TO PROTECT AND SERVE – ONLINE. “We have a mission to make the internet a place where everyone is free to share without harassment or abuse,” explains Two Hat Founder and CEO, Chris Priebe. Since 2012, his company’s AIdriven content moderation platform has been identifying and preventing harmful online behaviour, including cyberbullying, abuse, hate speech, violent threats and child exploitation, all while enforcing rules of conduct in online communities. “Some of the largest companies in the world trust our team to keep their users safe,” Priebe explains. “We now process over 100 billion human interactions every month. To put it in perspective, that’s six times the reported size of Twitter.” Two Hat’s success was recognized in 2017 when they were awarded the largest
“WE LOOKED ALL OVER CANADA FOR LEADING UNIVERSITIES TO PARTNER WITH, AND TO OUR SURPRISE, ONE OF OUR BEST HAS BEEN HERE AT HOME WITH UBC OKANAGAN”
MITACS cluster grant of over three million dollars to work with universities. “We looked all over Canada for leading universities to partner with, and to our surprise, one of our best has been here at home with UBC Okanagan.” Priebe states. Most recently, the World Economic Forum selected Two Hat as one of its most promising Technology Pioneers of 2020 for its groundbreaking platform, offering the opportunity to engage with other industry leaders and work with public and private experts. When asked about the infrastructure in place to help get his organization off the ground, Priebe credits the many programs designed to support start-ups here in the Okanagan. “Accelerate Okanagan has definitely been a great friend and
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Chris Priebe Founder & CEO, Two Hat
supporter of Two Hat and our mission,” says Priebe. “I was still in my basement when I heard about AO and their programs. They helped us get our first desks, a mentor, community services, as well as legal and accounting firms who volunteered and helped get us set up. It would have cost thousands of dollars to hire any of their services and here they all were giving me amazing deals.”
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