Everlasting AI
Extending the life of human memory
Builds AI-powered digital twins from your memories, experiences, and life context, creating an evolving representation of who you are.
Liu Xiaoben · Founder
The 2026 Inquiry
المستقبل خلفنا
The Future Is Behind Us
المستقبل خلفنا
What might the past teach us about the futures we are building?
We publish research, convene people across disciplines, and back early-stage founders and thinkers developing new possibilities for how we think, create, and live.
ConvenePublishBack
Next ConveneHuman × AI: A Gallery Evening, San Francisco · 8 Oct 2026- DoneLondonلندن10–11 Jun 202610–11 Jun 2026 · Done
- NextSan Franciscoسان فرانسيسكو8 Oct 20268 Oct 2026 · Next
- ComingShanghaiشنغهاي10–15 Nov 202610–15 Nov 2026 · Coming
- FinaleAbu DhabiأبوظبيDec 2026Dec 2026 · Finale
Since 2023, we have grown from a research initiative into an international platform connecting ideas, people, and emerging technologies across cities.
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- Residency alumni
- 92
- Contributors & collaborators
- 15+
- Institutional partners
- 30+
- Media features
- 10+
- Cities reached through the Journal
Leighton House · An evening with ElevenLabs, London, 2026MoMA, New YorkCentre PompidouBritish LibraryVenice Architecture BiennaleLondon Tech WeekWest Bund Art & DesignCulture Summit Abu Dhabi
ARTIFACT Issues No. 1 & 2
Our first two issues in one volume, with the catalogue of Murmurs, VAC’s exhibition at West Bund Art Center, Shanghai.
Backing early-stage builders creating new possibilities for how we think, create, and live.
Builder Fellowship 2026
Creader
Thinking, made visible
An AI-powered writing companion that helps you map, organize, and develop your thoughts into structured writing.
Timothy Shen · Founder
GH Lab
Rethinking how ideas take digital form
Explores how AI and computer graphics can transform the way brands and organizations communicate visually and design digital experiences.
GH · Founder
A cross-disciplinary network of experts bringing knowledge, perspective, and experience to the ideas and people we back.
Chen Qiufan
Science fiction writer · AI and futures
Xin Liu
Artist and engineer · Space and technology
Annette Mees
Artistic director · Immersive and XR
Yang Zi
Curator and researcher
Maya Kramer
Artist and educator · NYU Shanghai
Qiu Anxiong
Artist and animator · ECNU
Trung Mai
Architect · Hanoi Ad Hoc
The writers, artists, researchers, technologists, and thinkers who have shaped the Journal.
