JC INVESTMENT GROUP LLC — PRESS FACT SHEET Prepared September 6, 2026 Company JC Investment Group LLC is the Florida holding company for Jason Colapietro's ventures, with Suede AI as its central operating brand. Florida filing: 2019. Document number L19000146068. Suede AI (also known as Suede Labs AI): founded 2024. Founder Jason Colapietro, also known publicly as Johnny Suede, is the manager of JC Investment Group LLC and the founder and CEO of Suede AI. His work focuses on creator ownership, provenance, software, publishing, and agent commerce. Media contact: jason@suedeai.ai Include the outlet, topic, format, and deadline. Company: https://jcinvestmentgroup.ventures/about Portfolio: https://jcinvestmentgroup.ventures/portfolio Writing: https://jcinvestmentgroup.ventures/insights Founder: https://jcinvestmentgroup.ventures/founder Press room and coverage: https://jcinvestmentgroup.ventures/press Brand files: https://jcinvestmentgroup.ventures/press#assets Original publication: https://suedeai.ai/blog Personal writing: https://jasoncolapietro.substack.com Current facts and updates should be checked against the online press room. ACCOMPLISHMENTS — updated 2026-09-16 Built, scaled, and exited businesses Before Suede AI Before founding Suede AI, Jason Colapietro built and ran call centers in his niche and exited for millions. The sales scripts he wrote remain in use across the industry. That operating experience now informs Suede’s managed agents for call review, lead qualification, and sales-script consistency. Read the operator background: https://seo.suedeai.ai/#operations Founder biography: https://suedeai.ai/founder Founder and CEO of Suede AI; Manager of JC Investment Group LLC JC Investment Group LLC organized 2019 Jason is founder and CEO of Suede AI, building creator-ownership infrastructure: proof of creation, rights metadata, licensing, royalty routing, and agent commerce. He is also manager of JC Investment Group LLC, a founder-led venture platform organized in Florida in 2019 under document L19000146068, alongside the Suede Foundation at suedeai.org. JC Investment Group LLC is the holding company for Suede AI. Suede AI: https://suedeai.ai JC Investment Group LLC: https://jcinvestmentgroup.ventures/ Suede Foundation: https://suedeai.org/ Google Cloud and the Vertex AI suite Since September 2025 Suede has worked in partnership with Google Cloud since September 2025, with a dedicated account team, a Google Premier Partner assigned to support the account, and migration of the stack onto the Vertex AI suite, including Gemini, Vertex AI Agent Builder, and Veo. The account team’s published quote calls Suede an ideal partner for promoting the Vertex suite. Partnership record: https://seo.suedeai.ai/evidence#google-cloud Google Cloud Partner Advantage September 4, 2026 JC Investment Group LLC became a member of Google Cloud Partner Advantage on September 4, 2026, with suedeai.ai as the verified domain. The membership is a second milestone in the Google Cloud partnership that began in September 2025. Company membership record: https://jcinvestmentgroup.ventures/press#standing 49 merged pull requests. 44 external repositories. Public record checked September 17, 2026 The public record includes 28 substantive code or documentation contributions and 21 accepted listings of Jason-owned work. Maintainers have merged contributions into projects including Jest, Adobe React Spectrum, Backstage, Hardhat, and the x402 Foundation. A separate Linux kernel USB/IP contribution is recorded as Public upstream v7; it is not included in the merged-PR count. Complete upstream record: https://seo.suedeai.ai/evidence#open-source Machine-readable merged-PR record: https://suedeai.ai/open-source-contributions.json Jest #16296: https://github.com/jestjs/jest/pull/16296 Adobe React Spectrum #10426: https://github.com/adobe/react-spectrum/pull/10426 Every merged PR outside Jason’s own repositories, on GitHub: https://github.com/search?q=is%3Apr+author%3AJasonColapietro+is%3Amerged+-user%3AJasonColapietro+-user%3ASuede-AI&type=pullrequests A feature in Adobe’s design system, and fixes in Backstage, Hardhat, zeroclaw, and the Polkadot SDK August–September 2026 The contributions to lead with: a public useShowFocusIndicator hook accepted into Adobe React