Humans are technologists: we build tools and systems that are meant to improve the environment around us.
Interact is a community of technologists – students, artists, startup founders, designers, software developers, engineers, AI researchers, environmentalists, biologists, and more.
We share an enthusiasm for making intentional impact, and find joy in thoughtful conversations.
Our ambition is that this community will, in its own way, help move the world forward.
Interact was founded in 2012 as a social experiment. We brought together 100 young technologists from around the globe at SXSW Interactive, where the crew crashed on couches, shared perspectives, and built friendships.
Since 2012, we’ve continued to grow the Interact community through a fellowship model, meeting annually for the Fellowship Retreat, now located in Northern California. Between retreats, we frequently meet up in various cities and introduced the Community Retreat to bring the broader Interact community back together.
Over the years, we’ve seen our community members build friendships, co-found ventures, and support one another in achieving the impossible. As the community has grown, one thing has stayed constant: our earnest commitment to improving the world around us.
The incredible people I met at Interact became some of my closest friends (and teammates!). A diverse group of empathetic and brilliant leaders of the future.JD - San Francisco, USA
The community at Interact is made up of some of the most inspiring, humble, and motivated human beings I've ever gotten the opportunity to meet. What I love most is how that community that starts one weekend evolves and becomes a family you can depend on. I look forward to how everyone's going to change the world in their own unique way.Dara - Lagos, Nigeria
Interact is one of the most intellectually energising communities I have been a part of: brilliant professionals and caring individuals you get to call friends. Taking a 12 hour flight from Poland for that one weekend has been amongst my best life decisions.Julia - Wroclaw, Poland
