Starling Lab for Data Integrity is an academic research center that operates at the intersection of cryptography, decentralized web protocols, and the humanities. A joint initiative between the USC Shoah Foundation and Stanford University's Department of Electrical Engineering, the lab's mission is to develop and prototype tools and principles to establish trust in digital records. In an era of rampant misinformation and AI-generated content, Starling Lab is pioneering new methods to securely capture, store, and verify digital media.
The core of their work is the Starling Framework for Data Integrity, a comprehensive, open-source methodology for authenticating digital content. This framework is built on three pillars: Capture, which involves creating a chain of custody from the moment a photo or video is taken, Store, which uses decentralized networks like IPFS and Filecoin to securely distribute and preserve content, and Verify, which leverages immutable ledgers to register and audit the provenance of digital assets. This end-to-end approach has been applied in various real-world scenarios, from documenting the 78 days of the 2020 U.S. presidential transition with Reuters to preserving the USC Shoah Foundation's archive of 55,000 holocaust testimonies.
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Immutable Holdings Inc. is a publicly traded digital asset company focused on increasing the awareness, access, and adoption of cryptocurrencies. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the company operates as a blockchain holding company, managing a portfolio of businesses within the digital asset ecosystem.
Key holdings include NFT.com, a platform for the non-fungible token (NFT) ecosystem, HBAR.com, a community portal for the Hedera network, and MyHBARWallet.com, an open-source wallet for Hedera's native token, HBAR. Immutable Holdings also provides educational resources through 1-800-Bitcoin, which offers masterclasses and other materials for those new to the crypto space.
Immutable Holdings is one of the core firms associated with the Hedera blockchain network. Its founder, Jordan Fried, was a member of Hedera’s founding team and Immutable Holdings is one of the largest public holders of HBAR. Its subsidiary, Immutable Asset Management, is dedicated to managing this strategic HBAR position.
Unthink is a high-performance data intelligence and AI platform engineered for enterprises in highly regulated industries such as healthcare, finance, and the public sector. The platform provides a secure and scalable environment where organizations can process, analyze, and collaborate on sensitive data without compromising privacy or compliance. It is designed to solve the critical challenge of unlocking value from sensitive information while adhering to strict governance frameworks such as HIPAA and GDPR.
A core component of Unthink's architecture is its deep integration with the Hedera network. Unthink leverages the Hedera Consensus Service (HCS) to create an immutable and publicly verifiable audit trail for every significant event. When data is accessed, a policy is enforced, or an AI model is executed, a corresponding cryptographic proof is logged on the Hedera ledger.
This "verifiably intelligent" approach ensures that all operations within the Unthink platform are transparent and auditable, giving organizations the ability to mathematically prove their compliance and data integrity to regulators and partners.
Intiva Health is an Austin-based company, founded in 2017, developing a career management platform for healthcare professionals. As a parent company to several entities, including Incredable (formerly Ready Doc), Gummi World, and Nova Vita Wellness Centers, Intiva Health is focused on improving the healthcare ecosystem as a whole, from provider credentialing to patient wellness.
The company's core service is a cloud-based platform that automates and streamlines the administrative tasks associated with a medical career. This includes Incredable, a credentialing solution that allows medical professionals to securely store, manage, and share their credentials with healthcare facilities. The platform also offers a HIPAA-compliant secure messaging service and tools for managing continuing education..
Intiva Health uses Hedera's distributed ledger technology to create a secure, tamper-proof, and verifiable record of all credentials and work history. By storing this information on the Hedera network, Intiva Health can provide a single source of truth that can be instantly verified by hospitals and other healthcare facilities, reducing the credentialing process from months to seconds.
The InterWork Alliance (IWA) is an organization focused on simplifying and standardizing the use of token-powered services for businesses. As an initiative of the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), the IWA works to create a common language and framework for tokenized assets, which allows different blockchain networks and applications to work together seamlessly.
The alliance's primary mission is to empower organizations to adopt and use token-based distributed services in their day-to-day operations. To achieve this, the IWA has developed several key frameworks, including the Token Taxonomy Framework (TTF), which provides a common set of definitions and standards for tokens of all types. The IWA also has a strong focus on sustainability, with task forces dedicated to creating standards for Voluntary Ecological Markets and Carbon Emission Tokens.
The Hedera network and its ecosystem partners are active members and contributors to the InterWork Alliance. Hedera has collaborated with the IWA on its Sustainability Working Group, and several applications built on Hedera are designed to be compliant with the IWA's standards.