👋HEY ALL!

We’re mixing things up. The newsletter now lands at the start of the week so you can stay sharp on all things sextech, AI, and future-facing work. 💌

🔥 In case you missed it, I was featured in Fast Company last week, talking about how sextech founders are navigating censorship, platform shutdowns, and the ripple effects of aggressive tariff escalation.

📣 And… we’re officially open for Cohort 18 of Sextech School: USA Edition. This one’s for the founders, career shifters, and curious rebels ready to explore what’s next in intimacy, tech, and connection. 👉 Claim your earlybird spot now

AI lovers and censorship crackdowns, the two biggest industry themes of 2025, are still dominating headlines. I’ll be speaking on both next month at the AI Summit in Budapest, but in the meantime, check out this week’s curated stories to dive deeper into what’s unfolding.

👇 Scroll on for:

• 🔥 this week in sextech

• 💼 job openings

• 🎪 events

• 📚 research

— Bryony

🌸⌛ ⚒️ Turn Kink Into Productivity—Join Dommi’s Beta Before It Closes

Dommi, a productivity app which leverages the psychology of kink, is the brainchild of kinky software engineer and Sextech School graduate Erin Lyman. ❤️🔥 Dommi has been gaining attention across the globe, featured on pitch stages at SextechEU in Berlin and Sextech Pioneers in Melbourne. 🇦🇺

Dommi will soon close its beta test waitlist mid-August with a beta launch soon to follow. Beta testers will receive lifetime app access free of charge. 📅

👉 Are you in? Claim your spot.

🔥 THIS WEEK IN SEXTECH

• 🤖 AI Companions: A Threat to Love or an Evolution of It?

• 🚫 Sexual Wellness Brands Rethink Advertising Amid Platform Restrictions in India

• 🔥 Pleasing's Sexual Wellness Launch Sells Out Minutes After Release

• 💬 How AI & ChatGPT Are Changing Communication of Love and Romance

• 🧸 Sex Toy Makers Weather Challenges in a Shifting Market

• 🎮 Why Adult Titles Have Disappeared from Steam, Itch, and PC Gaming Payment Processors

🤖 AI Companions: A Threat to Love or an Evolution of It?

🚫 Sexual Wellness Brands Rethink Advertising Amid Platform Restrictions in India

🔥 Pleasing's Sexual Wellness Launch Sells Out Minutes After Release

💬 How AI & ChatGPT Are Changing Communication of Love and Romance

🧸 Sex Toy Makers Weather Challenges in a Shifting Market

🎮 Why Adult Titles Have Disappeared from Steam, Itch, and PC Gaming Payment Processors

🌆 NYC, Let’s Get Intimate 🗽

This September, we are back in New York City... and bringing the magic. Think: supper clubs, design workshops, live podcast tapings…

Spots are super limited, and this is your chance to join the private waitlist. 🔐

💼 HOT JOBS

• 🇺🇸 Licensed Couples Therapist, Ellie Mental Health [Apply]

• 🇬🇧 Abortion Talk Trustee (legal), Abortion Talk [Apply]

• 🇩🇪 Global PR Lead (Maternity Cover), Lovehoney Group [Apply]

• 🇸🇪 Content Creator & Graphic Designer, hormona [Apply]

💼 PREMIUM JOB LISTINGS (upgrade to see)

🎪 EVENTS

• August 9, Online, Assertive Sexual Communication: My body, my pleasure, my voice, El Placer del Saber [RSVP]

• 🇨🇦 August 15-17, Montreal, LSR Academic Congress [RSVP]

• 🇬🇧 August 16, London, Henna & Healing with Cysters, Vagina Museum [RSVP]

• 🌐 August 19, Online, Defying the Censors! Creative Resistance in the Face of Censorship, [RSVP]

• 🌐 August 20, Online, Build in Sextech with Bryony Cole [RSVP]

• 🇿🇦 August 24, Johannesburg, SONA Sex of the Nation Address with Jessica van der Berg 🌻 and Tshegofatso Senne [RSVP]

• 🇺🇸 October 9-12, Colorado, 2025 Annual Sexological Conference - 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, Sexual Health Alliance [RSVP]

📣 AND... we’re officially open for Cohort 18 of Sextech School, USA Edition.

Founders, career shifters, and curious minds ready to explore what’s next in intimacy, tech, and connection. 👉 Claim your earlybird spot now..

📚 RESEARCH

🔍 Participants Needed for PhD research at the University of Melbourne

Ever found yourself talking to a chatbot like it’s more than just code? Help us understand how you think about AI, and how we can think about AI moving forward - your experience MATTERS! You may be eligible if:

• You’re a young adult (18-34) living in Australia.

• You’re currently using generative AI chatbots in your daily life - chatbots that can carry on conversations, like ChatGPT, Claude, Replica, Character.AI, to name a few.

What’s there to do:

• Participate in a 1-hour confidential interview, scheduled at a time and place that works for you - either in person or via Zoom.

• Optionally, share 3 short chat excerpts - this will be used to design interview questions tailored to you, and you’ll have full control over what you want to include/exclude.

Sounds interesting? Register your interest via the survey here

Thank you for exploring the edges of what’s possible with me 🔮

— Bryony

P.S. Want to turn your curiosity into a career? I’m hosting a free live session on how to build in sextech, and you’re invited. 🎓 Build in Sextech happens the week after next, save your spot here → RSVP