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From Ecosystem to Measurable Impact
HTW 2026 is designed as a coordinated system for translating human challenges into deployable solutions at scale. By aligning builders, institutions, technology providers, and capital around a common operating system, we generate compounding impact across domains.
1. System-Level Human Challenges
We frame challenges at the level of integrated human systems, with health, work, and cities treated as interdependent domains. This framing ensures that problem definitions reflect the real-world conditions in which people live, work, and age.
2. Human+AI as the Operating Method
We apply a methodology guided by human needs and human flourishing. AI is integrated into human systems to enhance capability, resilience, and performance—supporting decision-making, coordination, and execution in service of measurable human outcomes.
3. A Global Build-and-Experiment Engine
We align real-world challenge holders with a coordinated global developer community of more than 250,000 participants. This structure enables rapid experimentation, prototype development, and iterative refinement focused on applied solutions.
4. Institutional Depth with Deployment Pathways
Our work is grounded in deep technical expertise, including a core partnership with the University of California system. This knowledge base is directly connected to deployment partners—city leaders, health systems, and employers—creating structured pathways from research to pilot to adoption.
5. A Year-Round Action System with Aligned Capital
HTW 2026 operates as a continuous, year-round lab. We activate capital across the full solution lifecycle, aligning funding structures with the maturity and deployment needs of each initiative.
Our Vision
Accelerating human flourishing in the AI era.
Measuring Success
Progress is tracked through a flourishing metric that measures gains in health, human capability, and quality of life alongside economic value.
This framework enables consistent evaluation of outcomes across pilots, deployments, and regions
Our Mission
Catalyze $1 Trillion in Human Flourishing Value by 2030
We scale innovations in Human Tech to generate measurable outcomes that improve lives, strengthen communities, and expand human potential.
How HTW Works
HTW is a global real-time innovation engine, driving the adoption of AI best practices for human flourishing. It is built on three core pillars:
Signals
Partner Events
100+ decentralized gatherings surface signals.
Summits
Global stage visibility for validated results and breakthrough projects.
Labs
Two pathways to scale:
Inflection Lab (Product-Led)
Series A+ startups accelerated with capital, expertise, and enterprise pilot partners.
Implementation Lab (Problem-Led)
12-month program: start with a buyer problem, prove + scale solutions via pilots and deployment.
Enablers
Aggregated Funding
Venture + non-dilutive capital fuel growth.
Partner Events
Year-round matchmaking + outcomes tracking.
Signals
Summits
Global stage visibility for validated results and breakthrough projects.
100+ decentralized gatherings surface signals.
Partner Events
Labs
Implementation Lab (Problem-Led)
12-month program: start with a buyer problem, prove + scale solutions via pilots and deployment.
Series A+ startups accelerated with capital, expertise, and enterprise pilot partners.
Inflection Lab (Product-Led)
Two pathways to scale:
Enablers
Partner Events
Year-round matchmaking + outcomes tracking.
Venture + non-dilutive capital fuel growth.
Aggregated Funding
A Tech Week format concentrating visionaries, investors, and innovators to generate momentum and media attention.
Signals
Implementation and Inflection Labs that pilot solutions with real buyers
Labs
Capital formation and partnerships that provide the infrastructure to scale
Enablers
Together, these create an integrated system to accelerate solutions that improve human LIFE.
Launch. Innovate. Fund. Engage.
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS
Integrate into real-world pilots and enterprise adoption
About Nichol
“Curated with Purpose”
Hi, I’m Nichol Bradford, the Chief Curator of HUMAN+Tech Week, futurist, investor, and ecosystem builder expanding human potential through technology. With over 20 years in global tech, from Disney Interactive to co-founding the $22.5M Niremia Collective venture fund, my work is dedicated to ensuring that AI amplifies humanity, not diminishes it.
Human Tech Week is the premier event connecting visionary human tech founders with strategic investors and partners. Meet the brightest minds, discover cutting-edge innovations, and accelerate your impact through networking and connection.
MISSION
To generate collective intelligence, create connections, showcase innovation, and build a diverse ecosystem for human tech and AI to thrive.
WHY ATTEND
Join the brightest founders, leading investors, and pioneering scientists in shaping the next era of human potential. Be positioned at the forefront of the human tech market.
Contact Us
Interested in participating, partnering, or sponsoring HTW 2026? Submit a form or reach us directly at team@humantechweek.com.
Join us in San Francisco May 11–15, 2026