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I MAKE HARD THINGS RUN ON PHONES. AR, COMPUTER VISION AND ON-DEVICE ML — AT 60 FPS.
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Updated May 2026 The Noughty Fox
CEO & Co-founderSpatial capture that runs on the phone already in your pocket — no rig, no crew, no capture team.
Now — Rolling out TNF360, our phone-only virtual touring platform. Latest tour: Moldova's Academy of Sciences.
Visit WebsitePaparuda Studio
Co-founder & Strategic AdvisorOriginal AA games from a country that's never shipped one.
Now — Preparing for FIC. First title in production. Building a motion capture pipeline with TNF that runs off a phone camera alone — no suit, no markers, no studio.
Visit WebsiteR&D in Moldova
Public thinkingEverything above ships out of Moldova. The talent for deep R&D is here — the case for it still has to be made.
Now — Mapping public- and private-sector contributions to Moldovan innovation.
Coming soonCollaborations: TNF × Paparuda — markerless motion capture from a single phone camera.
"ANYONE CAN MAKE IT WORK ONCE, ON ONE PHONE, IN A DEMO. SHIPPING IT ON EVERY DEVICE IS THE ACTUAL WORK."
SOMETHING ONLY
BREAKING ON DEVICE?
Send me the part that's stuck. I take one challenge per company and spend a day on it, free — you keep whatever comes out of it.