Advisors
“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.”
-Albert Einstein
Irene Au
Irene Au is a Natural Intelligence researcher exploring human potential, consciousness, and expanded states of awareness. Her work is rooted in a central question that has emerged across her career: What if intelligence is far more expansive than we have imagined?
For three decades, Irene worked at the forefront of technology and design, shaping how people interact with digital systems. She built and led user experience and design organizations at Google, Yahoo!, and Udacity, and later advised founders as a Design Partner at Khosla Ventures. She began her career at Netscape Communications, contributing to the design of Netscape Navigator, one of the first commercial web browsers.
Alongside her work in technology, Irene pursued a parallel path in the study of consciousness and human potential. She practiced and taught yoga for more than a decade, serving on the teacher-training faculty at Avalon Yoga Center in Palo Alto, and has dedicated years to studying meditation, sacred geometry, BioGeometry, energy medicine, and the relationship between humans and the natural world.
Today, Irene bridges these domains. Her work approaches intelligence as an embodied, intuitive, and relational capacity deeply woven into nature and consciousness. She investigates what becomes possible when we cultivate the innate capacities already within us and expand the boundaries of human potential.
Irene is the author of Design in Venture Capital and a frequent speaker on design, creativity, mindfulness, and consciousness. She has taught at Stanford University and serves as a Trustee of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Her work has been featured in Wired, Fast Company, CommArts, and Mindful magazines.
Strategic Advisor
Tim Chang
Tim previously led consumer technology investments at Mayfield Fund, focusing on next-gen Commerce & Marketplaces, Communities, Health & Wellness, Gaming and Digital Media, and has been named to the Forbes Midas List and the AlwaysOn Power Players of top investors, as well as receiving the Special Achievement award from the Gamification Summit for his work in leveraging game design thinking.
He currently advises founders building startups for the betterment of Humanity, and is most passionate about the healing and flourishing of Mind, body, and Spirit. Tim serves on the non-profit board of California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), and formerly served on the nonprofit boards of Little Kids Rock, Gray Area Arts and Reimagine Death, and has advised Transformative Tech Lab, Consciousness Hacking, Building Bridges, and NorthStar.Guide, Denizens, 2nd Time Founders, GoldHouse, Berklee School of Music, and other efforts to uplevel Capitalism with greater consciousness, regenerative models, and inclusive stakeholding.
He continues to support personal growth work through his retreat centers, including https://www.euphorbiagardens.com/ in Bolinas, and https://www.dwachandra.com/ in Bali.
Tim is currently focused on his new passion project, The Portal www.theportal.house), a social wellness members club for connection, wellness/biohacking, and transformative gatherings.
Tim is also an accomplished actor and musician who continues to perform with multiple bands, and is an active community builder, convener, and crafter of immersive, participatory and transformative events and gatherings.
Strategic Advisor
Strategic AdvisorDamon Abraham, PhD
Damon Abraham, PhD, is a researcher in affective science and experimental psychology focused on emotion, self-regulation, and mental representation.
His work also spans the scientific study of anomalous and non-local phenomena (including remote viewing and precognition) and how these intersect with artificial intelligence and transformative technology.
Damon leads collaborative efforts to develop rigorous protocols and open-source stimulus resources for consciousness research and advises on ethically grounded, evidence-aware approaches to Psychic Intelligence.
He currently collaborates with a research team studying communication and potential psi-related abilities in nonspeaking autistic individuals; work featured in The Telepathy Tapes and its forthcoming documentary film.
Brand StrategistPeter Rossi
Based in London, Pete Rossi is an award-winning and multidisciplinary graphic designer and brand consultant. With 20 years’ experience and 52 international awards to date, he has gone on to work in freelance and full-time capacities for several renowned studios/agencies in the UK, USA and Europe, including Design Studio, CCRZ, Coast Design, Eglenick and Webb, Fitch, Future Works, Leo Burnett, M&C Saatchi, Marque Creative (Noë & Associates) and Studio Astrid Stavro.
In 2011, he was one of the 50 winners to receive the prestigious Art Directors Club of New York Young Gun award. His work has also been awarded/featured by ADC, Creative Review (The Annual), Communication Arts, Design Week, D&AD, Cannes Lions, Graphis and Red Dot.
Pete is actively involved within the design community, having been a guest lecturer at Parsons New School of Design in New York and most recently at Brunel University and at his old stomping ground, the Glasgow School of Art. Pete holds an awarded membership with D&AD, Graphis and The One Club for Creativity (formerly ADC). He has featured as a jury member for design competitions such as the Young Guns in New York and The One Club for Creativity (Denver and San Diego chapters).
Selected career clients:
Abed University, AirHelp, Art Directors Club of New York, Aika Alemi, BMW, Bwatt Magazine, British Council, Creative Recruitment, European Commission (EU), Ermanno Scervino, Football For Peace, George Wyllie MBE, Google, Lugano Arte e Cultura, Keywords Studios, Lynk&Co, Nosakhari, The Flygerians, Ngage, Nextracker, Making Art Making Money, Ministry of Sound, Orlebar Brown, Ocado, Regione Toscana, Snowfox Group, Snoop, The Croc, Toyota, Tulchan LLP, Thames & Hudson, TUI Group, Trade Republic, Hey Human, HM Government, Hyundai, Impt, IM Global, Universal Music Group, Virgin, WHO Foundation and Zeal Creative.
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