Joep Meindertsma — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

CEO at Ontola.io, a tech start-up building open technology for a decentralized web.
Founder of Pauseai, an NGO aiming to halt dangerous frontier AI development.
CEO of Argu, an e-democracy platform designed to involve people in decision-making.
Working on Atomic Data, a specification for modeling and exchanging data.
Chair of the Board at Pauseai.

Biography

Joep Meindertsma is a technology entrepreneur and advocate for responsible AI development. He serves as the CEO of Ontola.io, a tech startup based in the Netherlands that focuses on building open technology for a decentralized web. In this role, he is involved in developing Atomic Data, a specification for modeling and exchanging data, and building a server in Rust along with various libraries.

Meindertsma is also deeply involved in the field of artificial intelligence safety.