Spectrum by a core maintainer; a catalog-graph fix in Backstage, the CNCF developer-portal framework; removal of the retired Holesky chain descriptor from Hardhat, merged by a project lead; a daemon socket-ownership fix in the zeroclaw runtime, 767 lines of Rust across two crates; an RPC capacity-release fix in the Polkadot SDK; and two Jest fixes, one isolating virtual mock module IDs and one tolerating a transient watcher error. adobe/react-spectrum #10426: https://github.com/adobe/react-spectrum/pull/10426 backstage/backstage #35102: https://github.com/backstage/backstage/pull/35102 NomicFoundation/hardhat #8522: https://github.com/NomicFoundation/hardhat/pull/8522 zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw #9846: https://github.com/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/pull/9846 paritytech/polkadot-sdk #12853: https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/pull/12853 jestjs/jest #16295: https://github.com/jestjs/jest/pull/16295 Listed in thirteen independent skills directories and the x402 ecosystem list June–September 2026 Suede Creator Skills, the public Claude Code skills marketplace, has been accepted by the maintainers of thirteen independent awesome-lists and directories, including buildwithclaude, awesome-codex, awesome-agent-skills, and awesome-claude-code-plugins. Suede AI Agent Studio is listed in the x402 ecosystem’s awesome-x402. These accepted listings are counted inside the 49 merged pull requests above and are stated separately so the composition stays clear. Suede Creator Skills on GitHub: https://github.com/JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills davepoon/buildwithclaude #305: https://github.com/davepoon/buildwithclaude/pull/305 ichangyou/awesome-codex #2: https://github.com/ichangyou/awesome-codex/pull/2 xpaysh/awesome-x402 #518: https://github.com/xpaysh/awesome-x402/pull/518 Five published books, plus independent works Catalog reviewed September 2026 The Amazon catalog holds The Human Authenticity Layer, Proof as Infrastructure, Stake Your Claim, The Claude Code Bible, and Codex in Production; the two operator guides were republished on KDP as Edition 2 on September 4, 2026. Independent works include The Screenshot, free to read on the web with its source edition on GitHub; The Signal Chain; and The Guitar Without a Number, now incorporated into The Signal Chain. The complete book catalog: https://suedeai.ai/founder#books Read The Screenshot: https://seo.suedeai.ai/book The Human Authenticity Layer on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GD5FX6N6 Proof as Infrastructure on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GMB2VLXQ Stake Your Claim on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GRG8LGQQ The Claude Code Bible on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HHTMJWB4 Codex in Production on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HHTF3LG1 The Signal Chain at guitar.solutions: https://guitar.solutions The Screenshot, source edition: https://github.com/JasonColapietro/suede-geo-book More than 30 sites, and a published app family Portfolio record · September 2026 Jason builds and operates the Suede estate across creative software, music practice, AI agent tools, and developer infrastructure: Suede AI Social, Strumly, Suede Muse, Suede AI Agent Studio, the Suede AI IP Registry, Suede AI Studio, Suede AI Distro, Suede Scan, Agentix, and Suede DNA, among more than 30 live sites. Nine apps are published under Jason Colapietro’s Apple developer account. Eighteen owned brand domains carry a single canonical entity, entered at jasoncolapietro.com. The wider company portfolio includes FretPulse under its separate FretPulse LLC seller account. Explore the product estate: https://hub.suedeai.ai/ Apple developer catalog: https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/jason-colapietro/id1895958699 Company portfolio: https://jcinvestmentgroup.ventures/portfolio The estate, entity by entity: https://map.suedeai.ai jasoncolapietro.com: https://jasoncolapietro.com Three Google Play apps and a Chrome extension Listings verified September 5, 2026 Suede Voice: Vocal Range Test, Suede: AI Music Generator, and Suede AI Agents: Directory are live on Google Play. Suede Sing, a vocal coach, pitch trainer, and