Co-Founder at AthenaLabs.com - Web3 Growth Experts

Hi, i'm Charlie. I'm a digital communications specialist, political campaign strategist and multiple time founder. 

I’m the founder of Athena a digital agency specializing in strategic sector campaigns. 

I'm an experienced political campaign strategist and have worked on and managed digital on 10+ election campaigns in the UK and abroad

In my spare time I sail dingy's competitively and have won trophies at national and international levels for the flying 15 class.

I’m an Angel investor primarily focused on saas and fintech. Fee free to drop me a DM, I’m interested to hear your ideas.

Websites:
Athena.Agency

Charlie Apthorpᵍᵐ

Web3, RWA (SHOPX), & AI (dataing) Entrepreneur | President & Founder | Muay Thai & Chess #blessed

Nice to meet you, my name is Eric and I hope you are having a wonderful day. 

My Intention is to spread as much positivity as possible.

Present Manrta - As above, so below, As within, so without.

Present Motto  - I do what I feel like and trust anything is possible.

Present Inner purpose - Raise the collective level of consciousness 

Present Interest - Web3, AI, Quantum Spirituality, Masculine development, Fitness.

Present Hobbies - Chess, Muay Thai, meditation, reading, anything under the sun.

Present Recommendation - Reality transurfing. Steps I-V and vipassana meditation

Dataing - AI-powered match matching with the goal of matching 1 billion happy couples

“If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.”
― Nikola Tesla

Eric McHugh☀️🌙

A SF escape room called “The Permanent Underclass” and it’s just a room with a laptop and Claude Code installed.

It’s a funny joke, but it’s rooted in a fear-based narrative.

Fear is how people are controlled. 

Faith is how they create.

AI isn’t here to lock people into an underclass. 

It’s here to remove friction, amplify natural talents, and expand the amount of value humans can create. 

That’s the future we’re building toward at dataing: AI as support, not replacement, helping people learn more about themselves, a match with people who bring out the best in them.

AI with Data for Human Connection and Social Good @dataing

This is exactly why we’re building the dataing Data Marketplace. 

Not scraped. Not farmed. Opt-in, permissioned, and paid. Think Anti Facebook.

As automation scales, AI systems will depend on human judgment, creativity, and preference to learn at the frontier. 

Every decision, correction, and demonstration becomes training signal. 

That makes human data a core economic input, not a byproduct.

That’s why human data becomes a $1T+/year market:
intelligence compounds on structured human experience.

If AI is powered by human data, humans should own it, consent to it, and earn from it.

People are using dataing to plan real dates.

We believe relationships work best when intention comes before action.

Dataing is intentionally built to put users in a position to succeed.

After two people connect, Cupid becomes a relationship concierge, helping plan dates, offering guidance, and supporting connection as it unfolds.

Because Dataing supports what comes after the match, we’re incentivized to create compatible ones.

The dataing Data Marketplace will enable instant personalization and monetization by letting developers and users earn from AI-powered apps built on permissioned human data, which in itself is a trillion dollar industry.

Here is the latest marketplace update from Antonio, and a sincere thank you to the Stacks ecosystem for the support.

The dataing Data Marketplace will include:

• User-owned datasets with flexible pricing and earnings tracking
• Built-in and custom schemas, including automatic schema generation from CSVs
• Privacy-first PII detection and sanitization
• Advanced querying and analytics
• x402 payments with STX and sBTC
• On-chain receipts and full audit trails
• AI-powered natural-language search across datasets

Don’t trust, verify 👇

I joined Raymond, a top 10 The New York Times best-selling author on a podcast to talk about building, relationships, and the unseen forces that shape outcomes.

Much of the conversation centered on a quiet but important idea:

Technology reveals its values through what it optimizes.

We touched on:
• Why incentives quietly determine behavior
• Why endless choice weakens alignment
• How real compatibility emerges from signals, not self-promotion
• And why building anything meaningful starts inward, not outward

Dating apps are a clear example.

If success threatens profit, the system will resist success.

dataing was built on a different premise: fewer matches, better matches, and continued support after the introduction—evolving from matchmaking into something closer to a relationship concierge.

The same patterns show up everywhere in products, partnerships, and people.

As within, so without.

Listen here:

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EP351: Eric McHugh - Giant Improvement In Dating App

Everyone’s talking about the penguin.

Walking alone.

Cold, slow, ignored.

No shortcuts. No crowd. Just direction. 🐧❄️

There are a few lessons we can take from that.

But the truth is, dataing hasn’t been walking alone.

We’ve been incredibly lucky and grateful for the support we’ve received from our users, our community, our builders, our early believers, our partners and everyone who’s shared feedback, time, and trust with us. 

Every conversation, every download, every message of encouragement has been an important ingredient in what we’re building.

This journey only works because of people.

And as we keep moving forward, it’s worth remembering the intention behind it all:

dataing exists to leverage AI to bring people and experiences together, to help real connections happen, and to support them with care, depth, and understanding.

Most AI tells you what you want to hear.

Cupid AI is designed to tell you what’s best for you.

There’s a big difference between validation and guidance, between short-term comfort and long-term alignment.

That philosophy is exactly why we’re building Dataing.

Not just to help people get matches, but to support better choices before, during, and after the match, so connections are more compatible, more intentional, and more likely to last.

In a dream yesterday, a nameless shadow ascended the black and white mountain.

Both heroes and monsters fell by his hand.

Unbroken, he entered the ruined temple of a long-forgotten god.

He made an offering upon the sacred alter.

The gods were dead, and yet they listened...

Your trial is over they said.

Your final appraisal, glorious

Your treachery and love truly knows no bounds.

You have been bestowed a true name. 

Dream ends. smh

I sent Mark a Yu-Gi-Oh Jinzo reel on IG yesterday for the first time.

Later that day, Mark asked Cupid what Yu-Gi-Oh card I would be.

Cupid answered: Jinzo.

Two separate moments.

Same archetype.

When your mind is clear and your path is aligned, the same truth appears from different directions.

Through thousands of iterations, Cupid is becoming increasingly accurate, and will only continue to get better at serving.

Thank you,

Eric

dataing - The first AI built for love

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