Hi, I'm Erin.

I connect dots others miss across
people, systems, and tech
to unlock what's next.

Curious about AI for science? Start here

Portfolio

What I've built.

I trained as a neuroscientist. I left the lab because I kept seeing the same thing: brilliant people stuck in systems that couldn't keep up with them. So I went to where the systems were breaking. Startups, ecosystems, emerging tech. And started building.

Five years later, I've advised 18 science-tech ecosystems, hosted 100+ guests on The DeSci Mic, and spoken at 500+ events. I build things across domains that don't usually talk to each other.

Top 100 Innovator Worldwide (HATCH, 2017)25 Rising Tech Leaders to Watch (WI INNO, 2019)

AI for Science

I care most about what AI can do for science. I built an open pipeline with Claude that pulled 148k findings from 11k POTS papers, then corrected wrong IDs in 35% of the model-tagged entries. I replicated it for Ehlers-Danlos syndrome with support from Anthropic's AI for Science Rare Disease Program.

Sharing that work brought 100+ researchers, providers, and patient builders to my inbox asking how to do it themselves. So I turned hundreds of bookmarks into an AI for Science hub, a place for scientists to see what AI can do in the context of their own work.

My personal motivation for building trustworthy, connected systems in science comes from developing an illness in high school. Due to limited research and experts in this field, I set out to connect those dots. Having worked as a researcher, developer, and marketer, I know how to speak the language of scientists, engineers, and communicators to make the progress that is needed.

Explore the hub Open POTS Read the article

The through-line

Every role I've held, every project I've built, every conversation I've had on stage or on mic comes back to the same question: How does this work, how could it work better, and how do I help people see that?

I think like a researcher about people, technology, and the systems that connect them. I see 10,000 steps ahead across product, ops, tech, finance, and business model before most people consider the first step.

What I'm focused on now

AI for science: open research data, tools, and helping scientists put AI to work

Human-centered takes on tech, brand, health, and connection

Building and documenting publicly

Advisory and fractional roles with early-stage founders

A podcast + newsletter + venture studio flywheel

Full work history is on LinkedIn.

How we can work together

I build, and I help others build. Whether I'm embedded with your team or architecting from the outside, the goal is the same: unlock what's next.

Build With Me

Funded startups and teams with a problem to solve

Idea to working product. I think across product, ops, tech, finance, and business model simultaneously.

Strategic Transformation

Enterprise, established SMBs, and legacy organizations

Digital transformation, emerging tech adoption, new markets, strategic redirection. I see what's coming and translate it into what to do about it.

Program & Ecosystem Design

Accelerators, cities, institutions, and community builders

I architect accelerator programs, fellowships, and innovation ecosystems, plus build the tools to run them. 18 ecosystems and counting.

Let's figure out what's next

20-minute discovery call. Tell me what you're building and I'll tell you how I can help.

The intersections others miss

Where people, systems, and tech collide. And what it means for what's next.

Substackerinmagennis.substack.com

500+

Events curated, hosted, or spoken at

Science-tech ecosystems advised

100+

Guests on The DeSci Mic

Verify, Don't Trust: DeSci in Powering Trustless Innovation

ETHDenver 2025 · Feb 2025

14:37

Keynote Topics

I speak at the intersections where the most interesting ideas happen. Each talk is tailored to your audience and outcome goals.

PeopleSystems

Building 0 to 1

What it actually takes to go from idea to product to traction. Lessons from building across 18 ecosystems.

Founders, accelerators, corporate innovation teams

TechnologySystems

Future of [X]

Where AI, hardware, and decentralized systems are converging. What the next 5 years look like.

Tech conferences, executive audiences, investors

People

Human Performance

The neuroscience of focus, decision-making, and sustainable high performance.

Corporate teams, health/wellness events, leadership summits

PeopleTechSystems

Intersections as Innovation

Why the most interesting ideas happen between fields, not within them. How to see and build at the edges.

Interdisciplinary conferences, innovation labs, universities

Bring Erin to your event

Every talk is custom-built for your audience. Let's discuss what would move the needle for your event.

Featured Clips

From neuroscience to NFTs to decentralized science. A decade of speaking across audiences.

Scaling NFTs for the Masses

NFT.NYC 2021 · Nov 2021

10:07

Life's Not Linear

Real Industry · Jul 2020

28:05

NFTs in Neuroscience, DNA, and BioTech

NFT.NYC 2022 · Jul 2022

33:53

Exploring the Future: DeSci Landscape Overview

DeSci London · Mar 2024

20:55

The DeSci Mic

100+ guests, 2M+ impressions. Conversations with the builders, scientists, and thinkers shaping what's next.

Listen at futurestate.media

100+ guests2M+ impressions

Past Events

Headlining / Solo Talks

ETHDenver2025DeSci London2025DeSci London2024NFT.NYC2021NFT.NYC2022Devcon SEA2024AuraNova / DeSci Summit2024OpenD/I Summit2023

Panels & Moderation

Sei Network: WTF is DeSci?2025Chain Reaction Global2025Deculture Summit / EthCC2024DeSci Tokyo2023Howard University AI Safety Summit2023DcentralCon2023Women Web3 Miami2022SciCon2022ResearchHub2022ETH Milwaukee2022iGEM DeSci Kolkata2025Devcon Argentina (d/acc Day)2025

Organized / Co-Curated

Zuitzerland Summit2025Biopunk DeSci Hackathon2025Castalia Mexico2024Funding the Commons Bangkok2024Funding the Commons @ Aleph2024ETHChicago2023Biotech Unblocked2024

What people say

“There's a good possibility a lot of us will be working for Erin sometime in the future, and I'm here for it.”

