A most Singular project

Over the last 2-3 months, a lot of people have been watching my tweets and listened to my various conversations wondering what exactly I’m up to. I haven’t been able to say much, but can now finally talk about it. Biting lips for this long has been tough, but I can finally say I’m heading up Singularity University – some great coverage from TechCrunch and CNet (among others).

I’ve been fascinated with innovation and growth for many years, and my experience at Yahoo building and running Brickhouse was very foundational. Analyzing thousands of ideas, putting together great teams and working with some of the world’s best engineers to launch cutting edge products was a hell of a privilege. While at Yahoo, I established an important relationship between Brickhouse and NASA, which led to an invitation to the founding meeting of this initiative.

Once there, I was pretty well hooked…

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2 Responses to “A most Singular project”

[+] Comment by Laszlo G. Meszaros
February 4th, 2009 at 10:25 pm

Nice, but… Technology is advencing on its own. On the other hand, we are losing on the theoretical front. Theories are a mess, especially when we try to combine them. So, if your initiative tries to be theoretical, i.e. essential, instead of further promoting pragmatism, then you are on the right track.

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[+] Comment by Joseph Hunkins
February 5th, 2009 at 8:36 pm

A very, very exciting development. Congratulations.

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