as the company's flagship AI agent platform. It runs at agents.suedeai.ai. He creates under the declared alias Johnny Suede and writes on AI agents, engineering, and the creative economy.
Is Johnny Suede the same person as Jason Colapietro?
Yes. Johnny Suede is the declared creative alias of Jason Colapietro: the name on the books, the essays, and the music. The alias is linked to him on the public record, with official identity pages at jasoncolapietro.com and johnnysuede.com.
What is Suede AI?
Suede AI is an agentic platform company founded in 2024 by engineer Jason Colapietro in West Palm Beach, Florida. It builds and runs AI agent platforms that businesses use to manage their work, and white-labels them for agencies and their clients. Its flagship platform is Suede AI Agent Studio at agents.suedeai.ai.
What open-source work has Jason Colapietro done?
He has 54 pull requests merged across 46 open-source repositories he does not maintain: 33 code and documentation contributions, including Jest, Adobe React Spectrum, Backstage and the Polkadot SDK, and 21 accepted listings of his own work. The full ledger is public at suedeai.ai/open-source-contributions.json.
What does Suede AI Agent Studio do?
It is a visual canvas for wiring an AI agent, testing it, and publishing it as a URL. Runs are billed from prepaid credit at what they cost plus a 20% platform fee. A published agent reports preview, payment-enabled, or unavailable state; when payments are enabled, callers settle per call in USDC on Base under x402 v2.
What books has Jason Colapietro written?
Five books on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, and Kindle, led by The Claude Code Bible and Codex in Production, plus Proof as Infrastructure, Stake Your Claim, and The Human Authenticity Layer. The Screenshot is free to read on the web from Johnny Suede Press, and The Signal Chain, his guitar memoir and method, is sold direct through GuitarHub at guitarhub.org.
Has Suede AI worked with Google Cloud?
Yes. Suede AI has worked in partnership with Google Cloud since September 2025. JC Investment Group LLC, the holding company Jason Colapietro manages, has been a member of Google Cloud Partner Advantage since September 4, 2026, with suedeai.ai as its verified domain.
How do I contact Jason Colapietro?
Use the Suede AI Agent Studio contact page for product and partnership questions, the press kit at suedeai.ai/press for media requests, or reach him on X at @johnnysuede. Company inquiries go to Suede AI at suedeai.ai/contact.
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