Impact Update
We’re building a guide to transitioning into social impact tech, and we’re looking for your help! In order to put it together, we’d love to hear more about your experiences, whether you’re in college, big tech, social impact, or anywhere in between!
A small group of respondents will also be invited to participate in our inaugural cohort later this summer :)
News
🥕 Farmers are using technology to switch to precision agriculture and optimize their use of resources per seed! However, cohesion is a problem.
🎭 Deepfakes are being used as political ads — and policymakers are having a hard time regulating them.
🥽 This Chinese startup believes it can take augmented reality glasses mainstream.
Opportunities
Overstory, a startup fighting climate change by gathering insights about our natural resources via AI, is looking for a remote Product Manager!
MIT is looking for a Sustainability Data Engineer to help them execute an initiative aimed at fighting climate change and helping decarbonize the economy by 2050.
DeliverZero, a platform that promotes reusable containers in the restaurant industry, is looking for a Fullstack Software Developer!
The Explore Fellowship is a free, in-person program for ambitiously altruistic high school students who are brave enough to believe that they can create durable, positive social change! The fellowship will take place from August 14th-19th, and rolling applications are open now!
What We’re Watching
🔮 "Have a Nice Future" is a new podcast by WIRED! They are bringing in creative guests with tech backgrounds to discuss whether we are living the future we want.
Quotes We Love
"I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality." —Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Questions, comments, concerns about the new newsletter? Drop us a line at hello@impactlabs.io — we’d love to hear from you!