Sideways provides a platform for engaging in robot challenges, likely involving programming or operational tasks. The service facilitates structured competitions for robotics enthusiasts or developers. Users interact with the platform through a dedicated challenge screen requiring browser cookies for functionality.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Existing systems for managing global challenges and resources often lack the necessary infrastructure to foster collaboration, trust, and effective decision-making among diverse groups and communities. This deficiency hinders the development of sustainable solutions and equitable governance at a planetary scale.
Solution
Sideways aims to address this by building shared infrastructure to support planetary governance, focusing on fostering coherence among groups through shared experiences, stories, and network tools. The organization facilitates in-person experiences designed to dissolve barriers to cooperation and co-create new ways of working together. It also develops trust-building software that enables groups to share credentials and build trust within networks, reducing friction and expanding opportunities for collaboration. Additionally, Sideways employs generative journalism and a podcast to explore new possibilities for human and more-than-human collaboration, integrating diverse perspectives into governance decisions.
Target Audience
Sideways primarily targets organizations, communities, and individuals involved in addressing global challenges, including those working in areas such as sustainability, social justice, and decentralized governance, as well as network states and ecovillages.
Features
- Facilitates "Common Goals" and "Synergistic" in-person experiences to foster collaboration among organizations.
- Develops trust-building software for credential sharing and reputation management within networks.
- Offers a "Verifiable Community App" for issuing and verifying membership credentials across different groups and networks.
- Produces "Possibility-Led Stories" and a "More-than-Human" podcast to explore alternative perspectives and governance models.
- Employs consent-based decision-making and a holacratic structure within its own organization.
- Develops the Ostrom5, a solution for addressing conflict, dispute, and mediation among organizations.
- Conducts research on network needs and publishes findings on its blog.