New York · Software · Stories · Artificial intelligence

I make things to find outwhat they want to become.

I’m John Verco—a software developer, writer, artist, character creator, and game maker exploring what happens when human imagination works alongside artificial intelligence.

For more than twenty-five years, I have made a living building software. Somewhere along the way, the machines started talking back.

What began as curiosity became a daily creative practice. I write stories, build games, make images, and create fictional people with enough inner life to surprise me.

This is my personal corner of the internet: less a résumé than an open door. The formal work and products live at Verco.ai. Here, you can meet the person behind them.

A few recurring preoccupations

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Stories & images

Small human moments—told through fiction, artificial intelligence, photography, and cinematic illustration.

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Games & experiments

Playful systems where software, personality, and imagination meet: from arcade games to new forms of interactive character.

I’m interested in intelligence, identity, memory, empathy—and the small, strange moments that reveal who we are.

Visit the studio at verco.ai