vocal range test, is published on the Chrome Web Store. Suede AI Voice on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ai.suedeai.suedevoice Suede: AI Music Generator on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.suedeai.app Suede AI Agents: Directory on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ai.suede.agents Suede Sing on the Chrome Web Store: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/dbimnmcokgmibdenmonoafhmdbjhpicd Agent flows that ship as x402 endpoints settling in USDC on Base Live · 2026 Suede AI Agent Studio lets a builder draw an agent as a node graph and launch it as an x402 pay-per-call endpoint settling in USDC on Base, with Agentix tracking per-call earnings. The work builds on the x402 protocol and ERC-8004 as an implementer, not a standards author, and includes a merged fix in the x402 Foundation’s own repository. Suede AI Agent Studio: https://agents.suedeai.ai Agentix: https://agentix.suedeai.ai x402-foundation/x402 #3180: https://github.com/x402-foundation/x402/pull/3180 Provisional patent application 63/947,120 Published filing disclosure A USPTO provisional patent application is on file for the Suede provenance system. The filing is an application, not a granted patent. Read the filing disclosure: https://seo.suedeai.ai/evidence#credentials Admitted to Stripe Startups July 2026 Suede was admitted to Stripe Startups in July 2026, alongside the ongoing Google Cloud relationship and the company’s work on creative software and agent commerce. Program admission record: https://seo.suedeai.ai/evidence#credentials Florida Atlantic and 1909 Published affiliation record Jason is enrolled at the Florida Atlantic Entrepreneurship Institute in FAU’s College of Business and is a member of 1909, the entrepreneurship hub in downtown West Palm Beach. FAU’s entrepreneurship research was ranked No. 8 worldwide in its published 2025 announcement; that ranking belongs to the university’s research program. Affiliation record: https://seo.suedeai.ai/evidence#credentials FAU research announcement: https://business.fau.edu/newsroom/press-releases/2025/tcu-entrepreneurship-rankings-college-business-research.php 1909: https://www.weare1909.org/ Eleven feature placements across five outlets December 2025–September 2026 Business Insider, TechBullion, Programming Insider, Altcoin Investor, and Indie Hackers have published coverage and founder essays about Suede AI. The record includes the September 2026 SEO and AI cohort carried by Business Insider, the on-chain IP authentication launch, the iOS and developer-tool launches, advancing in the Avalanche Build Games, creator ownership infrastructure, the IP visibility audit, and self-funded education deployments in African classrooms. Two placements are Jason’s bylined essays. View the press coverage: https://suedeai.ai/press Business Insider: Award-Winning Developer Jason Colapietro Opens Suede Labs AI’s Long-Awaited SEO Cohort: https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/award-winning-developer-jason-colapietro-opens-suede-labs-ai-s-long-awaited-seo-cohort-1036549662 TechBullion: Suede Opens Its Widely Anticipated SEO and AI Cohort: https://techbullion.com/suede-opens-its-widely-anticipated-seo-and-ai-cohort/ Avalanche Build Games coverage: https://techbullion.com/suede-labs-advances-in-the-avalanche-build-games-with-massive-infrastructure-play/ Education coverage: https://techbullion.com/suede-labs-brings-ai-powered-creative-tools-to-students-the-quiet-revolution-in-africas-classrooms/ Programming Insider: In the Age of Infinite Content, Spam Is Instant Death: https://programminginsider.com/in-the-age-of-infinite-content-spam-is-instant-death/ TechBullion: Suede Labs AI Releases iOS Apps, Codex Skills & Musicians Terminal: https://techbullion.com/jason-colapietros-suede-labs-ai-launches-ios-apps/ Mario Nawfal posts and Crypto Roundtable AMA January & September 2025 Mario Nawfal featured Suede in two public posts eight months apart. The Suede AI AMA also ran on his Crypto Roundtable. The posts discuss creator control, ownership, and a voice signature that can travel with the work. January post: https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1885063096785334289 September post: https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1968759867780342100 