ZEN LAB

ZEN x AI x WORK

ZEN x AI x WORK

What is Zen Lab ?

Zen Lab is a community exploring what Zen practice can bring to the rapidly changing world of technology and work.

Based in Silicon Valley, we bring together AI leaders, Zen teachers, technologists, researchers, and entrepreneurs for honest conversations about AI, human connection, leadership, and what it means to remain human at work.

Past & Upcoming Events

  • Philippe Alexis

    CEO of No Diamonds and founder of UXguru, an AI-powered UX audit. Zen practitioner, yoga teacher, and board member at Kannon Do.

    Topic: When AI Makes Us Careless: Dogen, Craft, and the Responsibility Behind Our Work

  • Oliver Zahn

    Physicist, former Executive Director of the Berkeley Center for Cosmological Physics, and former Head of Data Science at Google. He is now co-founder of CoreTx, building AI for human-AI collaboration, and has been practicing Zen for many years.

    Topic: Zen and AI: How Practice Shapes Our Vision of Technology—and How AI Can Serve Humanity

  • Paul Teyssier

    Leads Product & Design at Cohere. Previously led Product at Front and served as President of Superhuman. A Zen practitioner working at the intersection of technology, product, and human flourishing.

    Topic:Zen and AI: Designing Technology in Service of Human Flourishing

  • Rev. William Thomas

    Sōtō Zen priest, founder of Zen Lab and the Dharma Bridge Project, researching the intersection of contemplative practice, psychology, and neuroscience.

    Topic: AI and the End of Productivism: What Happens When We Can Automate More and More of What We Do?

  • Thomas Kehler

    September 8th - 6:30pm @ Kannon-Do Temple, Mountain View, CA

    AI pioneer with more than 50 years in the field. Chief Scientist and Co-Founder of CrowdSmart, Co-Founder of Common Good AI, and former CEO of IntelliCorp, one of the earliest AI companies.

  • Randima Fernando

    October 13th - 6:30pm @ Kannon-Do Temple, Mountain View, CA

    Co-founder and Executive Director of the Center for Humane Technology, where he works to shape technology around human well-being. He previously worked on AI and machine learning at NVIDIA and has taught at Stanford.

“It has never been more important to create spaces where we can have difficult conversations and explore more deeply how AI is changing the way we live, think, and relate to one another.”

— Rev. William Thomas