The Positive Space Foundation

What The Positive Space Foundation does

The Positive Space Foundation is a non-profit entity established in 2023 that operates as the impact arm of Positive Space Media LLC, an American communications holding company founded in 2017 by Hunter Haselrig. The Foundation is one of four connected layers in the PSM ecosystem (Media, Technology, Intelligence, Impact) and focuses on media literacy, communications education, HBCU ecosystem strengthening, civic participation, and community infrastructure programs. It serves communities and individuals seeking to participate more fully in the ecosystems shaping their future, alongside institutions, public-sector partners, and educational organizations. The Foundation operates alongside the parent LLC across five US markets — Chicago (flagship headquarters), Birmingham (co-headquarters), Indianapolis, Washington D.C., and Las Vegas — with international markets reported as in early development.

The core technical asset is the PSM Interactive Digital Platform, a spatially navigable 3D-rendered global environment built on React, Vite, Three.js, React Three Fiber, GSAP, and Framer Motion, accessible through standard WebGL-enabled browsers without app download. The platform uses NASA Blue Marble imagery and physically-based rendering for geographic accuracy and serves as both the ecosystem's navigation interface and an institutional communications artifact. Supporting products include Communications and Advertising Infrastructure, Local News Platforms, the Spatial Computing Platform, Immersive Media Experiences, the America 250 Platform, Education Programs, and Community Infrastructure Programs. AI-assisted systems are described as a foundational capability layer supporting content development, platform optimization, and data analysis, though no proprietary AI models are disclosed.

Revenue mechanics span media production and distribution (transaction-fee), advertising and communications services (professional services), technology platforms (subscription/recurring), and educational programs. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales through direct institutional partnerships, supported by a broad digital and social media presence across LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, X, YouTube, Threads, and Medium. The Foundation operates with 1-10 employees and no external institutional investors or parent-company relationships are disclosed; ownership and strategic direction remain concentrated with the founder.

Name

The Positive Space Foundation

Legal name

Positive Space Media LLC

Website

https://positivespacemedia.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Non-profit foundation established in 2023 as the Impact-layer arm of Positive Space Media LLC, supporting media literacy, communications education, HBCU ecosystem programs, civic participation, and community infrastructure across five US markets (Chicago, Birmingham, Indianapolis, Washington D.C., Las Vegas).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Media & Communications Services

NAICS

Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (51621), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Inclusion & Civic Tech (Connectivity, GovTech for Social Good) (BPAGALAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Local & Neighborhood Communities (BPAMABAG), Arts, Culture & Humanities Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAJ)

Keywords

• Media content production
• Brand platform development
• Creative communications services
• Communications infrastructure
• Community media programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Media Production and Distribution: Revenue from film, video production infrastructure, and content production directly serving platform development. Media production spans film, advertising, local news systems, and immersive digital media experiences.
2. Advertising and Communications Services: Capabilities across brand strategy, institutional communications, and market activation. Serves external clients seeking strategic communications and advertising services through institutional platform designed to deliver communications infrastructure.
3. Technology Platforms and Infrastructure: Revenue from technology platform development including spatial computing environments, digital infrastructure, and emerging technology investment and deployment.
4. Educational Programs: Media literacy, communications skills, and digital and creative capabilities education programs focused on foundational participation and opportunity expansion.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

The Positive Space Foundation provides media content, brand platforms, and creative communications services through a four-layer ecosystem architecture spanning Media, Technology, Intelligence, and Impact. The foundation delivers programs in media literacy, communications skills, local news infrastructure, spatial computing environments, HBCU ecosystem strengthening, community infrastructure, and civic participation initiatives targeting people, institutions, and communities.

