“Companies must ask themselves: What role do we play in the community? How are we managing our impact on the environment? Are we adapting to technological change?” Only a few years ago, words like these would have been attributed to activists, idealists or social romantics. Instead, this statement was sent to major corporations across the world by Larry Fink, CEO of Blackrock, the world’s largest asset manager with $5.7 trillion AUM. You can read the full letter here.
It shows the fundamental shift that we are going through. Technology keeps redefining what is possible, what is doable and through advances in AI also what it means to be human. It is our responsibility to start defining the social fiction behind all that science fiction – go beyond the capabilities of technology and define its purpose.
My work with startups around the world helps me contribute to shaping that thinking. From Mumbai to Cape Town to Europe to San Francisco. Startups are the epicenter of technological disruption. My mission is to also make it a meaningful disruption for society.