Mary represented Kairos as outside counsel, and we are thrilled to have brought her in-house as our COO and General Counsel.
Last summer, our Diversity & Ethnicity Recognition App was released-- and over 10 million people uploaded their selfies, curious to see how the algorithms would classify their ethnicities.
A common misconception, and mistake, amongst early innovators was the idea that the more advanced the technology product, the more you can charge for it. As a consequence of this line of thought, tech innovation in the 90’s was so expensive that entire companies went bankrupt. In attempting to hit the moving target of customer demand before their time-- they effectively paved the road of entry for their replacements.
Digital transactioning is becoming more sophisticated, and so are the methods by which our online identities are proven. Digital Identity Authentication (DIA) is being built around biometrics-- enabling machines to do the ID’ing and verifying in machine enabled transactions. This process is meant to establish the same perceived security, and trust, associated with paper based credentials and face-to-face ID proofing.
Blockchain technology, so far as I can tell, is the glorious revival of the open protocol internet of yesteryear. The Internet before Facebook moved in and created closed databases of our social identities, forcing us to offer them up in exchange for use of their platforms.
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