Restless by default
I’ve never been good at standing still. Even a go-kart day with friends turns into a target: learn to drive better, come back, finish first. I need something to work toward.
Christian Nonis
Building, learning, trying again.
Hi, I’m Christian.
I fall, I bleed, I get back up. Nothing extraordinary about that, it’s what humans do. I’m just another one of them, like you.
I make useful things on the internet and beyond and keep notes on what the work teaches me.
A little context
What I’m building toward
Lately, that restlessness has collided with my intolerance for fake news. Watching false claims spread after certain events pushed me toward the startup path. I want to make reliable information easier for everyone to reach.
The longer thread
The impulse started early. I fell for mechanics, electronics, and software, and my love of planes took me into aeronautics high school for two years. As a teenager I sold online, arranged wholesale deals with China, repaired electronics on demand, and bought broken devices to fix and resell. Then came freelance work, my own apps, and attempts at tech startups. I like understanding how things work and turning that knowledge into value for someone else. I’m still on the university road too, working toward a bachelor’s degree in physics at ETH Zürich, though it is hard to make that my only path when so many other things keep calling.
Where I’ve been
The card tracks everything since June 2023. The United Kingdom and Russia came before I had Flighty, so they never made it on.
- United Kingdomno Flighty yet
- Russiano Flighty yet
Even though English and Italian are my primary languages я могу тоже говорить по-русски, aber ich kann auch Deutsch sprechen, 我也会说中文！
Things I’ve made, tried, or left behind
Electric scooter sharing / Italy
Kangaroo Sharing
An electric-scooter sharing app built for the Italian market.
Outcome Failed.
Marketplace / Door-to-door delivery
MyDelivery
A marketplace built around door-to-door delivery.
Outcome Failed.
Startup / Information integrity
aka Lumen Platforms Inc.
Lumen Labs
My beloved startup, born from my intolerance for misinformation. It raised some money and found users through several pivots, but never took off the way a startup has to.
- Signal
- Funding and users
- Outcome
- Closed after several pivots
Signal Users · Revenue
AI infrastructure
BrainAPI
The descendant of Lumen Labs, built from what I learned there: an intelligence layer for the AI era.
- Origin
- Lumen Labs
- State
- Active
Offer Door-to-door service
AI work assistant
Pipeer
Agentic harnessing ready to use out of the box, no manteinance needed, no technical skills required.
- State
- Running pilots
- Outcome
- Not yet taken off
Books I return to
- 01 ÜbermenschFriedrich Nietzsche Become who you are.
- 02 The Black SwanNassim Nicholas Taleb The improbable runs the world.
- 03 GritAngela Duckworth Persistence outlasts talent.
- 04 Crime and PunishmentFyodor Dostoevsky Raskolnikov’s dilemma.
- 05 Can’t Hurt MeDavid Goggins Callous the mind.
- 06 Never Eat AloneKeith Ferrazzi Generosity compounds.
- 07 How to Win Friends and Influence PeopleDale Carnegie People before points.
- 08 SuperconnectorScott Gerber Give before you ask.
- 09 Think and Grow RichNapoleon Hill Turn desire into action.
- 10 The Art of Being PatientDalai Lama Find strength in patience.
05 / Say hello
You can find me…