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AI + neurodiverse sw'ers, S*x at Milan Fashion Week, Femtech Report Release,
Bryony Cole
April 25, 2024
👋 HEY ALL!
Jam-packed week folks! Inside we've got everything from high-end fashion collabs, today's release of the Sustainability in Femtech Report as well as further reporting into AI-shift happening in the industry.
Of course, if you're thinking about getting involved as a career don't delay on getting an application in for our June cohort of Sextech School. Apply here.
Read on for:
🔥 this week in sextech
💼 job openings
🎪 community events
📑 research
📚 industry learning
💸 investments
— Bryony
🔥 THIS WEEK IN SEXTECH
🎩 Vibrator Collab at Milan Fashion Week SS24
🤖 AI Companionship: Benefits, Challenges, Collaboration
🌐 Inclusive and Accessible Sexual Wellness
🎩 Vibrator Collab at Milan Fashion Week SS4
Danish fashion house HAN KJØBENHAVN created a limited edition vibrator in collaboration with Sinful Group for the SS24 runway at Milan Fashion Week. Read on 👇
🤖 AI Companionship: Benefits, Challenges, Collaboration
Two articles this week which detail the benefits (and challenges) of chatting with AI companions, and the potential collaboration between AI and neurodiverse sex workers.
First person account on Kaamna Bhojwani’s 48 hour AI boyfriend 👇
🤖 The next wave? AI companions and toys
The beginnings of an AI-driven shift in the sexual wellness market were evident at an industry exhibit in Shanghai this week. With China manufacturing around 70 percent of the world's sex toys, there were products that allowed AI companions to control your toy.
🌐 Inclusive and Accessible Sexual Wellness
According to the World Health Organization, 1.3 billion people live with disability.
While tools that help people eat, wash and walk are widely understood and accepted, there’s a long way to go to rid the taboo of adaptive technology for self-pleasure and sex.
This week Refinery29 published "Disabled People Use Sex Toys, Too, So Why Aren’t They More Accessible?" featuring Australian voices like Robert Duff-Silsby Co-Founder of LUDDI.
💼 HOT JOBS
💻 Jr. Web Developer & Associate Strategist, Creators, PS: GROUP [Apply here]
🇬🇧 Social Media Assistant, Unndr [Apply here]
🇨🇦 Facilitator and Coordinator positions, Out On Screen [Apply here]
🇺🇸 Senior Philanthropy Officer, Planned Parenthood Federation of America [Apply here]
🎪 EVENTS
💻 April 26-28, Thrive BDSM & Mental Health Conference 2024, Thrive [RSVP here]
🇩🇰 April 30, Copenhagen, Navigating Digital Censorship in Sextech and Femtech, SexTech Nordics [RSVP here]
💻 April 29-May 1 online, S.L.A.M. [RSVP here]
💻 May 2 online, Safety by Design: Discussing Generative AI Principles to Protect Children, All Tech Is Human [RSVP here]
🇺🇸 May 9-15, Atlanta, Frolicon [RSVP here]
🇩🇰 May 14, Copenhagen, Beyond the Norm, with Beatrice Gigliuto [RSVP here]
🇺🇸 May 21, Sex and Sexuality: How our Past Affects our Future, with Kaamna Bhojwani [RSVP here if member of The Battery or DM Kaamna for guest tix - few remaining]
🇨🇦 May 22, Toronto, SexTechTO Mixer [RSVP here] Alexandra Friedman
💻 May 23 online, Something Positive for Positive People (SPFPP) [RSVP here]
💻 May 28, Online, The Future of Community - Sex Tech Business & Well-being Index Report 2024 hosted by Ola Miedzynska, SxTech eu
🇺🇸 May 29-31, Arlington, SYNC Conference [RSVP here]
📑 RESEARCH
👨👧 Are you a father of a daughter under 10?
Girl Dads with daughters under 10 are invited to respond to this survey.
Danielle Keiser is designing a new app that helps prepare dads to become knowledgeable and a supportive father figure that their daughters deserve when they start their periods. 🚀 Share or respond to this survey here.
🌍 Global study of female orgasms
Flo Health Inc. an app with over 60 million global users, launched a worldwide study of female orgasms, in partnership with the University of Utah.
Flo's study is open to most app users who are 18 and over and use the app in English. [Read on]
🌱 Sustainability in Femtech 2023 report
Sustainable FemTech Network launched their report on sustainability in the Femtech sector today. The report revealed that nearly three-quarters (72.2%) of respondents think improvements are needed to make the industry more sustainable.
Materials and circularity were cited as top challenges, alongside a lack of funding for sustainable innovation (59.1%). This is despite sustainability being perceived as a key driver for some funders and investors.
📚 INDUSTRY LEARNING
👉 June Cohort of Sextech School open
Launched in 2020 by well…me 😅 Sextech School - a six-week virtual program including masterclass lectures, along with access to Sextech expert mentors and an expanding alumni community — is the first and only accelerator program designed to support entrepreneurs and job seekers in sextech.
If you’re looking to start a business, land a job or pivot your career, this 6 week program is the fast-track and we only open a few times a year. Get on it 👇️
👉 Craft a unique content strategy that overcomes the algorithm
Main Character Content, an industry-focused social media program launched this week with Ally McGrath of Electric Feel co. for those who struggle with beating the algorithm [Join the program]
💸 INVESTMENTS
💸 Playground Secures $2M And Target Distribution
Playground has raised its first institutional funding. It’s secured $2 million from Amboy Street Ventures, Palm Tree Crew Holdings, Fourward Ventures and Goddess Fun+d. The 2-year-old sexual wellness brand is rolling out to a quarter of Target’s nearly 2,000 stores nationwide [Read]
That's a wrap for this week.
— Bryony
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