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About / Cincinnati, Ohio

Thomas DeRoussel

Curiosity and competition have shaped most of what I do.

I started sharing online in 2020, then went on to college and NCAA Division I soccer. Along the way, I got my real estate license and began building companies alongside Reese.

How it started
Thomas in a Kabuto Club shirt, looking out over Cincinnati at sunset.
Cincinnati, Ohio

2020 / Social media

Starting online.

I started making content on social media in 2020. I’ve always been curious and competitive, and I wanted to see what I could build online.

That curiosity is still behind what I share today: AI tools, workflows, and what I’m learning while building businesses.

From the archiveTikTok
Archived TikTok profile showing 130.1K followers and 4.3M likes; capture date unknown.
Archived TikTok profile. Capture date unknown; counts are as shown at capture.

Soccer / College

Soccer shaped my competitive side.

I grew up playing soccer at a high level and have also played in Europe. NCAA Division I soccer has been part of that background, and a lot of my competitive drive comes from the sport.

I began finance studies at George Mason University in 2024, before transferring to Lehigh University in 2025, where I study finance and marketing.

College, soccer, real estate, and starting businesses have overlapped. I’ve been learning while putting things into practice.

Thomas DeRoussel in his Lehigh soccer uniform on the field.
Lehigh University

2024 / Real estate

Licensed at 18.

I became a licensed real estate agent in 2024, at 18, in the Cincinnati area. I now work with buyers and sellers in Greater Cincinnati through eXp Realty.

Working as an agent put me close to the conversations, follow-up, and coordination around a move. That experience became the context for Relvara.

Talk real estate

My companies / 2024–2026

Building with Reese.

While I was studying and working in real estate, Reese and I were also building businesses. Each took us into a different kind of work, from apparel to AI education and software.

2024Osaka, Japan

Co-founder / Kabuto Club

Kabuto Club

Kabuto Club began in Osaka in 2024. It brings a boxing identity and Japanese cultural references into apparel, and is now run from Tokyo.

The Kabuto Club story
Kabuto Club apparel and packaging arranged in a room.
Kabuto Club inventory and packaging
Thomas teaching a hands-on AI workshop.
Teaching with Zensen Media

2025Cincinnati, Ohio

Co-founder / Zensen Media

Zensen Media

Reese and I co-founded Zensen Media in 2025 to help people use AI in their businesses. Our work includes hands-on workshops, coaching, and building systems around the work a team actually does.

The Zensen Media story

2026Cincinnati, Ohio

Founder / Relvara

relvara.

Relvara grew out of my work as an agent. I started it in 2026 to build an AI platform around the follow-up, conversations, and coordination that fill an agent’s day.

The Relvara story
Thomas and Reese standing in front of a projected Relvara website.
Thomas and Reese / Relvara

Sharing what I’m learning

Sharing the work.

400,000+

Combined followers.

Reese and I have grown audiences to more than 400,000 combined followers across multiple platforms.

Hundreds of
millions.

Of views across our content.

The combined follower figure is also reported in our Zensen Media company bio.

Read the company bio
6,700+My Instagram followers

My own channels are where I share AI tools, workflows, and what I learn while building. Teaching takes that work into a room, where people can try it on a task of their own.

I also write The DeRoussel Minute and share reusable skills on GitHub so people can take the ideas further.

Instagram LinkedIn The newsletter GitHub

Instagram figures checked October 20, 2026. Kabuto’s count is the platform’s rounded display.