External Revenue Service A nonprofit for the automation age

We think the people automation replaces should share in what it earns.

Robots are getting good enough to do real jobs: stocking shelves, picking orders, harvesting crops, cleaning buildings. That work will create enormous value, and right now almost none of it is set up to reach the workers it displaces.

The External Revenue Service is a nonprofit built to change that. We own and operate robots, lease them to businesses at market rates, and pay the surplus to people whose jobs were automated. No shareholders, no exit, and the books are open.

Leadership

ERS is at the founding stage. Here's who's building it and the seats we're filling next.

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Personnel record Founding leadership

Tyler founded ERS to make sure the wealth robots create flows back to the people they replace.

He spent his first seven years in Section 8 housing in Everett, Massachusetts, before his grandmother adopted him and moved him to Winchester. That start shapes how he thinks about who gets left out when an economy changes, and who should benefit when it does.

At UVM he studied finance and economics, cold-called for an early-stage founder as a freshman, and traded his mountain bike for a pickup truck to start a landscaping company. He managed six part-time employees and brought in more than $100,000 over two summers.

Since then he has worked across cybersecurity sales at DirectDefense, real estate as the fourth person at Odessit Capital, and B2B growth at Black Kite. He has also spent six years building consumer financial products and internet-native markets. He is the founder of YOLO Financial Technologies and the T11 Ventures studio.

What he brings to ERS

  • Building from nothing. Repeatedly finding an emerging market, building the product, and creating its first customers.
  • Financial judgment. Underwriting, deal sourcing, and financial modeling, applied here to robot fleet economics and dividend design.
  • Distribution. Years of outbound sales across cybersecurity, real estate, and his own companies, which ERS needs to sign its first business customers.

Open leadership seats

Role What they'll own Status
Chief Robotics Officer Fleet selection, deployment, safety, and the technician team Open
Director of Worker Benefits Eligibility, case workers, dividend payments, and retraining grants Open
Chief Financial Officer Audited books, the annual dividend statement, and nonprofit compliance Open
Board of Directors Independent oversight, including at least one seat for a displaced worker Forming

Interested in one of these roles? Email join@externalrevenue.org.