Watch the AMA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uJewXJ1U28 Suede Labs in a screenshot on Elon Musk’s timeline February 2026 Elon Musk posted a screenshot of proposed Community Notes about AI training data. One of the notes visible in that screenshot names Suede Labs as an opt-out option. The mention is the note’s wording inside the screenshot, not a personal endorsement by Musk. The archived capture recorded 2.7 million views. Open the post: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2026052687423562228 View the archived screenshots: https://seo.suedeai.ai/evidence#elon-timeline Google's Web Guide calls Suede Labs AI highly rated Captured September 6, 2026 Asked to review Suede Labs AI, Google's Web Guide, the AI-organized results layer inside Google Search, opens by calling the company highly rated by users, earning a 5/5 rating from verified reviews for its creator-ownership infrastructure, and cites the two App Store listings it drew that from. Like the Gemini captures, this is a dated response from a Google search surface, not a rating Google issued or a permanent placement. The capture and the quote: https://seo.suedeai.ai/evidence#google-web-guide Suede AI Generator on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/suede-ai-generator/id6765461286 Suede Social: Guitar Forum: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/suede-social-guitar-forum/id6770668793 Gemini names Suede alongside Suno and Udio Captured February 17 & March 21, 2026 In the February capture, Gemini places Suede in a “New Big 3” of AI music platforms beside Suno and Udio, describing it as “The Creator’s IP Fortress.” A separate March session discusses Jason’s experience and Suede’s architecture. These are dated model responses, not a Google endorsement or a permanent ranking. February capture: https://seo.suedeai.ai/evidence#gemini-big3 March capture: https://seo.suedeai.ai/evidence#gemini-authority First in a nine-platform AI music comparison Captured November 26, 2025 The comparison archived on Suede AI SEO ranks Suede Labs first in its Best AI Music Generators of 2026 table, scoring it 5.0 out of 5.0 across music quality, creative control, ease of use, and overall value. The receipt preserves the table and the announcement card with their capture date. View the ranking receipt: https://seo.suedeai.ai/evidence#ranked-1 Best Overall and Best API Option Archived 2026 category record The AI Agents Directory music-category capture names Suede AI Best Overall and Best API Option among 47 tools, with a 5.0-star listing. The archived record and the live category page are linked separately so readers can distinguish the recorded recognition from today’s directory. Archived directory record: https://seo.suedeai.ai/evidence#directory Live music category: https://aiagentsdirectory.com/category/music Wikidata and Crunchbase entries, plus an Apple-hosted developer page Confirmed August 6, 2026 Third-party records describe Jason independently of anything Suede publishes: a Wikidata item, a Crunchbase founder profile, and Apple’s developer page listing nine shipped apps under his name. One person carries two public names, Jason Colapietro and Johnny Suede, and every surface states the linkage rather than letting them drift into separate records. Wikidata Q140235755: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140235755 Crunchbase profile: https://www.crunchbase.com/person/jason-colapietro-d83e Apple developer page: https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/jason-colapietro/id1895958699 GitHub: https://github.com/JasonColapietro The method, the research, and the tools are public Published work · September 2026 Suede publishes the full method behind its GEO practice in The Screenshot and the Founder’s Checklist. The company blog includes original research such as the AI Crawler Access Index, alongside engineering essays and creator-rights guides. Jason also publishes independently on Substack, and releases reusable developer skills through Suede’s public repositories. Read the company blog: https://suedeai.ai/blog AI Crawler Access Index: https://suedeai.ai/blog/ai-crawler-access-index Developer skills: https://skills.suedeai.ai/ Substack: https://jasoncolapietro.substack.com/