01 / FLAGSHIPPATENTED + COMMERCIALLY LAUNCHEDSplitflask
Two drinks. One tumbler. Co-founded a patented dual-chamber drinkware brand, built the product, brought it to market and expanded into international distribution.
06+ INDEPENDENT PROOF LINKS
Inventor. Entrepreneur. Relentless builder.
I imagine
things.
Then I
build them.
I'm Riz Nwosu. I turn unconventional ideas into patented inventions, products people buy, businesses that operate, and new experiments worth pursuing. Here's the work, with receipts.
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03Issued U.S. patents
utility & design
utility & design
40K+Splitflasks sold
brand-reported
brand-reported
84640 oz campaign backers
2025 campaign
2025 campaign
Top 20Alibaba CoCreate Pitch
U.S. finalist · 2026
U.S. finalist · 2026
01 / SELECTED WORK
Made real.
From industrial design to consumer commerce and AI software. Every project here links to something you can inspect.
01 / FLAGSHIPPATENTED + COMMERCIALLY LAUNCHED
02 / HARDWARENATIONAL PRESSCyberbackpack
Launched a futuristic hardshell backpack and expanded it into a product family spanning travel luggage, camera bags and accessories.
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03 / PRIVACY TECH
REDACTCHAT
RedactChat
Client-side document sanitization before sharing files with AI assistants.
CHROME WEB STORE
04 / BROWSER SOFTWARE
SIDECHAT
SideChat
Social and topic-based chat experience for ChatGPT users.
CHROME WEB STORE
05 / SAFETY TECH
ELDERGUARD
ElderGuard
Browser alerts and trusted-contact tools for older adults.
CHROME WEB STORE
06 / AI COMMERCE
AGENTBUYABLE
AgentBuyable
A live audit tool for identifying friction in AI-assisted shopping.
LIVE PRODUCT
07 / HEALTH INTELLIGENCE
PULSEGLP
PulseGLP
GLP-1 market and patient-experience intelligence tooling.
LIVE PRODUCT
08 / AEROSPACE
Reconfigurable Drone
Granted U.S. utility patent for a drone configured for multiple uses.
USPTO PATENT RECORD
09 / STREAMING MEDIA
Volty TV
EV-focused streaming television, documented by an industry conference.
INDUSTRY RECORD
10 / SOCIAL AUTOMATION
SNARKENGINE
Snark Engine
An AI-driven branded Instagram reply system with a public demo.
PUBLIC DEMO
FEATURED EXPERIMENT / 2026
Million Dollar
Swimming Pool.
A real backyard swimming pool turned into a sponsor-funded physical advertising platform. Brands purchase placements. The construction and experiment are documented online.
113SPONSOR POSITIONS
$1.097MPOTENTIAL INVENTORY VALUE
AT FULL SELL-THROUGH
AT FULL SELL-THROUGH
02 / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Ideas with
patents.
Public patent grants are a particularly clear kind of proof. They document technical ideas beyond a pitch deck.
ISSUED / U.S. UTILITY
US 12,577,032 B2 · 2026
Multi-chamber temperature-retaining container
Issued March 17, 2026. Utility-patent coverage for the split-chamber container technology behind Splitflask.
EXAMINE PATENT ↗ISSUED / U.S. DESIGN
US D1,074,312 S · 2025
Thermal flask industrial design
Issued May 13, 2025. A separate design-patent grant for the thermal-flask form.
EXAMINE PATENT ↗ISSUED / U.S. UTILITY
US 10,946,959 B2 · 2021
Drone configured for multiple uses
Issued March 16, 2021. A reconfigurable drone design for different operating needs.
EXAMINE PATENT ↗ISSUED / AUSTRALIA
AU 2024335460 B2 · 2026
International container patent protection
Australian grant in the Splitflask container patent family, issued February 12, 2026.
EXAMINE PATENT ↗03 / THE OUTSIDE VIEW
Don't take
my word for it.
Reporting, editorial mentions, public records and third-party appearances. Original sources are prioritized; indirect sources are labeled.
U.S. Department
of Commerce
of Commerce
OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT SUCCESS STORY
Documents Splitflask's European distribution partnership and names Riz as CEO.
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Popular Science
INDEPENDENT PRODUCT REVIEW
Selected Splitflask for “Best Design” in an insulated-tumbler roundup.
