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Obi Felten is a technologist, entrepreneur, digital pioneer, innovation exec, diversity & inclusion advocate, board member, speaker, writer and mother.

Photos (from top left to bottom right): Justin Kaneps, Winni Wintermeyer, Maggie Shannon, Cam Buker, Joe Scarnici

Recent posts by Obi

Digital mental health is in its infancy, and I’m excited to see what it can do when it grows up.

Thomas Insel MD has just written “What’s next for digital mental health companies?” in Stat News, a brilliant thought piece on the state of digital mental health. He cuts through some of the hype surrounding mental health startups fuelled by $5.1 billion in venture capital investment in 2021, while pointing to the infinitely larger potential of applying technology to… Continue reading →

2nd Feb 20223rd Feb 2022

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Introducing håp: a self-tracking app that fosters human connection

I posted this originally on the projecthap blog. I am reposting it here because it’s a big deal for me personally to have a beta version of our first product out. I love getting the first feedback on what we’ve built, it never gets old! Three months ago I left my job in a big… Continue reading →

8th Sep 20219th Sep 2021

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Goodbye Campus London

End of an era: Campus London, Google’s space for entrepreneurs, won’t reopen its physical doors after the pandemic. I felt sad when I heard the news, but also grateful and proud: The reason Campus London is closing is that it worked, more than we ever imagined.… Continue reading →

21st Jun 20216th Sep 2021

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My next mission: Flourishing minds for all.

Today is my last day at Alphabet, after 15 great years at Google and X. I’m setting up Flourish Labs, a startup combining cutting edge mental health science and technology to foster flourishing and good mental health.… Continue reading →

1st Jun 20211st Jun 2021

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Betrayal and Love

This week is my 15 year anniversary of joining Google. Emi Nietfeld recently wrote a nuanced op-ed in The New York Times about her experience as a software engineer at Google, from joyful beginnings to being harassed by a coworker and the miserable aftermath of her speaking out about it. She talks about being in… Continue reading →

2nd May 20218th May 2021

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Stop apologising. Say thank you instead.

That was the message I got from Shellye Archambeau this week who shared her life and work lessons in a fireside chat with Xers. Shellye is an extraordinary leader who worked her way up from intern to tech CEO and board member during a time when there were even fewer women in tech than today, and even… Continue reading →

4th Feb 20214th Feb 2021

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Selected press articles featuring Obi

Financial Times: ‘You Can’t Cast Half the Population As Villains and the Other Half As Victims’

Interview by Hannah Kucher as part of the FT Series Women in 2018: The Change Makers.… Continue reading →

5th Dec 201824th Jan 2021

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Vogue: Moon Walker

Cover article of Vogue Germany Business Edition. Interview by Esma Annemon Dil. Photos by Rainer Hosch… Continue reading →

5th Sep 201824th Jan 2021

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Wirtschaftswoche: Google Star Obi Felten fails properly

Interview by Astrid Maier in Wirtschaftswoche after Obi won the German Innovation Prize ‘Future Thinker’.… Continue reading →

24th Apr 201824th Jan 2021

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Fortune: How to Build the Next Google, According to an Alphabet Executive

It’s hard to change the world without a scalable business model. That’s what Obi Felten told the crowd at Fortune’s MPW Next Gen Summit.… Continue reading →

14th Nov 201724th Jan 2021

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The Atlantic: Google X and the Science of Radical Creativity

Article on X’s approach to innovation and creativity.… Continue reading →

1st Nov 201710th Jan 2021

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Handelsblatt: Shooting for the Moon

Obi Felten, director of the X lab’s early-stage projects, tells Handelsblatt how failure is often the key to success.… Continue reading →

29th Jul 201624th Jan 2021

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Selected talks by Obi

Harvard McLean TIPS: Tech-enabled mental health measurement

Talk on tech-enabled mental health measurement at McLean Technology in Psychiatry Summit… Continue reading →

28th Oct 20205th May 2021

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Helmholtz Horizons: Living in modern times

Keynote at Helmholtz Horizons, a summit for European scientists and science policy makers… Continue reading →

6th Nov 201810th Jan 2021

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Fortune Most Powerful Women Next Gen Summit

Interview with Michal Lev-Ram… Continue reading →

14th Nov 201710th Jan 2021

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Chautauqua Institution: Living in modern times

Opening lecture of the 2017 Chautauqua Institution summer season… Continue reading →

26th Jun 201718th Jan 2021

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