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Singularity Group

April 18, 2024

Not to be confused with Singularity Institute.

Singularity Education Group (using the public names Singularity Group, Singularity University or SingularityU) is an American company that offers executive educational programs, a business incubator, and business consultancy services.[1][2] Although the company uses the word "university" in its branding, it is not an accredited university and has no academic programs or accreditation.

Singularity Education Group
IndustryEducation
FounderPeter Diamandis and Ray Kurzweil
HeadquartersSanta Clara, California
BrandsSingularity University, SingularityU, SU Ventures, Futurism News (formerly), Uncommon Partners Labs
Number of employees
<250
Websitewww.su.org

The company has faced allegations of sexual assault, embezzlement, and discrimination since its founding.[3]

History edit

Singularity was founded as a non-profit and initially offered an annual 10-week summer program called the Graduate Studies Program (GSP), it was aimed at individuals wanting to understand how they could use technology to tackle global challenges.[4] Its original Corporate founding partners and sponsors included Google,[5] Nokia,[6][7] Autodesk,[8][9] IDEO,[citation needed] LinkedIn,[citation needed] the X Prize Foundation, ePlanet Ventures,[10] the Kauffman Foundation and Genentech.[11] Google subsequently ended its grant of $1.5 million annually.[12]

Singularity University began the process for conversion to a for-profit benefit corporation.[13] In 2013, the new for-profit corporation incorporated as "Singularity Education Group" and acquired "Singularity University" as its trade name.[14] In 2018, faculty leaders noted that the company was focused only on profit; "it's lost its soul...It’s become a moneymaking corporation."[15] The next year, it acquired Futurism News,[16] moved the headquarters from the NASA Research Park at NASA Ames to Santa Clara, California,[17] and added new Country Partner franchises in Brazil and Australia.[18][19] Futurism News was later sold in 2021 to Recurrent Ventures.[20][21] The following year, Pioneer Adaptive Learning Platform was acquired by Talespin.[22][23]

Executive Program edit

The Executive Program is a series of five-day training programs that focus on how topics relating to technology and its impacts on business.[24][25]

Global Impact Competition edit

In 2016, SingularityU The Netherlands organized a Global Impact Competition for Dutch entrepreneurs.[26] Danny Wagemans, a 21-year-old nanophysics student, won the first prize to participate in the 10-week Global Solutions Program. He demonstrated how clean water and energy can be derived from urine by combining a microbial fuel cell and a graphene filter in a water bottle.[27]

Singularity Hub edit

Singularity Hub is a science and tech media website published by Singularity University.[28] Singularity Hub was founded in 2008[28] with the mission of "providing news coverage of sci/tech breakthroughs that are rapidly changing human abilities, health, and society".[29] It was acquired by Singularity University in 2012, to make content produced by Singularity University more accessible.[29]

In March 2018, Singularity Hub released 695 articles via Creative Commons license CC BY-ND 4.0.[citation needed][30]

SU Labs edit

SU Labs is a seed accelerator by Singularity University, targeting startups that aim to "change the lives of a billion people."[31]

In 2011, a Singularity University group launched Matternet, a startup that aims to harness drone technology to ship goods in developing countries that lack highway infrastructure. Other startups from SU are the peer-to-peer car-sharing service Getaround, and BioMine, which uses mining technologies to extract value from electronic waste.[32]

Controversies edit

An investigative report from Bloomberg Businessweek found many issues with the organization, including an alleged sexual harassment of a student by a teacher, theft and aiding of theft by an executive, and allegations of gender and disability discrimination.[12] Several early members of Singularity University were convicted of crimes, including Bruce Klein, who was convicted in 2012 of running a credit fraud operation in Alabama, and Naveen Jain, who was convicted of insider trading in 2003.[12]

In February 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic, MIT Technology Review reported that a group owned by Singularity, called Abundance 360, had held a "mostly maskless" event in Santa Monica in violation of the local stay-at-home order that became a superspreading event.[33] The event, led by Singularity co-founder Peter Diamandis, charged up to $30,000 for tickets. In a followup article, MIT Technology Review revealed that after COVID-19 started spreading among attendees, Diamandis tried to sell them "fraudulent" treatments including inhaled amniotic fluid and ketamine lozenges, which a professor of law and medicine at Stanford University characterized as "quackery".[34] The superspreading event was covered widely by publications including the New York Times,[35] the Washington Post,[36] and the Los Angeles Times.[37]

