Punchline Foundry press fact sheet
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Tools for comedians who treat comedy as craft.

Publisher: Fouled Anchor Safety LLC
Location: Northern Virginia
Apps: Jokesmith, Gigsmith, Riffsmith
Founded: 2025
Ownership: Veteran-owned
Website: https://www.fouledanchorsafety.com/comedy/
Press contact: comedy@fouledanchorsafety.com

About
Punchline Foundry is the comedy label of Fouled Anchor Safety LLC. It builds tools for working comedians: Jokesmith for material and laugh analytics, Gigsmith for running the gig business, and Riffsmith for daily AI improv practice. Founder Nicholas Schnaufer, a Navy veteran, started it after discovering stand-up at the Armed Services Arts Partnership comedy bootcamp in 2024.

Apps
- Jokesmith: A joke library, set builder and laugh analytics for stand-up comedians. https://www.fouledanchorsafety.com/comedy/press/jokesmith/
- Gigsmith: Gigs, venues, money and late-night check-ins for working performers. https://www.fouledanchorsafety.com/comedy/press/gigsmith/
- Riffsmith: Daily improv scene practice with an AI scene partner and coach. https://www.fouledanchorsafety.com/comedy/press/riffsmith/

About the founder
Nicholas Schnaufer, CIH, CSP, is the founder of Fouled Anchor Safety LLC. He served 20 years as an Industrial Hygiene Officer in the U.S. Navy Medical Service Corps, with two deployments aboard USS Carl Vinson, including the opening strikes of Operation Enduring Freedom, and a ground deployment with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing in Al Asad, Iraq. He holds a BS in Environmental Health Sciences from the University of Georgia and an MSPH in Environmental Health Sciences from the University of South Carolina, and has more than 25 years of occupational health experience. He had the idea for field safety apps in 2010 and began building them in 2025. He took up stand-up comedy through the Armed Services Arts Partnership in 2024, which led to the Punchline Foundry apps. A foodie who loves regional differences in food, he also built the Flavor Trek Wayfinder apps.

Updated October 24, 2026.
