Johan Gace
Founder, designer, engineer and nature guide.
I design and build things from the first idea to the systems that make them real. I spent close to a decade in technology, including building AI experiences at Amazon, before training as a nature guide and in permaculture design.
Today, much of my work lives under Wyld Way, where I’m exploring how technology can help humans learn from, explore and care for the world around us.
Selected work
- Rewyld→
A nature connection app for getting outside and paying attention to what is happening around you. Short guided experiences adapt to your place, time, weather, and season, then get the screen out of the way. Live on iOS and Android.
- Nature Class→
An open source platform for taking learning outside. It gives teachers and families ready-to-lead lessons adapted to their place, season, weather, and what is happening there that day, so the world outside becomes part of the lesson.
- Pointmoon→
Place intelligence for software and AI. Pointmoon brings together what is known about a place, what is happening there now, and how it is changing, turning fragmented real-world signals into grounded context that agents and applications can use through its API and MCP server.
- Wyld Quest→
Routes and journeys for exploring on foot, from local walks to long-distance trails, pilgrimages, and walking challenges.
Work with me
NaturateConsulting
Design and technology consulting for organizations building toward ecological and cultural regeneration. I create digital infrastructure that serves your mission: platforms, systems, and tools grounded in care for land and community.
Visit Naturate →Conversational AI design
I make conversational AI that sounds like a person worth talking to. I shape how it speaks: I write the voice and the rules it lives by, build them into your prompts and flows on the models you already use, and set up the evaluation layer that keeps the voice consistent as the product grows.
AI product sprints
I help engineering and AI teams bring their ideas to life. I have taken an AI-native consumer product from zero to a live app, solo, design system and engineering included. If you have a model and a vision and a gap between them, that gap is what I close.
Good fit if you are early, funded, building in outdoors or wellbeing, and you need a teammate who has actually released one.
Get in touch →Guiding nature walks
I lead mindful outdoor experiences that help people deepen their relationship with the natural world through presence, embodiment, and ancestral skills. Certified as a Kripalu Mindful Outdoor Guide and Appalachian Mountain Club leader, I hold space for experiences that reawaken belonging and connection to nature.
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