References edit

  1. ^ Kulkarni, Nitish (30 September 2015). "Singularity University Launches Accelerator To Seize Academia's Innovation Monopoly". TechCrunch. from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  2. ^ John Hagel III and John Seely Brown (2013-09-26). "When the professor works at Google". Fortune.com. from the original on 2014-07-07. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
  3. ^ McBride, Sarah (2019-11-12). "Silicon Valley's Singularity University Is Cutting Staff, CEO Exits". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
  4. ^ Cadwalladr, Carole (2012-04-29). "Singularity University: meet the people who are building our future". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  5. ^ Vance, Ashlee (June 12, 2010). "Merely Human? That's So Yesterday". The New York Times. from the original on October 20, 2016. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
  6. ^ "Peter Diamandis sounds the alarm on embracing exponential technologies (video)". August 28, 2011.
  7. ^ . Nokia Research Center. November 10, 2010. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013.
  8. ^ "Singularity University plots hi-tech future for humans". BBC News. 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  9. ^ "Autodesk Increases Support for Singularity University to Corporate Founder Level". MOFFETT FIELD, Calif.: Autodesk. February 12, 2010. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Alt URL 2015-05-10 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Kenrick, Chris (2012-08-17). "Where science fiction meets reality". Palo Alto Weekly. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  11. ^ Leuty, Ron (February 6, 2012). "Genentech, Singularity University ink deal". San Francisco Business Journal. from the original on February 9, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  12. ^ a b c McBride, Sarah (2018-02-15). "Silicon Valley's Singularity University Has Some Serious Reality Problems". Bloomberg Businessweek. from the original on 2019-01-30. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  13. ^ Ryan Tate (August 22, 2012). "Robot Professors Come With Singularity University's Massive Upgrade". Wired Magazine. from the original on December 22, 2016. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  14. ^ Brian Warmoth (July 20, 2012). "Singularity University planning to go for-profit". Education Dive. from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  15. ^ "Silicon Valley's Singularity University Is Close to Flunking Out". Bloomberg.com. 2018-02-15. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
  16. ^ Willens, Max (2019-03-15). "Gravity blanket seller Futurism acquired by Singularity University". Digiday. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  17. ^ "Contact Us". Singularity University. from the original on 2019-05-03. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  18. ^ "HSM and Singularity University Partner to Launch SingularityU Brazil". Singularity University. from the original on 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  19. ^ Ross, David (2019-04-23). "Singularity University launch is a big boost for deep technology startups in Asia-Pacific". Business Insider Australia. from the original on 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  20. ^ "Recurrent Ventures Company Profile: Valuation & Investors | PitchBook". PitchBook. from the original on January 19, 2022.
  21. ^ Cartwright, Maxwell Tani, Lachlan (2021-07-26). "Futurism Bought by VC-Backed Firm Seeking to Become Next Big Media Power Player". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2022-12-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  22. ^ "Talespin Announces Investment and from WestRiver Group, Acquires 'Pioneer Adaptive Learning Platform' from Singularity Group". su.org. Singularity Group. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  23. ^ "Talespin Gets New Investment". socaltech.com. SocalTech. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  24. ^ "Elite University Aims to Solve the World's Problems". abc7news.com. May 20, 2013. from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  25. ^ "Executive Innovation Program | Singularity". www.su.org. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  26. ^ "Singularity University GIC". www.singularityuthenetherlands.org. from the original on 2016-11-24. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  27. ^ "Global Impact Competition Winner - SingularityU The Netherlands". singularityuthenetherlands.org. from the original on 2016-11-24. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  28. ^ a b "About Us". Singularity HUB. Singularity University. from the original on 2015-06-29. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  29. ^ a b Kleiner, Keith (November 14, 2012). "Singularity Hub Acquired! Now Part Of Singularity University". Singularity University. Singularity HUB. from the original on May 20, 2015. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  30. ^ "About - Singularity Hub". Singularity Hub. from the original on 2017-11-19. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
  31. ^ "La Singularity University, ovni 3.0 de la Silicon Valley". Le Monde. No. The World Economy. March 13, 2015. from the original on December 13, 2015. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  32. ^ "Where science fiction meets reality". Mountain View Voice. August 24, 2012. from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  33. ^ Guo, Eileen (2021-02-13). "He started a covid-19 vaccine company. Then he hosted a superspreader event". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  34. ^ Guo, Eileen (2021-03-11). "First he held a superspreader event. Then he recommended fake cures". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  35. ^ Fortin, Jacey (2021-02-16). "Technology Executive Apologizes After Dozens of Event Attendees Contract Covid-19". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  36. ^ "A coronavirus vaccine entrepreneur held an indoor conference. Now dozens of attendees have the virus". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  37. ^ "Why a California scientist hosted superspreader event amid a deadly COVID-19 surge". Los Angeles Times. 2021-02-17. Retrieved 2021-08-13.

