Our work focuses on ensuring inclusive and meaningful participation by different stakeholders, actively working together to craft what what this technology is used for so it can best serve society, as well as, how to guard against detrimental and harmful uses.

We believe regulation and innovation can and must co-exist, and when done well, proper governance and accountability measures can incentivize collaboration and mechanisms that lead to world-class advancement. Given the nature of this technology and its constant evolution, we know urgency must be matched with flexibility and adaptability across both regulation and development.

Omidyar Network will reckon with generative AI’s effects not only on technology, but also on jobs and the future of the workplace to ensure productivity gains are widely share, as well as on broader societal effects such as those that might affect belonging in our communities.

Learn more on our point of view on Bending Generative AI’s Trajectory Toward a More Responsible Technology Future.

Omidyar Network works to create a fair and competitive technology ecosystem. We must rein in big tech’s power that can hurt individual well-being, liberty, and innovation.

We support efforts to introduce and enforce checks and balances, contribute new evidence, act as a watchdog, and include historically marginalized voices as we collectively develop policy solutions.

Learn more about our point of view on concentrated power in the tech ecosystem.

Omidyar Network works at the intersection of big data, automated decisions and artificial intelligence. Our objective is to question the existing lopsided paradigm (where we surrender our data to the whims of powerful entities to collect, surveil, and profit from) and to reimagine a possible future where data control, privacy and security, utility and value are channeled in the public interest.

We support leaders and organizations working to embed values such as fairness, inclusion, empowerment and public benefit into a more equitable data ecosystem.

Three years ago, Omidyar Network began work under the banner of securing Private and Trustworthy Messaging with the conviction that the use of private messaging platforms and protected, un-surveilled communication is essential for individual agency, civic participation, social connection, and personal safety. Today, this work spans far beyond just private messaging platforms and is implicated in everything from from multiverses to video-gaming to social media and consumer AI.

We continue to support individuals and organizations that conduct research, develop technical solutions, and educate tech companies and governments on how to create safer, more secure, online spaces through the necessary product design, policy, and incentive changes. As applications of this technology expand and proliferate we are focused at creating the necessary infrastructure and ecosystem to sustain and incentivize this work globally.

Read more about the foundations of this work and the importance of addressing one of the thorniest challenges in tech: solving for safety and security online while upholding privacy.

Omidyar Network is lifting up a new wave of leaders, companies, and prosocial technologies in pursuit of a thriving ecosystem fueled by responsible innovation.

Through the incubation of The Tech We Want, we’re investing in community, building critical infrastructure, and seeding new narratives that we believe can foster an equitable, inclusive future for tech workers, consumers, investors, and society.