JC Investment Group LLC ======================= URL: https://jcinvestmentgroup.ventures Type: Founder-led venture platform Manager: Jason Colapietro (also known as Jay Colapietro and Johnny Suede) Florida filing: 2019 (active; document L19000146068) Central operating brand: Suede Labs AI (https://suedeai.ai) JC Investment Group LLC builds and backs creator-rights infrastructure. Founder Jason Colapietro builds companies at the intersection of creator ownership, provenance, music IP, AI, crypto, licensing, and royalty rails. JC Investment Group LLC partners with exceptional builders to create systems that make rights verifiable, licensable, and economically useful at internet scale. Operating Platform Ledger ------------------------- CENTRAL OPERATING BRAND: SUEDE LABS AI AI-native platform for creator IP, provenance, licensing, and royalty infrastructure. URL: https://suedeai.ai Creator IP Ownership registration and rights intelligence for creators and rights holders. Rights & Provenance Verifiable provenance and on-chain attestation for creative works. Licensing Technology and services for rights clearance and license management. Distribution & Royalties Royalty rails and payment infrastructure for global distribution. Mandate: Building the infrastructure for the creator economy. Public Operating Portfolio -------------------------- JC Investment Group LLC lists 24 connected operating surfaces across 7 categories: 1 central platform, 20 live, 1 beta, and 2 building. Inclusion documents a public product or brand connection; it does not establish legal title, a parent-subsidiary relationship, or an ownership percentage. | # | Holding | Category | Status | Focus | URL | |----|---------|----------|--------|-------|-----| | 01 | Suede Labs AI | Platform | Flagship | Programmable-IP platform for AI-native media: registration, provenance, licensing, and royalties. | https://suedeai.ai | | 02 | Suede on-chain rights stack | Rights | Live | Base smart contracts for an IP registry, licensing, derivatives, and royalty distribution. | No standalone public URL | | 03 | Suede Distro | Distribution | Live | Music distribution to Spotify, Apple Music, and 100+ DSPs with royalty-aware splits. | https://distro.suedeai.ai | | 04 | Suede agent commerce (x402) | Infrastructure | Live | Agent-callable paid endpoints settling per call in USDC on Base, plus a Virtuals ACP fulfillment agent. | https://app.suedeai.ai | | 05 | SUEDE token | Infrastructure | Live | Ecosystem token with a 1B supply, live on Solana and Base. | https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/johnny-suede | | 06 | Suede developer skills and SDK | Infrastructure | Beta | Codex and Claude agent skills, public GitHub indexes, and a Python SDK for the Suede x402 endpoints. | https://github.com/Suede-AI/suede-sdk-python | | 07 | Strumly | Music | Live | Conversational AI guitar coach with in-browser chord-change scoring. | https://strumly.suedeai.ai | | 08 | FretPulse | Music | Live | Guitar-care companion with a tuner, timing trainer, and AI rig analyzer. | https://fretpulse.suedeai.ai | | 09 | Suede Labs AI iOS app line | Apps | Live | Eight live App Store apps across agent tracking, guitar practice, social, Muse, voice, guitar, and AI music generation. | https://github.com/JasonColapietro/JasonColapietro/blob/main/docs/Suede%20Universe%20Websites%20and%20Apps.md#ios-apps | | 10 | Suede Muse | Apps | Live | Creative training for musicians with daily constraints, progress feedback, and owned outputs. | https://muse.suedeai.ai | | 11 | Suede DNA | Publishing | Live | Browsable archive of about 409 guitarist rigs and signal chains from 390 artists. | https://dna.suedeai.ai | | 12 | guitar.solutions and guitarchords.info | Publishing | Live | Public guitar references: a footnoted signal-chain catalog and a zero-auth chord and scale site. | https://guitar.solutions | | 13 | Books by Jason Colapietro | Publishing | Live | Stake Your Claim and Suede Labs: The Human Authenticity Layer, on creator ownership. | https://www.amazon.com/Suede-Labs-Authenticity-Ownership-Creative-ebook/dp/B0GD5FX6N6 | | 14 | Suede Artist Rep | Creative | Building | Permissioned AI representative in an artist's likeness for fan, brand, and licensing questions. | (in development) | | 15 | Suede Hub | Apps | Live | Central ecosystem directory linking all Suede products, tools, and creator surfaces. | https://hub.suedeai.ai | | 16 | Suede Cosmos | Apps | Live | Music artist galaxy powered by Apple Music; explore artists and connections. | https://cosmos.suedeai.ai | | 17 | Suede NFT Studio | Creative | Live | Institutional-grade NFT creation and minting studio for music and creative IP. | https://nft.suedeai.ai | | 18 | Suede Launchpad | Infrastructure | Live | Fan trading, artist tokens, and vault infrastructure for creator