External links edit

  • Official website  

April 18, 2024
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Not to be confused with Singularity Institute Singularity Education Group using the public names Singularity Group Singularity University or SingularityU is an American company that offers executive educational programs a business incubator and business consultancy services 1 2 Although the company uses the word university in its branding it is not an accredited university and has no academic programs or accreditation Singularity Education GroupIndustryEducationFounderPeter Diamandis and Ray KurzweilHeadquartersSanta Clara CaliforniaBrandsSingularity University SingularityU SU Ventures Futurism News formerly Uncommon Partners LabsNumber of employees lt 250Websitewww wbr su wbr orgThe company has faced allegations of sexual assault embezzlement and discrimination since its founding 3 Contents 1 History 2 Executive Program 2 1 Global Impact Competition 3 Singularity Hub 4 SU Labs 5 Controversies 6 References 7 External linksHistory editSingularity was founded as a non profit and initially offered an annual 10 week summer program called the Graduate Studies Program GSP it was aimed at individuals wanting to understand how they could use technology to tackle global challenges 4 Its original Corporate founding partners and sponsors included Google 5 Nokia 6 7 Autodesk 8 9 IDEO citation needed LinkedIn citation needed the X Prize Foundation ePlanet Ventures 10 the Kauffman Foundation and Genentech 11 Google subsequently ended its grant of 1 5 million annually 12 Singularity University began the process for conversion to a for profit benefit corporation 13 In 2013 the new for profit corporation incorporated as Singularity Education Group and acquired Singularity University as its trade name 14 In 2018 faculty leaders noted that the company was focused only on profit it s lost its soul It s become a moneymaking corporation 15 The next year it acquired Futurism News 16 moved the headquarters from the NASA Research Park at NASA Ames to Santa Clara California 17 and added new Country Partner franchises in Brazil and Australia 18 19 Futurism News was later sold in 2021 to Recurrent Ventures 20 21 The following year Pioneer Adaptive Learning Platform was acquired by Talespin 22 23 Executive Program editThe Executive Program is a series of five day training programs that focus on how topics relating to technology and its impacts on business 24 25 Global Impact Competition edit In 2016 SingularityU The Netherlands organized a Global Impact Competition for Dutch entrepreneurs 26 Danny Wagemans a 21 year old nanophysics student won the first prize to participate in the 10 week Global Solutions Program He demonstrated how clean water and energy can be derived from urine by combining a microbial fuel cell and a graphene filter in a water bottle 27 Singularity Hub editSingularity Hub is a science and tech media website published by Singularity University 28 Singularity Hub was founded in 2008 28 with the mission of providing news coverage of sci tech breakthroughs that are rapidly changing human abilities health and society 29 It was acquired by Singularity University in 2012 to make content produced by Singularity University more accessible 29 In March 2018 Singularity Hub released 695 articles via Creative Commons license CC BY ND 4 0 citation needed 30 SU Labs editSU Labs is a seed accelerator by Singularity University targeting startups that aim to change the lives of a billion people 31 In 2011 a Singularity University group launched Matternet a startup that aims to harness drone technology to ship goods in developing countries that lack highway infrastructure Other startups from SU are the peer to peer car sharing service Getaround and BioMine which uses mining technologies to extract value from electronic waste 32 Controversies editAn investigative report from Bloomberg Businessweek found many issues with the organization including an alleged sexual harassment of a student by a teacher theft and aiding of theft by an executive and allegations of gender and disability discrimination 12 Several early members of Singularity University were convicted of crimes including Bruce Klein who was convicted in 2012 of running a credit fraud operation in Alabama and Naveen Jain who was convicted of insider trading in 2003 12 In February 2021 during the COVID 19 pandemic MIT Technology Review reported that a group owned by Singularity called Abundance 360 had held a mostly maskless event in Santa Monica in violation of the local stay at home order that became a superspreading event 33 The event led by Singularity co founder Peter Diamandis charged up to 30 000 for tickets In a followup article MIT Technology Review revealed that after COVID 19 started spreading among attendees Diamandis tried to sell them fraudulent treatments including inhaled amniotic fluid and ketamine lozenges which a professor of law and medicine at Stanford University characterized as quackery 34 The superspreading event was covered widely by publications including the New York Times 35 the Washington Post 36 and the Los Angeles Times 37 References edit Kulkarni Nitish 30 September 2015 Singularity University Launches Accelerator To Seize Academia s Innovation Monopoly TechCrunch Archived from the original on 7 March 2016 Retrieved 8 