We’re excited to announce that HAND (Human & Digital) has been selected as one of five finalists in the Entertainment, Media, Sports, & Content category for the 2025 SXSW Pitch competition! This year marks the 17th annual SXSW Pitch, part of the annual SXSW event in Austin, TX (March 7-15, 2025), where top startups present innovative technologies to judges and a live audience. Out of 589 applicants and a 7.64% acceptance rate, HAND (Human & Digital) was chosen to showcase our AI-powered Identity Intelligence platform, combining BI and an ISO-level Talent ID Registry to streamline talent provenance, discoverability, royalty collection, and more — protecting what is REAL against fraudulent deepfakes and unauthorized usage. Our platform offers an interoperable "forever ID" for automated talent resolution across the cultural industries of sports, entertainment, fashion, gaming, and beyond. See you on March 8-10, 2025, in Austin, TX! View the full announcement at: https://lnkd.in/gwNk-XKg. To register for the event, visit: sxsw.com/attend. #SXSWPitch #SXSW2025
HAND (Human & Digital)
科技、信息和媒体
New York City，NY 2,322 位关注者
AI powered Talent Identity Automation & Business Intelligence in Cultural Industries (Sports, Entertainment & beyond)
关于我们
HAND (Human & Digital) is an AI powered Business Intelligence platform built on a world-class Talent ID Registry, delivering simplicity, scale, and automation to talent identity in an interconnected human and digital world. Much like a bar-code, as an ISO-level standard under the DOI Foundation, HAND applies our Citation-Backed Notability? model to assign persistent, unique, and resolvable IDs to real and virtual talent across the Culture Industries (e.g. - Sports, Entertainment, Gaming, Music, Fashion, News, and more.) In an age saturated with generative AI and deepfake technology, distinguishing "Proof of Personhood" - the authenticity of talent’s Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL), whether appearing on a screen or in a playlist, is essential. HAND (Human & Digital) is committed to delivering trusted provenance automation to verify authentic instances / versions of human talent, their virtual counterparts, and fictional entities. Working with our industry beta partners to design use-cases for production studios and talent agencies in Hollywood using the latest volumetric capture technologies, to the elegant automation of distribution metadata workflows for TV networks and studios, to advanced media performance analytics and the development of interoperable standards — HAND’s SaaS-based subscription model provides both API and web UI access to subscribers. Designed for producers and distributors who can benefit from HAND’s efficiency, cost reduction, and time-to-value acceleration, our public talent identifiers are free to resolve and use in business transactions, forever.
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https://www.handidentity.com
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- 所属行业
- 科技、信息和媒体
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- 11-50 人
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- New York City，NY
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- 私人持股
- 创立
- 2021
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- Identity、Talent、Provenance、Automation、Interoperability、Virtual、Digital、Data、Metadata、Entertainment、Film、Music、Sports、Digital Twins、Identifiers、Unique IDs、Resolvability、Notability、Standards、Media Supply Chain和Workflow
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HAND (Human & Digital)
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HAND Central Database About HAND: HAND (Human & Digital) is the first human Talent ID Registry under the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Foundation (an ISO standard). Using the power of Citation-Backed NotabilityTM – HAND provides provenance automation value to global media supply-chains via the instantiation of persistent, unique, resolvable IDs for quantifiably notable legal-entity Humans, their connected Virtual Humans (Digital Replicas), and Fictional Characters in Entertainment, Sports, Gaming, Fashion, Politics and more. HAND is a participant member of C2PA.org and IPTC.org. For more information, visit https://www.handidentity.com
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Just days away from SXSW Pitch Competition - and we cannot wait! Presentations start Saturday, and we're (HAND (Human & Digital) pitching on Sunday at 11:30am Central. Looking forward to getting back to Austin and meeting the finalists, alternates, crew, old friends and new!
