Thomas Jestin
Co-founder at KRDS & OhMyBot.
Co Producer at CommitStrip.
Writer (SingularityHub, SpaceTechAsia, HuffingtonPost, & more)
Hi, my name is Thomas Jestin, I'm a technophile and entrepreneur based out of Singapore, cofounder of KRDS and OhMyBot.
I'm also coproducing CommitStrip, The blog relating the daily life of web agency developers. We've published 2 books of our best strips already.
I'm a board member of the think tank Live with AI, initiated in Singapore and whose vision is to understand humans’ needs towards the rise of AI and to help our society anticipate changes to better live with AI.
I also write op-eds. Here are my latest articles (many more in French here) :
- Not an article but an appearance in the Foreign Influence podcast : A conversation with entrepreneur and writer Thomas Jestin on inequality, alternatives to GDP, and how tech is providing and will provide for a better world (starting at 11min55sec) (Dec 2019)
- How Tesla could become the world’s largest carmaker within 10 years (June 2019)
- Disappointed with Game of Thrones' last season ? AI should one day be able to generate an infinity of alternate endings (May 2019, updated version from Oct 2017)
- Autonomous Weapons Debate: A list of all the arguments for and against (jan 2019)
- Why Titan is the best place for Humans in the Solar System beyond Earth (SpaceTechAsia, aug 2018)
- Here is why The Economist is wrong in this article about Mars (March 2018)
- How to better measure changes in standard of living in a world accelerated by AI and technological progress ? (June 2018)
- This article was a contribution to the work of the Live With AI think tank I'm a board member of, and was also published in Les Echos, the French leading financial news organization
- Why we shouldn’t send humans to Mars (SpaceTechAsia, feb 2018)
Why Steven Pinker is wrong when he's sure that "The robot uprising is a myth" (feb 2018)
Before 20 years, AI will be able to generate an episode of Game of Thrones instantly (september 2017)
The 3 killer features that are missing on Youtube (april 2017)
Real estate could get demonetized by 2050 due to technological progress (feb 2017)
Waiting for the Singularity (preface to the book compiling the best strips from Commitstrip.com (which I co-produce) (oct 2016)
- Here is why Elon Musk is probably wrong about us living in a computer simulation (as are those who believe in strong AI and mind-uploading) (june 2016)
- Resurrecting the Dead—Bringing Back the Dearly Departed Digitally (SingularityHub.com, nov 2015)
- When Democracy Falls From The Sky Thanks To Google And Facebook (april 2014)
- 20 years from now, when people no longer drive cars (june 2013)
- A cheap but jobless world filled wih robots (may 2012)
« Smoot-Hawley did not cause, or even significantly deepen, the Great Depression » (april 2012)
The 2 arguments against the motion « Does the 21st century belong to China » that F. Zakaria and H. Kissinger missed (april 2012)
And as a space enthusiast, I'm the editor of the website and newsletter www.humans-to-titan.org whose mission is to raise awareness about Titan as a cool destination for humans in Space and update people about the latest news about Titan exploration.CURRENT POSITION
KRDS
Co-founder
Jan 2008 – Present
My role at KRDS : based out of Singapore, building the overall strategy, helping commercial teams in Asia (going to meetings, brainstorming, training), speaking at conferences, public relations with journalists, recruitment.
KRDS was founded in 2008, we're a digital marketing agency, specialising in social and mobile. We build strategies for our client. We create content, we build apps/sites/bots in the process.KRDS Singapore was adjudged Mobile Agency of the Year as well as Specialist Agency of the Year by a panel of senior client-side marketers assembled by Marketing Magazine. This year the panel included marketing leaders from brands such as Swarovski, Grab, Johnson & Johnson, HSBC, Levi Strauss & Co and more. (read more here)
Some campaigns we've designed and developed :- Our campaign for Singapore Tourism Board won Silver for "Best Campaign - User Experience", and Bronze for "Best Campaign - Tablets" at MOB-EX awards 2016 (see a short video case study here)
- "Traveling the world", designed and excecuted for Air France from A to Z : 100k users in 3 weeks in december 2014, 30 minutes/user, FWA Site of the Day Desktop & Mobile, watch the Case Study here.
As of Jan 2016, KRDS has done 2000 campaigns in 25 countries for 300 customers including DBS (first bank in SEA), AIA, Peugeot, Danone, Renault, LVMH, Unilever, Samsung, Universal, Nestlé, Air France, L'Oréal, Orange, Mediaset, Tissot, RTBF, David Guetta and Facebook itself.
KRDS currently has 160 employees and 9 offices in Europe and Asia (France, Singapore, Shanghai, Hong-Kong, Dubai and India). KRDS has had seven-digit revenues (EUR) since 2010.
ARDIAN (ex-AXA Private Equity), the leading European diversified private equity firm, is an investor in KRDS.
KRDS latest show reel here.
Our website : www.krds.com
Our twitter : www.twitter.com/KRDS
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