Astera Institute
Jed McCaleb is a founder of Vast, a company focused on building artificial gravity space stations for humanity's expansion across the solar system. Jed is also a founder of Astera Institute, supporting high-leverage science and technology projects. Additionally, Jed is a co-founder of Stellar Development Foundation, leading the technical development of the Stellar financial network. Jed serves as an advisor for the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, ensuring the positive impact of smarter-than-human intelligence. In the past, Jed founded companies like Ripple.com, Code Collective, and MetaMachine, known for projects like The Far Wilds game and eDonkey2000 file-sharing network.
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Astera Institute
The Astera Institute was created to bring humanity the greatest imaginable good in the most efficient possible way. When your ambitions are boundless, but your resources are finite, leverage is your friend. In the words of Konrad Zuse, “I was too lazy to calculate, so I invented the computer.” Inspired by such extreme examples of “work smarter,” Astera seeks to activate the areas of exponential latent potential within science and technology. We want to create benevolent super-intelligence, live to 200, fix science, and do engineering worthy of Asimov.