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Video! Watch & learn about the HAND Talent ID and business intelligence platform from HAND founder / CEO Will Kreth from his talk "Automating Identity Provenance for both Real & Virtual Talent in the Media Supply Chain" at the recent 2025 Silicon Valley Video conference at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. https://lnkd.in/dXVEDSAG
SVVS 2025: Automating Identity Provenance for Both Real and Virtual Talent in the Media Supply-Chain
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From the Silicon Valley Video Summit last week (1/28/25), founder Will Kreth presenting HAND (Human & Digital) at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. #automation #mediasupplychain #talentidentity #identifiers #uniqueid #ai #trainingdata #nilrights #licensing #digitalreplicas #sports #sportstech #nil
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45 FINALISTS FOR SXSW PITCH: SO MANY AMAZING STARTUPS! SXSW Pitch is the fast-paced startup competition that happens on Saturday-Sunday, March 8-9 (with a handful of activities spilling over to Monday, March 10). Earlier this week, SXSW revealed the 45 finalists for this year's competition. These 45 finalists for 2025 represent more than 10 different countries, including India, Israel, Malaysia, Japan and Ukraine.? https://lnkd.in/gnmFYGPA These 45 finalists are dispersed amongst nine different categories. -- AgTech & Food -- Enterprise, Smart Data, FinTech & Future of Work -- Entertainment, Media, Sports & Content -- HealthTech, MedTech, BioTech & Accessibility -- Innovative World Tech -- Robotics, Web3, Voice & Extended Reality -- Security, GovTech & Space -- Smart Cities, Transportation & Sustainability -- Student Startups On March 8 and March 9, each of these 45 finalists will deliver a three minute presentation about their startups?in front of a panel of expert judges and a live audience. Winners in each of the nine categories are revealed at the SXSW Pitch Awards Ceremony at 6 pm on Sunday, March 9. This ceremony is co-hosted by Austin-based investor Jim Breyer. https://lnkd.in/gViwRaZy Learn all the details about SXSW Pitch 2025 at sxsw.com/pitch Also, stay tuned to this space for short interviews with all the innovative founders behind these 45 finalist startups. https://lnkd.in/gKBjXw_g Finally, entrepreneurs (and the people who love them) can up their game by attending the Startup Track at SXSW, which runs March 7-10. https://lnkd.in/ga956swD Attend all this forward-thinking SXSW content by registering today at sxsw.com/attend #sxsw, #sxsw2025, #startups, #pitchcompetition, #pitch, #SharkTank, #founders, #fonderstories, #entrepreneurs, #entrepreneurism, Yanni Xinyan Ching, Aleksandr Rikhterman, Lourdes Juan, Terra Osman, Eddy Mejia, Ahikam Kaufman, Amnoni Myers, MPA, Yagub Rahimov, Pip Bingemann, Caitlin Leksana, Alex Petrenko, Alex K., Will Kreth, Chris Lee, Joe Mullenbach, YASUTAKA KASAGI, Contoro Robotics, Anand Roy, Luke Buckberrough, Ping Yeh, Anders Sideris, Mann Parikh, Charlie Childs, Ph.D., Pierre Paul, Alexander Kurtynin, Henry LeGard, Bosco Lai, Onome Scott-Emuakpor, Yuk Chi Chan, Avery Piantedosi, Rawand Rasheed, PhD, Keith Crossland, Shaun Moore, Bryce Oldham, Kseniya Lenarciak, CFA, MBA, Vienna Sparks, Yujie Wang (王宇杰), Jibreel Jalloh, Jovanay Carter, Nao Sumi, #Austin, #MarchMagic
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Hugh Forrest recently posted a profile highlighting Will Kreth and HAND (Human & Digital) as finalists in the Entertainment, Media, Sports & Content category at SXSW Pitch 2025! Read more about Will's thoughts on the future of technology in this exclusive interview below. ?? Be sure to catch HAND (Human & Digital)'s pitch at SXSW on Sunday, March 9 at 11:30 AM, and join us at the Startup track from March 7 - 10 in Austin. #SXSW #SXSW2025 #PitchCompetition
SXSW PITCH FOUNDER PROFILES: Will Kreth of HAND The 45 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2025 represent some of the most promising startups from across the US and from around the globe. Learn more about SXSW Pitch by reading these short interviews with the founders behind these awe-inspiring new companies that were selected as finalists for this year's event. In this installment of this series, we talk with Will Kieth, who is CEO / Founder of HAND (Human & Digital). A former Austinite, Kieth now lives in Brooklyn https://lnkd.in/gR55aQNa HAND is a finalist in the "Entertainment, Media, Sports & Content" category of SXSW Pitch. This category takes the stage at 11:30 am on Sunday, March 9 https://lnkd.in/guJU_7YB SXSW: What does HAND do? KRETH: We bring simplicity and scale to talent identity with Identity Intelligence – our interoperable talent ID framework – built to enable reliable verification of quantifiably notable real (legal & natural) persons, their virtual counterparts, and fictional entities. SXSW: What is your startup's biggest strength at present? KRETH: Relationships. SXSW: What is your startup's biggest challenge at present? KRETH: Scale for network effects. SXSW: How concerned are you about the growing sophistication of deep fake technology? KRETH: Very -- yet it's not too late to bring common sense to delineating what's real vs. what's fraudulent. SXSW: Is AI over-hyped or under-hyped? KRETH: Can we just go with "Inescapably 24/7 hyped"?? SXSW: When do you think we as a society will reach the singularity?? KRETH: Are we living in a simulation right now? SXSW: What do you think is the biggest challenge that the tech industry currently faces? KRETH: Hubris. SXSW: Do you think that new tech-based solutions can reverse global warming?? KRETH: Reverse??Please. Best we can hope for is slowing. Track record has been pretty grim. SXSW: If you had an opportunity to live on the moon (or another planet), would you do it? KRETH: No. Mars is for