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Singularity Education Group (using the public names Singularity Group, Singularity University or SingularityU) is an American company that offers executive educational programs, a business incubator, and business consultancy services. Although the company uses the word "university" in its branding, it is not an accredited university and has no academic programs or accreditation.
In 2018 the company faced allegations of sexual harassment, embezzlement, and discrimination dating to its founding. As of 2023, the organization has a new management team and is relaunching its global expansion strategy.[citation needed]
Singularity University was announced at a TED talk in 2009 by Ray Kurzweil, who co-founded the company with Peter Diamandis. Diamandis was the university’s first chairman. It was founded as a nonprofit and initially offered an annual 10-week summer program called the Graduate Studies Program (GSP) aimed at people who want to understand how they can use technology to tackle global challenges. Its original Corporate founding partners and sponsors included Google, Nokia, Autodesk, IDEO,[citation needed] LinkedIn,[citation needed] the X Prize Foundation, ePlanet Ventures, the Kauffman Foundation, and Genentech. Google subsequently ended its grant of $1.5 million annually.
Singularity University began the process for conversion to a for-profit benefit corporation. In 2013, the new for-profit corporation incorporated as "Singularity Education Group" and acquired "Singularity University" as its trade name. Also in 2013, Diamandis founded Abundance360, an invitation-only program to bring together people interested in exponential and life extension technologies. Abundance360 is now a program within Singularity University.
In 2018, faculty leaders noted that the company was focused only on profit: "it's lost its soul...It's become a moneymaking corporation." The next year, it acquired Futurism, moved the headquarters from the NASA Research Park at NASA Ames to Santa Clara, California, and added new Country Partner franchises in Brazil and Australia. Futurism was sold in 2021 to Recurrent Ventures. In 2022, Talespin acquired Pioneer Adaptive Learning Platform.
Between 2024 and 2025, Singularity University organized and participated in several international summits. Singularity Summit Spain was held in Madrid in November 2024. Other events were held in South Africa, Brazil, and India. The summit in India was attended by 120 B Tech, MBA, and MCA students with a focus on AI, robotics, and biotechnology.
The Executive Program is a series of five-day training programs that focus on how topics relating to technology and its impacts on business.
In 2016, SingularityU The Netherlands organized a Global Impact Competition for Dutch entrepreneurs. Danny Wagemans, a 21-year-old nanophysics student, won the first prize to participate in the 10-week Global Solutions Program. He demonstrated how clean water and energy can be derived from urine by combining a microbial fuel cell and a graphene filter in a water bottle.
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Singularity Group
Singularity Education Group (using the public names Singularity Group, Singularity University or SingularityU) is an American company that offers executive educational programs, a business incubator, and business consultancy services. Although the company uses the word "university" in its branding, it is not an accredited university and has no academic programs or accreditation.
In 2018 the company faced allegations of sexual harassment, embezzlement, and discrimination dating to its founding. As of 2023, the organization has a new management team and is relaunching its global expansion strategy.[citation needed]
Singularity University was announced at a TED talk in 2009 by Ray Kurzweil, who co-founded the company with Peter Diamandis. Diamandis was the university’s first chairman. It was founded as a nonprofit and initially offered an annual 10-week summer program called the Graduate Studies Program (GSP) aimed at people who want to understand how they can use technology to tackle global challenges. Its original Corporate founding partners and sponsors included Google, Nokia, Autodesk, IDEO,[citation needed] LinkedIn,[citation needed] the X Prize Foundation, ePlanet Ventures, the Kauffman Foundation, and Genentech. Google subsequently ended its grant of $1.5 million annually.
Singularity University began the process for conversion to a for-profit benefit corporation. In 2013, the new for-profit corporation incorporated as "Singularity Education Group" and acquired "Singularity University" as its trade name. Also in 2013, Diamandis founded Abundance360, an invitation-only program to bring together people interested in exponential and life extension technologies. Abundance360 is now a program within Singularity University.
In 2018, faculty leaders noted that the company was focused only on profit: "it's lost its soul...It's become a moneymaking corporation." The next year, it acquired Futurism, moved the headquarters from the NASA Research Park at NASA Ames to Santa Clara, California, and added new Country Partner franchises in Brazil and Australia. Futurism was sold in 2021 to Recurrent Ventures. In 2022, Talespin acquired Pioneer Adaptive Learning Platform.
Between 2024 and 2025, Singularity University organized and participated in several international summits. Singularity Summit Spain was held in Madrid in November 2024. Other events were held in South Africa, Brazil, and India. The summit in India was attended by 120 B Tech, MBA, and MCA students with a focus on AI, robotics, and biotechnology.
The Executive Program is a series of five-day training programs that focus on how topics relating to technology and its impacts on business.
In 2016, SingularityU The Netherlands organized a Global Impact Competition for Dutch entrepreneurs. Danny Wagemans, a 21-year-old nanophysics student, won the first prize to participate in the 10-week Global Solutions Program. He demonstrated how clean water and energy can be derived from urine by combining a microbial fuel cell and a graphene filter in a water bottle.