Terpedia
Encyclopedia of terpenes using OpenLink Virtuoso multimode DBMS with OWL knowledge graphs and an LLM-powered front end—bringing semantic web tooling to specialized chemistry domains.
Ventures & projects
Beyond employment roles, Daniel McShan maintains long-horizon projects that combine knowledge representation, bioscience, robotics, and community arts.
The Exzyme Corporation
Retrobiosynthesis research—discovering biosynthetic pathways inspired by E.J. Corey’s Nobel Prize–recognized retrosynthetic logic.
Xybotyx
Consumer robotics: iPhone-controlled robots, WaveShare ROVER with ESP32, iOS ARKit experimentation—consumer-facing embedded systems.
Fortun.ai
Personal AI fortune teller using custom GPT-style models with RFID/NFC integrations—creative AI meets tangible interfaces.
Brûlée.co
501(c)(3) organization for the arts—operations for a large Burning Man Esplanade theme camp (~200 participants).
Related institutional work
Current product and platform leadership appears in roles such as CTO at Formul8.ai (multi-agent cannabis AI platform) and Custodian of Faculty at Castalia’s Inquiry Institute. See Career for detail.