quitters. Fight for the earth. SXSW: What non-tech person inspires you the most? KRETH: Jane Goodall. SXSW: What social media platform are you most active on? KRETH: LinkedIn, because it's less unhinged than most of the others. SXSW: What kind of people do you want to meet at SXSW 2025? KRETH: Smart ones. Grounded ones. SXSW: What is your impression of Austin as a hot-spot of entrepreneurism? KRETH: Legit. Has been that way since before I moved there in the '90s. Also plan to attend the Startup track at SXSW (March 7-10) if entrepreneurism is your passion. https://lnkd.in/gKkNse6Y Buy your badge now to experience everything that March Magic in Austin has to offer! Hurry, prices increase on Friday, January 31. sxsw.com/attend #sxsw, #sxsw2025, SXSW, Chris Valentine, Will Kreth, HAND (Human & Digital), #Brooklyn, #pitch, #pitchcompetition, #startups, #founders, #founderstories, #entrepreneurism, #innovation, #creativity, #identity, #ID, #verification, #ATX
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Thx Hugh Forrest for this SXSW Pitch finalist profile! Was fun responding a “20 questions”- style interview. #SXSW #sxswpitch
SXSW PITCH FOUNDER PROFILES: Will Kreth of HAND The 45 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2025 represent some of the most promising startups from across the US and from around the globe. Learn more about SXSW Pitch by reading these short interviews with the founders behind these awe-inspiring new companies that were selected as finalists for this year's event. In this installment of this series, we talk with Will Kieth, who is CEO / Founder of HAND (Human & Digital). A former Austinite, Kieth now lives in Brooklyn https://lnkd.in/gR55aQNa HAND is a finalist in the "Entertainment, Media, Sports & Content" category of SXSW Pitch. This category takes the stage at 11:30 am on Sunday, March 9 https://lnkd.in/guJU_7YB SXSW: What does HAND do? KRETH: We bring simplicity and scale to talent identity with Identity Intelligence – our interoperable talent ID framework – built to enable reliable verification of quantifiably notable real (legal & natural) persons, their virtual counterparts, and fictional entities. SXSW: What is your startup's biggest strength at present? KRETH: Relationships. SXSW: What is your startup's biggest challenge at present? KRETH: Scale for network effects. SXSW: How concerned are you about the growing sophistication of deep fake technology? KRETH: Very -- yet it's not too late to bring common sense to delineating what's real vs. what's fraudulent. SXSW: Is AI over-hyped or under-hyped? KRETH: Can we just go with "Inescapably 24/7 hyped"?? SXSW: When do you think we as a society will reach the singularity?? KRETH: Are we living in a simulation right now? SXSW: What do you think is the biggest challenge that the tech industry currently faces? KRETH: Hubris. SXSW: Do you think that new tech-based solutions can reverse global warming?? KRETH: Reverse??Please. Best we can hope for is slowing. Track record has been pretty grim. SXSW: If you had an opportunity to live on the moon (or another planet), would you do it? KRETH: No. Mars is for quitters. Fight for the earth. SXSW: What non-tech person inspires you the most? KRETH: Jane Goodall. SXSW: What social media platform are you most active on? KRETH: LinkedIn, because it's less unhinged than most of the others. SXSW: What kind of people do you want to meet at SXSW 2025? KRETH: Smart ones. Grounded ones. SXSW: What is your impression of Austin as a hot-spot of entrepreneurism? KRETH: Legit. Has been that way since before I moved there in the '90s. Also plan to attend the Startup track at SXSW (March 7-10) if entrepreneurism is your passion. https://lnkd.in/gKkNse6Y Buy your badge now to experience everything that March Magic in Austin has to offer! Hurry, prices increase on Friday, January 31. sxsw.com/attend #sxsw, #sxsw2025, SXSW, Chris Valentine, Will Kreth, HAND (Human & Digital), #Brooklyn, #pitch, #pitchcompetition, #startups, #founders, #founderstories, #entrepreneurism, #innovation, #creativity, #identity, #ID, #verification, #ATX
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Join Will Kreth, Founder and CEO at HAND (Human & Digital), at the 2025 Silicon Valley Video Summit (SVVS) — tomorrow, Tuesday, January 28, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. Will Kreth will be speaking at this event, which focuses on the transformative power of video in Enterprise communication, meetings, and information sharing. Now in its third year, the SVVS is the premier annual exchange of Enterprise media expertise in Silicon Valley, the fastest-growing market for media tools and technologies. This one-day event is produced by SVG, a trusted source for the production industry’s information needs since 2006. For more information, visit: https://lnkd.in/gvdDvMRc. #SVVS25
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Press release announcing our selection as one of 45 finalists for the #SXSWPitch competition in March. If you're also going to SXSW, let us know in the comments section below! #startups #innovation #fundraising
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HAND (Human & Digital)'s Monthly Newsletter is out! ???? Our January newsletter features HAND's latest events and activities, including updates on deepfakes and AI, focusing on their impact on talent intelligence, representation and identity. Highlights include: ?? HAND Selected as Finalist in 2025 SXSW Pitch Competition ?? CEO Will Kreth on Peter Csathy's Fearless Media Podcast ?? Will Kreth Makes Top 24 Founders on 2024 FounderSquare List ? HAND Adds MLB and NFL Players to Existing NBA Database ?? HAND Recognized in LATA Research Report as Top Vendor to Watch #SXSW #FearlessMediaPodcast #FounderSquare #MLB #NFL #NBA #LATAresearch #deepfakes #talentidentity #provenance #security #mediaandentertainment