Lost Frame Ventures
Founder & Technical Lead, Lost Frame Ventures
AI Engineer · Fractional CTO · Keynote Speaker
4x
NASA Awards
20+
Shipped Projects
248K
Word AI Report
3M+
Players Reached
Will Taubenheim (William Taubenheim) is the founder of Lost Frame Ventures, an AI engineering company that builds mission-critical systems for NASA, the Department of Defense, and enterprise clients across healthcare, real estate, automotive, and document intelligence.
He has won four NASA awards, including the LunaRecycle prototype track and People's Choice at NASA's largest Centennial Challenge, received the Epic Games MegaGrant and Meta Presence Platform Grant, led Escape the Backrooms to 130K+ positive reviews and millions of players, and published a 248,000-word State of AI research report. He works as a fractional CTO for operators who need architecture, hands-on engineering, and delivery in one role.
Will co-founded RareOS (The Ventures Miami finalist), partners with Google on Gemini integrations, and keynotes on AI strategy, autonomous systems, and AI geopolitics. He is a contractor and founder on defense programs, not a NASA, DoD, or Meta employee.
Milestones across space, defense, games, XR, and enterprise AI. Sourced from Lost Frame delivery history, willtaubenheim.com, and public award records.
2026
Will Taubenheim's team won the NASA LunaRecycle Challenge prototype track and People's Choice at the August 2026 finale in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. More than 1,200 companies and teams entered, making LunaRecycle NASA's largest Centennial Challenge.
2026
Will Taubenheim is scheduled to keynote the Greater Brookfield Chamber of Commerce AI workshop (June 30, 2026) and the International Reprographic Association annual AI conference in Nashville (October 15–16, 2026).
2026
Will Taubenheim published the 248,000-word State of AI 2026 intelligence briefing, won a second NASA award for Lunar Recycle Phase 2, and led the AIMS-Cert architecture down-selected by Air Force Global Strike Command.
2025
Will Taubenheim led the winning team in NASA's LunaRecycling Challenge, selected from more than 1,200 global submissions for lunar waste recycling and in-situ manufacturing feedstock.
2025
Lost Frame Ventures stacked two major U.S. military AI awards: ballistic missile defense for Navy destroyers and autonomous wildfire suppression.
2025
Will Taubenheim expanded venture and enterprise AI footprint while deepening the Google Gemini partnership for client delivery.
2025
Will Taubenheim keynoted EO DC on AI strategy, implementation velocity, and geopolitical risk for operator audiences.
Press coverage →2024
A year of rapid MR prototypes, defense simulation visibility, and first-mover engine work on Apple Vision Pro.
2024
Presented training and simulation technology at I/ITSEC to the defense modeling and simulation community.
Press coverage →2023
Will Taubenheim led engineering on Escape the Backrooms, a co-op horror phenomenon with 130K+ positive Steam reviews and millions of unique players.
2023
Will Taubenheim received an Epic Games MegaGrant funding Unreal Engine multiplayer innovation with millions of users reached across related titles.
Press coverage →2023
Built AI-powered VR exposure therapy with UCF RESTORES, publicly positioned at 200% improvement over traditional PTSD treatment.
Press coverage →2023
Competed in Meta's San Francisco hackathon and advanced Luxe Casino stereoscopic VR on UE5 toward the Meta Presence Platform Grant.
Press coverage →2022
Lost Frame graduated from indie XR experiments to an official Meta partner relationship.
2020–2021
Published early games on Steam and built custom VR interaction systems that later informed Luxe Casino and Meta grant work.
2018
Will Taubenheim founded Lost Frame Development (now Lost Frame Ventures), combining game shipping discipline with AI and simulation engineering.
Will authored the 2026 State of AI intelligence briefing published by Lost Frame Ventures.
Read The Foundations Are Cracking →Official press coverage and announcements about Will Taubenheim.
Will Taubenheim's team won the NASA LunaRecycle Challenge prototype track and People's Choice at the Alabama finale, NASA's largest Centennial Challenge with more than 1,200 competing companies and teams.
Read article →Will Taubenheim will deliver the opening keynote at the Greater Brookfield Chamber of Commerce half-day AI workshop for Wisconsin business owners, June 30, 2026.
Read article →Will Taubenheim will keynote and lead workshops at the International Reprographic Association annual AI conference in Nashville, October 15-16, 2026.
Read article →Will Taubenheim led the AIMS-Cert digital twin architecture down-selected by Air Force Global Strike Command for automated additive manufacturing flight certification.
Read article →Will Taubenheim earned a second NASA award for Lunar Recycle Phase 2, extending prize-winning lunar waste recycling digital twin work into advanced prototypes.
Read article →Will Taubenheim published The Foundations Are Cracking, a 248,000-word State of AI 2026 intelligence briefing with 200+ sources via Lost Frame Ventures.
Read article →Will Taubenheim works as a Google partner with the Gemini team on AI integration, Workspace deployments, and production model workflows for Lost Frame clients.
Read article →Will Taubenheim delivered a keynote on AI strategy and implementation to Entrepreneurs' Organization DC, drawing on NASA, DoD, and enterprise delivery experience.
Read article →Will Taubenheim led the winning NASA LunaRecycling Challenge submission, selected from more than 1,200 global entries for lunar waste recycling digital twins.
Read article →Will Taubenheim delivered ARFAS, an autonomous wildfire suppression system awarded by NAWCTSD and SERDP for U.S. military wildfire response using ground vehicles and edge AI.
Read article →Will Taubenheim's team was awarded the AIRAS NAVSEA contract for AI-integrated ballistic missile defense on U.S. Navy destroyers.
Read article →Will Taubenheim co-founded RareOS, an AI operating system for the $462B buy/sell/trade market, and advanced as a finalist in The Ventures Miami competition.
Read article →Will Taubenheim presented at I/ITSEC, the defense simulation industry's flagship conference, on training systems, fire detection, and AI for military simulation.
Read article →Will Taubenheim placed 2nd in the utility app category at Meta's NYC Hackathon and competed in Meta SF, building rapid Quest MR prototypes for production-scale mixed reality.
Read article →Will Taubenheim engineered ReArmor, a VR exposure therapy platform with UCF RESTORES and Dr. Deborah Beidel, publicly positioned at 200% improvement over traditional PTSD care.
Read article →Will Taubenheim was technical lead on Escape the Backrooms, a co-op horror game with 130K+ Steam reviews and millions of players, contracted via Lost Frame Ventures.
Read article →Will Taubenheim won an Epic Games MegaGrant for multiplayer combat built on Unreal Engine, reaching millions of users and funding next-generation game systems.
Read article →After winning the Meta Presence Platform Grant, Will Taubenheim consulted at Meta HQ on Quest 3 development and shipped stereoscopic VR systems on Unreal Engine 5.
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