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The world is changing. Brexit, Trump, China's Social Credit System.

We seek to support a different direction.

Cooperation.

CouchSurfing pioneered an idea. A million users opened their homes to each other. Airbnb added a business model. Bitcoin introduced cooperation without corporation.

What can we learn from this?

  • Human generosity is scalable - CouchSurfing
  • Human to human markets are highly effective - Airbnb
  • Networks can be built on protocols not corporations - Bitcoin

GeneroUS Labs seeks to enable networks combining these paradigms. Human to human cooperation. Balancing sharing with economic transaction. Where the institutions themselves are 100% digital native.

We believe the mission is important. We believe in a future where technology empowers human generosity. We hope you will support us.

Mission

To make the world a more open, generous place. Bringing about transformational change in the way we interact online. From a centralised, extractive, transactional model, to a decentralised, regenerative, generous model.

Vision

A world which has moved beyond scarcity and beyond capitalism, where our digital lives are focused on sharing first and transacting second, where people like you and I can connect, interact, and share in whatever way feels good and right to us.

Who

A group of like-minded, strong-willing, and optimistic techies who believe that the battle for our online lives is yet to be won. We're a group of developers, designers, and product people who have given up successful careers to try to build something which might just change the world.

How

GeneroUS Labs is a slightly different type of company. We seek to see deployed a censorship resistant, peer to peer, digital communication network. This is our company mission. We believe this can be a key element in moving beyond extractive surveillance capitalism. We are working on a product roadmap that align with our technical vision.