March 2016 John Hagel III and John Seely Brown 2013 09 26 When the professor works at Google Fortune com Archived from the original on 2014 07 07 Retrieved 2014 04 28 McBride Sarah 2019 11 12 Silicon Valley s Singularity University Is Cutting Staff CEO Exits Bloomberg com Retrieved 2021 10 07 Cadwalladr Carole 2012 04 29 Singularity University meet the people who are building our future The Guardian Retrieved 2022 12 05 Vance Ashlee June 12 2010 Merely Human That s So Yesterday The New York Times Archived from the original on October 20 2016 Retrieved February 25 2017 Peter Diamandis sounds the alarm on embracing exponential technologies video August 28 2011 Nokia Supports Singularity University as Fifth Corporate Founder Nokia Research Center November 10 2010 Archived from the original on 27 January 2013 Singularity University plots hi tech future for humans BBC News 2013 12 03 Retrieved 2022 12 05 Autodesk Increases Support for Singularity University to Corporate Founder Level MOFFETT FIELD Calif Autodesk February 12 2010 Archived from the original on January 17 2013 Alt URL Archived 2015 05 10 at the Wayback Machine Kenrick Chris 2012 08 17 Where science fiction meets reality Palo Alto Weekly Retrieved 2022 12 05 Leuty Ron February 6 2012 Genentech Singularity University ink deal San Francisco Business Journal Archived from the original on February 9 2012 Retrieved November 18 2012 a b c McBride Sarah 2018 02 15 Silicon Valley s Singularity University Has Some Serious Reality Problems Bloomberg Businessweek Archived from the original on 2019 01 30 Retrieved 2019 01 29 Ryan Tate August 22 2012 Robot Professors Come With Singularity University s Massive Upgrade Wired Magazine Archived from the original on December 22 2016 Retrieved November 23 2014 Brian Warmoth July 20 2012 Singularity University planning to go for profit Education Dive Archived from the original on November 29 2014 Retrieved November 23 2014 Silicon Valley s Singularity University Is Close to Flunking Out Bloomberg com 2018 02 15 Retrieved 2021 10 07 Willens Max 2019 03 15 Gravity blanket seller Futurism acquired by Singularity University Digiday Retrieved 2022 12 05 Contact Us Singularity University Archived from the original on 2019 05 03 Retrieved 2019 10 15 HSM and Singularity University Partner to Launch SingularityU Brazil Singularity University Archived from the original on 2019 10 15 Retrieved 2019 10 15 Ross David 2019 04 23 Singularity University launch is a big boost for deep technology startups in Asia Pacific Business Insider Australia Archived from the original on 2019 10 15 Retrieved 2019 10 15 Recurrent Ventures Company Profile Valuation amp Investors PitchBook PitchBook Archived from the original on January 19 2022 Cartwright Maxwell Tani Lachlan 2021 07 26 Futurism Bought by VC Backed Firm Seeking to Become Next Big Media Power Player The Daily Beast Retrieved 2022 12 05 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Talespin Announces Investment and from WestRiver Group Acquires Pioneer Adaptive Learning Platform from Singularity Group su org Singularity Group Retrieved January 4 2023 Talespin Gets New Investment socaltech com SocalTech Retrieved January 4 2023 Elite University Aims to Solve the World s Problems abc7news com May 20 2013 Archived from the original on May 18 2015 Retrieved May 18 2015 Executive Innovation Program Singularity www su org Retrieved 2022 12 05 Singularity University GIC www singularityuthenetherlands org Archived from the original on 2016 11 24 Retrieved 2016 11 24 Global Impact Competition Winner SingularityU The Netherlands singularityuthenetherlands org Archived from the original on 2016 11 24 Retrieved 2016 11 24 a b About Us Singularity HUB Singularity University Archived from the original on 2015 06 29 Retrieved 2015 05 19 a b Kleiner Keith November 14 2012 Singularity Hub Acquired Now Part Of Singularity University Singularity University Singularity HUB Archived from the original on May 20 2015 Retrieved May 19 2015 About Singularity Hub Singularity Hub Archived from the original on 2017 11 19 Retrieved 2018 03 21 La Singularity University ovni 3 0 de la Silicon Valley Le Monde No The World Economy March 13 2015 Archived from the original on December 13 2015 Retrieved May 18 2015 Where science fiction meets reality Mountain View Voice August 24 2012 Archived from the original on October 25 2012 Retrieved November 18 2012 Guo Eileen 2021 02 13 He started a covid 19 vaccine company Then he hosted a superspreader event MIT Technology Review Retrieved 2021 08 13 Guo Eileen 2021 03 11 First he held a superspreader event Then he recommended fake cures MIT Technology Review Retrieved 2021 08 13 Fortin Jacey 2021 02 16 Technology Executive Apologizes After Dozens of Event Attendees Contract Covid 19 The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2021 08 13 A coronavirus vaccine entrepreneur held an indoor conference Now dozens of attendees have the virus Washington Post ISSN 0190 8286 Retrieved 2021 08 13 Why a California scientist hosted superspreader event amid a deadly COVID 19 surge Los Angeles Times 2021 02 17 Retrieved 2021 08 13 External links editOfficial website nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Singularity Group amp oldid 1197405644, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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