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CNN Underscored
2024 FATHER'S DAY DEALS · SECONDARY RECORD
A 2024 roundup attributed to CNN Underscored includes Splitflask. Link goes to The Economic Times' reproduction; original CNN URL not confirmed.
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The Drew
Barrymore Show
Barrymore Show
TELEVISION PRODUCT APPEARANCE · CATALOG RECORD
A third-party product catalog documents Splitflask as seen on the show, with a screenshot. Original episode link still needed.
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Entrepreneur
FOUNDER COVERAGE / APRIL 2022
Reporting on the creation of Cyberbackpack and the related Tesla trademark dispute.
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AfroTech
FOUNDER COVERAGE / APRIL 2022
Reported on Cyberbackpack's origin and public trademark dispute.
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Sprudge
PRODUCT EDITORIAL / 2025
Independent coverage of the Splitflask design and 40 oz Kickstarter.
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Black Enterprise
FOUNDER COVERAGE / APRIL 2022
Coverage of the Cyberbackpack brand and its founder.
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HuffPost
PRESS MENTION
HuffPost coverage and mentions.
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Good Housekeeping
PRODUCT PRESS
Good Housekeeping coverage and mentions.
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Alibaba.com
CoCreate
CoCreate
OFFICIAL 2026 FINALIST ANNOUNCEMENT
Names Riz Nwosu and Raphael Hamilton among 20 U.S. CoCreate Pitch finalists.
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Editorial mentions and media appearances are not represented as endorsements by the publications or presenters. For CNN and Drew, this page links to accessible documentary records until original publisher URLs can be verified.
04 / MORE OF THE WORK
Built across
categories.
A directory of companies, products, retail channels, and developer experiments with a public footprint.
S/
SplitflaskTwo-drink patented consumer hardware brandVISIT SITE ↗
C/
CyberbrandsBackpacks, luggage, travel accessoriesVIEW CATALOG ↗
V/
Volty TVElectric vehicle content and streaming mediaVISIT SITE ↗
R/
RedactChatPrivacy-first documents for AI workflowsVISIT SITE ↗
M/
Million Dollar PoolSponsored physical-media experimentVISIT SITE ↗
A/
AgentBuyableAI commerce readiness and auditingVISIT SITE ↗
P/
PulseGLPGLP-1 market research toolingVISIT SITE ↗
E/
ElderGuardFamily safety and trusted-contact toolsVIEW EXTENSION ↗
MARKETPLACE DISTRIBUTION / INDEPENDENT LISTINGS
05 / A TRACK RECORD IN PROGRESS
The long game.
The ideas change. The obsession with making them tangible doesn't.
2018
Protective backpack experiments
Early product design work that preceded Cyberbrands.
2022
Cyberbackpack enters the market
Industrial design, consumer launch and national press.
2023–24
Splitflask developed and commercialized
A two-drink invention becomes a consumer product.
2025
Kickstarter funded; European distribution
40 oz Kickstarter raises $64,647 from 846 backers. U.S. Commerce Department documents European expansion.
2025–26
Software products and patent milestones
RedactChat, ElderGuard, SideChat, newer AI tools and utility-patent grants.
2026
Alibaba finalist and Million Dollar Swimming Pool
National competition recognition and a new sponsor-funded physical-media experiment.
06 / ABOUT
Why I build.
“I don't need another slide deck about what could exist. I want to make the thing real.”
I'm Riz Nwosu, a Los Angeles–area entrepreneur, inventor and product builder. My work spans physical products, industrial design, patents, e-commerce, software, AI and unconventional business experiments.
Some ideas become companies. Some become patents. Some become products that people buy. Others become experiments that teach me what to build next.
I work across the whole journey: identifying a problem, designing a solution, sourcing, prototyping, refining, launching, marketing, distributing and iterating. I care less about the industry label than about whether something genuinely solves a problem.
THIS IS A SELECTED, EVIDENCE-LINKED PORTFOLIO. AN EXPERIMENT IS NOT PRESENTED AS A COMPLETED COMMERCIAL SUCCESS, AND FOUNDER-REPORTED METRICS ARE LABELED AS SUCH.
07 / LET'S MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN
Have a strange idea?
I'm listening.
Product development. Licensing. Distribution. Brand partnerships. AI tools. Advisory work. If the problem is interesting and the people are serious, let's talk.
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