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“We’re trying to create a playful experience between human and machine”
“We’re trying to create a playful experience between human and machine”
An interview with the Poetry Camera creators and ICV Creative Residents Kelin Carolyn Zhang and Ryan Mather
IDEO CoLab Ventures
Aug 9, 2024
“The difficulties with web3 social are both a technical problem and a narrative problem”
“The difficulties with web3 social are both a technical problem and a narrative problem”
Meet James Lynch and learn about his project exploring the possibilities and realities of web3 social with Lens and ICV
IDEO CoLab Ventures
Jul 23, 2024
“Cooperatives are an old idea, but they have so much potential for shaping radical futures”
“Cooperatives are an old idea, but they have so much potential for shaping radical futures”
An interview with ICV Creative Resident, entrepreneur, and future zine publisher Austin Robey
IDEO CoLab Ventures
Jul 10, 2024
“Speculative fiction is a policy tool”
“Speculative fiction is a policy tool”
An interview with ICV Creative Resident, urban planner, and futurist Lafayette Cruise
IDEO CoLab Ventures
Jun 17, 2024
“I found myself the accidental creator of a digital pet graveyard”
“I found myself the accidental creator of a digital pet graveyard”
An interview with ICV Creative Resident, artist, and researcher Sarah Friend
IDEO CoLab Ventures
May 16, 2024
“I saw an opportunity to apply AI and large language models to the homeownership experience”
“I saw an opportunity to apply AI and large language models to the homeownership experience”
An interview with ICV Creative Resident and Terrace founder Regy Perlera
IDEO CoLab Ventures
Mar 13, 2024
Building the AUX cord to the internet
Building the AUX cord to the internet
An interview with ICV Creative Resident Mike Bodge
IDEO CoLab Ventures
Feb 7, 2024
Visualizing Spammers and Scammers: A Postcard from the Lab
Visualizing Spammers and Scammers: A Postcard from the Lab
A peek at what we’re building with Karma3 Labs
IDEO CoLab Ventures
Nov 21, 2023
Building with Intention
Building with Intention
IDEO CoLab Ventures and WE3 come together to incubate new ventures for the next chapter of the internet
IDEO CoLab Ventures
Nov 20, 2023
Health, Leadership, & Systems Change: A Conversation with Organizer Marshall Ganz
Health, Leadership, & Systems Change: A Conversation with Organizer Marshall Ganz
Health is everyone’s business. It’s time to invest in the first mile of health: where we live, learn, work, and play. This interview series…
Joanne Cheung
May 19, 2021
Announcing the IDEO Founder Collective
Announcing the IDEO Founder Collective
A community of crypto founders investing in each other
IDEO CoLab Ventures
Apr 29, 2021
Food Equity, Health, and Inclusive Innovation: A Conversation with Nancy Roman
Food Equity, Health, and Inclusive Innovation: A Conversation with Nancy Roman
This interview series is part of First Mile Health, a collaboration between IDEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Building H to…
Joanne Cheung
Jan 19, 2021
Reuben Bramanathan Joins IDEO CoLab Ventures
Reuben Bramanathan Joins IDEO CoLab Ventures
We’re excited to end 2020 on a high note.
IDEO CoLab Ventures
Dec 18, 2020
IDEO CoLab Launches Collaborative DeFi Incubator & Residency Program
IDEO CoLab Launches Collaborative DeFi Incubator & Residency Program
In partnership with industry leaders and protocols, IDEO CoLab Ventures is incubating DeFi startups through an extensive, hands-on model
IDEO CoLab Ventures
Dec 17, 2020
Health, Wealth, and Cooperatives: A Conversation with Jen Horonjeff
Health, Wealth, and Cooperatives: A Conversation with Jen Horonjeff
This interview series is a collaboration between IDEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Building H to imagine how we might design…
Joanne Cheung
Dec 9, 2020
Movement, Health, and “The New Local”: A Conversation with Jim Sallis
Movement, Health, and “The New Local”: A Conversation with Jim Sallis
This interview series is part of First Mile Health, a collaboration between IDEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Building H to…
Joanne Cheung
Nov 10, 2020
Zen and Health: A Conversation with Ryushin Paul Haller
Zen and Health: A Conversation with Ryushin Paul Haller
This interview series is part of First Mile Health, a collaboration between IDEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Building H to…
Joanne Cheung
Nov 5, 2020
IDEO CoLab Announces $21M Crypto Fund
IDEO CoLab Announces $21M Crypto Fund
Backed by IDEO and four corporations, IDEO CoLab Ventures has invested in and helped incubate over 30 blockchain startups to date
IDEO CoLab Ventures
Oct 27, 2020
Why IDEO CoLab Invested in Braintrust
Why IDEO CoLab Invested in Braintrust
The traditional model for work is breaking and needs a new solution
IDEO CoLab Ventures
Oct 1, 2020
Natural Language Processing: A new way to listen to people about health
Natural Language Processing: A new way to listen to people about health
We’re speaking with Sam Pottinger, a data scientist at IDEO, about how natural language processing helps build empathy at scale…
Joanne Cheung
Aug 17, 2020
Culture and Health: A Chat with Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee
Culture and Health: A Chat with Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee
Health is very much about relationships. If anything, COVID-19 has made it clear not only how our individual health is connected, but also…
Joanne Cheung
Aug 10, 2020
Food and Health: A Chat with Christopher Gardner
Food and Health: A Chat with Christopher Gardner
To make everyday life healthy by design, we need to understand what health means for people personally and for the systems shaping…
Joanne Cheung
Jul 20, 2020
Nature and Health in the Time of COVID-19: A Chat with Author Florence Williams.
Nature and Health in the Time of COVID-19: A Chat with Author Florence Williams.
To design health back into everyday life, we need to understand what health means for people in this new context. Starting here, even the…
Joanne Cheung
May 28, 2020
Announcing IDEO’s Product Validation Day for DeFi Founders
Announcing IDEO’s Product Validation Day for DeFi Founders
On June 18–19th, 2020, IDEO CoLab Ventures will host a virtual Product Validation Day to help DeFi founders test new product concepts.
IDEO CoLab Ventures
May 18, 2020
Meet the SAFG: DeFi’s Emergent Framework for Participatory Investing and Protocol Development
Meet the SAFG: DeFi’s Emergent Framework for Participatory Investing and Protocol Development
We are shifting from a world of “buying to own” to one of “participating to govern,” which can ultimately yield in more successful…
Gavin
Apr 30, 2020
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