Daan van der Zwaag (1996) has spent over a decade building apps to bridge technology and society. He currently leads the venture-backed startup Gaia Computer Technologies, Inc. (GAIA AI) where they are building AI design tools for architects. His contributions are recognized by MIT, Accenture, the University of Michigan , Hyper Island, The Next Web, and Cornell University. In his career, he frequently collaborated with pre-seed to Series D startups worldwide and has helped raise over $50 mm in funding. His work uniquely combines Product Design (UX/UI) + Software Engineering (Web/iOS) and Strategy & Research (Branding/GTM). In 2023, he finished a dual MSc. Information Science studies at Cornell Tech (NYC) and Urban Technology at Technion Institute of Technology (TLV). Before this, he completed his BS. in Communication & Multimedia Design (NL) and Innovation & Entrepreneurship (DK).

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  • Golden Voice Technologies Inc.

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  • Fides Systems

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  • University of Michigan (Taubman Urban Tech)

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  • SCNY Urban Tech Summit (Cornell Tech)

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  • Israel Smart Mobility Living Lab

    Design & Development

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  • European Entrepreneurship Summit

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  • ImunnePass

    Design & Development

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  • Communication & Multimedia Design

    Lecturer

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  • Hyper Island Stockholm

    Lecturer

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  • Decentralized Autonomous Vehicles

    Design & Development

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  • Van Lennep

    Design & Development

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  • Cyborg w/ RFID implant

    Research & Design

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  • Devign.it

    Founder

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  • T500 Talents Under <25 (TNW & Accenture)

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  • Generous Studio

    Design & Development

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  • Releasium (Startup Bootcamp)

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Equitable decentralized location data

Fides is a mobile app that collects location data with full consent, makes it anonymous, secures it with Blockchain, and sells it to businesses through a marketplace. We pay people to sell their location data. Your life, your data The prototype is ready in three months for private beta. Gain back control with Fides.

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GAIA (Generative AI Architect)

Gaia is a computer aided design software, made for architects to help save time with inspiration, think beyond intuition with infinite iterations and collaborate with stakeholders with optimized workflows. We build apps for a better architect-machine interaction. Our tools are a bet on the race not the horse. Gaia is agnostic to any open AI models that will be released.

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Product development for social consumer studio

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Rebranding for AI Healthcare Startup

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