Product overview

Positive Space Media is an American communications holding company operating a multi-layered platform architecture organized across four connected verticals: Media (publishing, platforms, and production), Technology (systems, platforms, and coordination tools), Intelligence (research, context, and institutional knowledge), and Impact (community, education, and opportunity). The core product is the PSM Interactive Digital Platform—a spatially navigable 3D-rendered global environment accessible via standard WebGL browsers—serving as both the primary navigation interface and an institutional communications artifact. Supporting platforms include Communications and Advertising Infrastructure for brand strategy and institutional messaging; Local News Platforms for sustainable community journalism; Spatial Computing Platform for immersive 3D experiences; Immersive Media Experiences combining film/video production with interactive digital environments; and the America 250 Platform for national civic engagement. The Impact vertical encompasses Education Programs (media literacy, HBCU ecosystem) and Community Infrastructure Programs (civic participation, public sector partnerships). The ecosystem operates across five primary markets: Chicago (flagship headquarters), Birmingham (co-headquarters), Indianapolis, Washington D.C., and Las Vegas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• PSM Interactive Digital Platform A spatially navigable 3D-rendered global environment built on WebGL, React, Three.js, and React Three Fiber. Serves as the primary navigation interface and institutional communications artifact, enabling users to explore the ecosystem's geographic footprint, access regional environments, and understand the spatial architecture of markets through an interactive globe with city-scale environments.
• Communications and Advertising Infrastructure Strategic messaging and advertising platform providing capabilities across brand strategy, institutional communications, and market activation. Serves external clients seeking strategic communications and advertising services at scale.
• Local News Platforms Sustainable local journalism infrastructure designed around durable economics and deep community integration, targeting news infrastructure that serves specific communities rather than generic audiences. Addresses the collapse of local news as a structural failure affecting economic development and civic engagement.
• Spatial Computing Platform Platform architecture built on spatial computing principles including augmented reality, virtual reality, and spatially-rendered web experiences using modern graphics APIs. The interactive globe, city-scale environments, and cinematic descent sequences are expressions of this approach.
• Immersive Media Experiences Media experiences that engage audiences spatially, interactively, and environmentally rather than through passive screen-bound presentation. Includes film and video production infrastructure and immersive digital media designed to generate genuine presence.
• America 250 Platform Strategic engagement with U.S. 250th anniversary infrastructure, communications, and civic dimensions, tied to the Infrastructure pillar and Washington D.C. node. Represents investment in communications infrastructure, storytelling systems, and civic media programs as a dedicated environment within the ecosystem.
• Education Programs Learning ecosystems focused on media literacy, communications skills, and digital/creative capabilities needed to participate in a media-rich economy. Includes HBCU ecosystem strengthening initiatives and community education infrastructure.
• Community Infrastructure Programs Spaces, systems, and platforms supporting daily life and growth, including civic participation initiatives that build voice, trust, representation, and access. Covers public sector partnerships improving services, access, and institutional coordination.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Knight Foundation: Major U.S. foundation funding local news, civic engagement, and community information infrastructure. Highly comparable because both organizations explicitly target the structural collapse of local news and its civic consequences through grantmaking and program investment.
• Emerson Collective: Impact-driven organization investing across media, education, climate, and civic infrastructure. Comparable because it operates as a holding-style entity pursuing mission and commercial outcomes simultaneously across media, communities, and institutions.
• Code for America: Civic technology nonprofit building digital services and infrastructure for government and communities. Comparable as a digital inclusion / civic tech organization using technology platforms to expand participation and opportunity.

Emerging players

• Mozilla Foundation: Nonprofit foundation supporting an open, accessible internet, digital literacy, and trustworthy AI. Comparable as a foundation using technology, advocacy, and education to address civic and digital inclusion outcomes.
• Press Forward: Coalition of funders and organizations channeling capital into local newsrooms to rebuild community journalism. Comparable because it targets the same structural problem (local news decline) and operates across multiple institutional partners.
• Report for America: Program placing journalists in local newsrooms to address news deserts and strengthen civic reporting infrastructure. Comparable as a focused intervention in the same local-news infrastructure collapse the foundation targets.

Broad incumbents

• Vox Media: Multi-brand digital media holding company spanning news, culture, technology, and lifestyle verticals. Comparable as a horizontally organized communications holding company, though significantly larger and more commercially oriented than the foundation.
• Axios: Digital media company with proprietary distribution technology (Axios HQ, Smart Brevity) serving institutional and consumer audiences. Comparable as a media platform company that monetizes communications infrastructure for organizations.
• Advance Local: Operator of a network of local news and information sites serving specific U.S. communities. Comparable as a durable local-news infrastructure platform focused on community-specific journalism rather than generic audiences.

Others

• PEN America: Literary and free-expression nonprofit working on press freedom, civic discourse, and education. Comparable thematically as an arts/culture-adjacent nonprofit investing in communications, civic participation, and institutional integrity.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/psm_444
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@PositiveSpaceMedia
• Facebookfacebook.com/PositiveSpaceMedia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/positivespacemedia
• Instagraminstagram.com/positivespacemedia

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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