astera institute

Astera Institute was created to bring humanity the greatest imaginable good in the most efficient possible way. By incubating high leverage ideas in their earliest stages, Astera seeks to effect change at a systemic level via entrepreneurial experimentation. We focus on overlooked areas and invest in founders who can jumpstart initiatives and create a snowball effect.

topo research and advisory

TOPO, a research and advisory firm that helped the world’s fastest growing companies accelerate growth, is now Gartner. United, we are the leading research and advisory firm that equips sales and marketing executives to achieve repeatable, scalable revenue growth. Follow us at Gartner for Sales and Gartner for Marketers.

American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology

Guided by our motto, “Improving human life, one behavior at a time”, the American Institute for Behavioral Research & Technology is a nonprofit organization that conducts, promotes, and advances research on behavior to improve the human condition, develop possible applications of such research, and to educate the public about both our research and its applications. Based in Vista, California, AIBRT is led by senior research psychologist and distinguished scientist Dr. Robert Epstein. To pursue our mission of promoting research, AIBRT conducts relevant research, presents at scientific conferences, publishes reports in both scientific and popular publications, develops possible applications, and keeps the public informed through classes, workshops, internet activities, videos, and a variety of other publishing and media activities. Currently, we have ongoing research on twelve different topics that are important in today’s world: Creativity, Parenting, Mind and Brain, Sexual Orientation, Mental Health, Stress Management, Morality, Adolescence, Motivation, Artificial Intelligence, Love and Relationships, and most recently, the Coronavirus, as well as Internet Privacy and Online Manipulation.

Winston Lab of Social Science and Innovation

Carbon Mapper

Carbon Mapper uses advanced imaging spectroscopy remote sensing on satellites and airborne assets to detect and analyze methane and carbon dioxide emissions around the world and provide information data products to inform decision makers as well as the general public. As part of its public education and research support activities, Carbon Mapper will provide a global open data portal, including a data trust and a website offering rapid visualization and interpretation for both expert and non-expert audiences. Carbon Mapper also supports advances in science algorithms, machine learning, and big data for remote sensing through multi-source analytics, cloud computing, open source development, Amazon Web Services, and geospatial analytics.