Erin
Dahl
Founder at Co Labs
"Field Notes on Building Non-Extractive Consumer AI: Trust + Early Validation"
"Field Notes on Building Non-Extractive Consumer AI: Trust + Early Validation"
Fri May 15 - 6:30 AM EDT/New York (See in local time)
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"Field Notes on Building Non-Extractive Consumer AI: Trust + Early Validation"
"Field Notes on Building Non-Extractive Consumer AI: Trust + Early Validation"
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Session: Field Notes on Building Non-Extractive Consumer AI: Trust + Early Validation
From day one, we've been building around a clear goal: support human flourishing through the relationships that shape daily life. That means treating trust and ethics as part of the product, not a layer we add later. Alongside design and engineering, we’ve brought various experts into the building process early, and in a way that's compatible with startup pace.In this session, I’ll share quick notes from the field: the principles we’ve operationalized and the parameters we’ve kept an eye on as we iterate. I’ll also walk through how we’re approaching early external validation in a lightweight way, without slowing development.
This is less a “how-to” and more a field note on what it takes to innovate for whole humans while moving with startup velocity.
Key Takeaways
- A realistic view of how trust and ethics become operational in an early-stage product
- The signals to watch when iterating on an AI experience
- A lightweight method for lean early validation
- A model for how academics/ethicists can effectively collaborate with builders
Bio
Erin Dahl is the Founder of Co Labs, a relational intelligence consumer AI company. We're currently developing our first tool: an app that nurtures the human relationships that shape daily life. It's privacy-aware and consent-led, with a focus on outcomes beyond the screen, like clearer understanding, healthier interaction patterns, and deeper real-world connection. Erin works at the intersection of product, AI behavior, and trust, with an emphasis on building systems that are useful without being extractive.Prior to Co Labs, Erin founded a Paris-based brand strategy and communications agency and has worked with clients like LVMH, Accor, Sanofi, L'Oréal, Audemars Piguet.