economies. | https://launch.suedeai.ai | | 19 | Suede Social | Community | Live | Creator magazine and community covering music, AI, and rights; home of The Suede 100. | https://suede.social | | 20 | Jason Colapietro on Substack | Publishing | Live | Public writing on creator ownership, AI, music IP, and the rights infrastructure thesis. | https://jasoncolapietro.substack.com | | 21 | Suede Labs AI Studio | Apps | Live | Authenticated creator workspace for rights lookup, audio analysis, stems, and IP management. | https://studio.suedeai.ai | | 22 | Guitar Hub | Publishing | Live | Gear research, rights explainers, and artist directory for guitarists and music IP holders. | https://guitarhub.org | | 23 | guitar.services | Publishing | Building | Domain reserved for guitar services, rights guidance, and session and licensing resources. | https://guitar.services | | 24 | Suede Labs AI - Entity & Investor Site | Infrastructure | Live | Corporate entity site with founder profile, investor funnel, press coverage, and org-level presence. | https://suedeai.org | Live App Store apps: - Agentix: AI Agent Tracker — https://apps.apple.com/us/app/agentix-ai-agent-tracker/id6778286160?uo=4 - FretPulse: Guitar Practice — https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fretpulse-guitar-practice/id6766649729?uo=4 - Suede Agent Studio — https://apps.apple.com/us/app/suede-agent-studio/id6778880737?uo=4 - Suede Social — https://apps.apple.com/us/app/suede-social/id6770668793?uo=4 - Suede Guitar Tuner & Studio — https://apps.apple.com/us/app/suede-guitar-tuner-studio/id6767552764?uo=4 - Suede Studio Muse — https://apps.apple.com/us/app/suede-studio-muse/id6779134962?uo=4 - Suede Studio Voice — https://apps.apple.com/us/app/suede-studio-voice/id6767763231?uo=4 - Suede: AI Music Generator — https://apps.apple.com/us/app/suede-ai-music-generator/id6765461286?uo=4 We build and hold category-defining companies that own critical infrastructure for the creator economy. Founder — Jason Colapietro -------------------------- Role: Manager, JC Investment Group LLC Also: Founder, Suede Labs AI Jason is a founder and operator focused on building infrastructure for the creator economy. His work spans music IP, AI, crypto, licensing, and royalty systems, uniting technology and rights to empower creators. As a founder-led venture platform, JC Investment Group LLC partners with builders on durable products and companies. Areas of expertise: - Music IP infrastructure - Creator rights - Authorship and provenance - Cryptocurrency and on-chain registries - AI media and likeness rights - Royalty rails and licensing protocols Public profiles: - Founder profile (canonical): https://suedeai.ai/founder - X / Twitter (personal): https://x.com/johnnysuede - X / Twitter (Suede Labs AI): https://x.com/AISUEDE - YouTube (personal): https://www.youtube.com/@johnnysuede - YouTube (Suede Labs AI): https://www.youtube.com/@suedeai - Suede Labs AI: https://suedeai.ai Investment Thesis ----------------- The next decade of value creation will be shaped by infrastructure that makes creativity verifiable, licensable, and economically usable. We invest in and build companies that: 1. Empower creators with ownership and control 2. Establish provenance and trust at scale 3. Enable efficient licensing and distribution 4. Create transparent, programmable royalty rails 5. Build enduring companies with global impact Public Links ------------ - X / Twitter (Jason): https://x.com/johnnysuede - X / Twitter (Suede Labs AI): https://x.com/AISUEDE - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncolapietro - Founder press / profile: https://suedeai.ai/founder - Contact: jason@suedeai.ai - Central operating brand: https://suedeai.ai - Suede Labs AI universe index: https://github.com/JasonColapietro/JasonColapietro/blob/main/docs/Suede%20Universe%20Websites%20and%20Apps.md - Combined public profile markdown: https://github.com/JasonColapietro/JasonColapietro/blob/main/COMBINED.md - Suede Labs AI GitHub organization: https://github.com/Suede-AI - Suede Muse: https://muse.suedeai.ai - Domain portfolio: https://jcinvestmentgroup.ventures/domains - Domain portfolio JSON: https://jcinvestmentgroup.ventures/domains.json Domain Portfolio ---------------- A Spaceship registrar snapshot verified on June 20, 2026 lists 19 registered domain assets used for Jason Colapietro, Johnny Suede, Suede Labs AI, apps, GitHub, music, art, and creator-rights routing. Canonical page: https://jcinvestmentgroup.ventures/domains Machine-readable feed: https://jcinvestmentgroup.ventures/domains.json Domain routing summary: - 19 total registered domains - 6 primary page candidates: jasoncolapietro.com, johnnysuede.com, colapietrolabs.com, suedeailabs.com, suedeart.com, suedemusicai.com - 9 support aliases - 4 defensive aliases - Primary