William Hurley (born March 30, 1971), commonly known as whurley, is an American tech entrepreneur and investor who founded Chaotic Moon Studios, Honest Dollar,[1] Strangeworks, Ecliptic Capital, and philanthropic efforts including CERN's Entrepreneurship Student Programme and Equals: The Global Partnership for Gender Equality in the Digital Age.

[10] In the summer of 2002, Whurley was hired by a resort group to infiltrate a Las Vegas casino's offices in order to perform security audits.

[9] In 2010, along with Ben Lamm and Mike Erwin, Whurley founded mobile software design and development company Chaotic Moon Studios.

[12] Chaotic Moon has worked with News Corp to develop the first iPad-only digital newspaper The Daily, as well as building applications for Microsoft, CBS Sports, Sanrio, Pizza Hut and others.

[6] Whurley serves as the division's general manager,[12] overseeing the development of such products as a Microsoft Kinect-controlled skateboard (which the company named the “Board of Awesomeness”);[13] a skateboard controlled by the user's mind through a Samsung tablet running Windows 8 (the “Board of Imagination”);[13] a shopping cart that follows a shopper around the store (“The Smarter Cart");[14] and a bicycle helmet fitted with seven cameras that begin recording on impact, functioning like an airplane's black box in case of a hit-and-run (the “Helmet of Justice”).

The company designs and sells software developer tools and a systems management platform for clients in the aerospace, energy, finance and pharmaceutical industries.

[28] On March 11, 2016, whurley and rapper/producer will.i.am co-hosted a Democratic National Committee fundraiser at South By Southwest in Austin, featuring President Barack Obama and musical guest J.

[37] In the summer of 2013, whurley will be leading the inaugural GlassDevCamp, which will take place in San Francisco and will encourage the development of apps for the Google Glass platform.

[38] In June 2013, British Airways hosted UnGrounded, a group of business leaders and creative thinkers who met to address significant global problems.

The passengers later presented their ideas as part of an innovation conference held during the 39th G8 summit, as well as to the United Nations' International Telecommunication Union.