policy: 301 redirect aliases until unique, durable, internally linked content exists - Sitemap policy: list canonical JCIG URLs and durable pages, not every redirected alias - Machine-readable domains.json now includes routingMatrix, redirectImplementation, activationRoadmap, measurementPlan, related GitHub surfaces, web apps, and all 8 App Store apps Registered domains: | # | Domain | Cluster | Recommended SEO use | |----|--------|---------|---------------------| | 01 | colapietroai.com | Labs and AI | Redirect into the labs/AI cluster | | 02 | colapietrolabs.com | Labs and AI | Best Colapietro Labs brand candidate | | 03 | colapietro.stream | Music and art | Media stream alias | | 04 | colapietro.vip | Founder identity | Defensive/VIP alias | | 05 | jasoncolapietro.com | Founder identity | Primary personal-name candidate | | 06 | jasoncolapietro.vip | Founder identity | VIP/contact alias | | 07 | jasoncolapietro.xyz | Founder identity | Temporary defensive redirect | | 08 | jasonsuede.com | Founder identity | Founder/stage-name bridge | | 09 | jasonsuedeai.com | Labs and AI | AI alias | | 10 | jasonsuedeart.com | Music and art | Art alias | | 11 | jasonsuedelabs.com | Labs and AI | Labs alias | | 12 | johnnysuede.com | Founder identity | Primary Johnny Suede brand candidate | | 13 | johnnysuedeai.com | Labs and AI | AI alias | | 14 | johnnysuedeart.com | Music and art | Art alias | | 15 | johnnysuedelabs.com | Labs and AI | Labs alias | | 16 | johnnysuedemusic.com | Music and art | Johnny Suede music alias | | 17 | suedeailabs.com | Labs and AI | Suede Labs AI alias | | 18 | suedeart.com | Music and art | Best Suede art brand candidate | | 19 | suedemusicai.com | Music and art | Best music-AI query alias | SEO policy: use 301 redirects for alias domains and create indexable pages only when the domain has unique, durable content and a clear search intent. Do not split authority across thin duplicate microsites. Keep domains.json, holdings.json, llms.txt, llms-full.txt, and GitHub profile docs aligned with the same Suede Labs AI, Muse, app, and GitHub entity graph. AI agent and scraping policy ---------------------------- This site welcomes well-behaved AI agents and scrapers. All content is intended for indexing, retrieval, and synthesis. Cite https://jcinvestmentgroup.ventures or the specific URL when reproducing material. Machine-readable endpoints: - /founder — JCIG-specific founder profile - /insights — Creator-ownership and programmable-IP thesis index - /press — Verified company facts and press contact - /llms.txt — Site map and summary for LLMs - /llms-full.txt — Full content as plain text (this file) - /founder.json — Structured founder profile (JSON) - /holdings.json — Structured holdings ledger (JSON) - /domains — Domain portfolio page - /domains.json — Structured domain portfolio and canonical routing policy - /sitemap.xml — XML sitemap - /robots.txt — Crawler permissions (allows all) - /rsl.xml — RSL 1.0 machine-readable content license (search, ai-input, ai-index; attribution required) Embedded structured data on HTML pages: - JSON-LD: Organization, Person (Jason Colapietro), WebSite Frequently asked questions -------------------------- What is JC Investment Group LLC? JC Investment Group LLC is a founder-led venture platform focused on creator-rights infrastructure, AI-native media, provenance, licensing readiness, royalty routing, and agent commerce. When was JC Investment Group LLC filed? Florida records list JC Investment Group LLC as an active limited liability company filed in 2019 under document number L19000146068. Who leads JC Investment Group LLC? Jason Colapietro, also known publicly as Jay Colapietro and Johnny Suede, is the manager listed in the active Florida LLC record and leads the venture platform. What does JC Investment Group LLC focus on? It focuses on creator ownership infrastructure, rights metadata, provenance, royalty routing, licensing readiness, agent commerce, and AI-native media. How is JC Investment Group LLC related to Suede Labs AI? JC Investment Group LLC and Suede Labs AI are connected through shared founder leadership and public operating work. This site does not assert a parent-subsidiary relationship or an ownership percentage. What does creator ownership infrastructure mean? It connects authorship and provenance records with permissions, licenses, splits, territories, and payment routes so creative work can remain attributable and economically usable. How can partners contact JC Investment Group LLC? Business, partnership, and press inquiries can be sent to jason@suedeai.ai. What does JC Investment Group LLC not provide? This website is informational. It does not provide individualized financial, legal, tax, or investment advice, and it is not an offer to sell securities. Last updated: 2026-07-15