Forest Richter

@RichterForest

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“Every time I meet with Erin it is the exact conversation I never knew I needed to have. She opened me up to a whole new world of possibilities.”

Xavier

“Erin is one heck of a good person. You folks in Milwaukee got some gems there.”

Doug Butdorf

@DougButdorf

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Looking for more than a keynote?

AI for Science

Open science data, tools, and workshops for researchers.

AI for Science

techsystemspeople

A hub for scientists who want to know which AI tools to use for what in their own work, with the people already using them. Built from hundreds of tools and bookmarks: a field guide, a toolbox, a living timeline and a job board.

Explore the hub Read the article

Open POTS

techsystems

An open pipeline built with Claude that pulled 148,186 findings from 11,519 POTS and dysautonomia papers, each with its verbatim source quote. Wrong IDs corrected in 35% of model-tagged entries. Selected for Anthropic's AI for Science Rare Disease Program, and 100+ researchers, providers, and patients reached out to collaborate.

Visit GitHub Anthropic program

EDS Findings

techsystems

The Open POTS method replicated for Ehlers-Danlos syndromes and hypermobility, with support from Anthropic's AI for Science Rare Disease Program. 24,200 findings from 3,558 papers published 1946 to 2026, each with its verbatim source quote.

GitHub Anthropic program

Condition Findings Builder

techsystems

The reusable method behind Open POTS and the EDS dataset. Retrieve papers, screen them, extract one row per finding with its source quote, check quality with negative controls, and package it so anyone can re-verify. One config file per condition.

GitHub

Decentralized science

Programs, media, and protocols for open, verifiable science.

MuseMatrix

peoplesystems

Decentralized science institute I co-founded. A 6-month global fellowship that trained 80 scientists and AI and blockchain developers to build together, plus weekly workshops and a science hackathon at Frontier Tower's SF bio and neuro wet lab.

VisitCase Study

DeSci Landscape Analysis

systemspeople

An industry map of decentralized science, built from surveys of 67 teams. I was lead researcher, at talentDAO in 2023.

Read it

Causality Network

techsystems

Co-founded. An open protocol for verifying scientific data, and a tamper-resistant bioreactor that signs its sensor readings at the source, built for 5 academic partners.

The DeSci Mic

peoplesystems

100+ guests, 2M+ impressions. Conversations with the builders and thinkers shaping what's next.

VisitCase Study

Proof of Analysis

techsystems

Peer review for science, by experiment type. Scientists earn reputation by submitting analytical chemistry data, stored on Filecoin and checked on chain. Built at ETHGlobal Buenos Aires.

Datavant EHR

techpeople

Tracking how often your health data is being shared.

GitHub

AI tools

Assistants, capture, and generative media.

Lever

techpeople

An always-on workplace AI assistant. Ask for help, find approved company workflows, get visual guidance, and turn repeated work into reusable skills without leaving the task.

Visit

HippocampOS

techpeople

Browser extension for intelligent content capture. Smart tagging, semantic search, profile extraction.

View Source

Smart glasses

Hands-free capture with proof it's real.

EigenSnap and EigenStream

tech

Photos and live POV video from Mentra smart glasses, with TEE attestation so anyone can check the footage is real and untouched. EigenSnap v2 is the latest version.

EigenSnap v2 EigenStream demo EigenStream

EurekaSense

techsystems

Lab documentation through smart glasses and voice, with blockchain audit trails for FDA-ready data integrity.

Visit

Hands-Free AI Lab Notebook

techpeople

Hackathon prototype. Scientists document lab work hands-free through smart glasses and voice.

Watch the demo

Crypto and blockchain

Funding, markets, and trust on crypto rails.

Pledger

techsystemspeople

Pledges you can trust. When someone promises money, Pledger shows whether the money is really there and when it will land. Built for Colosseum's Crypto World's Fair.

Visit GitHub

ImpactHook

techsystems

Uniswap v4 hook for impact funding. Milestone-gated fee routing turns trading volume into social impact.

GitHubCase Study

Pantheon

techsystemspeople

A marketplace for verifiable expertise. Mint humans and archetypal figures as iNFTs, assemble them into committees on demand, and get a signed verdict on any claim. Built at ETHGlobal OpenAgents 2026.

Visit GitHub

Purses

peopletechsystems

The first fashion house for crypto. A curator-economy platform where members trade, save, and build communities. Founder and creator. Built on Bags and Solana.

Visit

Ethereum DApp Map

techsystems

Interactive data visualization of the Ethereum DApp ecosystem.

GitHub

Future, art, and community

Film, writing, generative media, and play.

The Ridge

people

A feature film in development. A film by Erin Magennis.

Visit

Videyo

tech

A production control room for generative media. Enter a brief, run a model, review the result, and get a verified provenance record beside the asset. Built for the Backblaze Generative Media Hackathon.

GitHub

Framed

techpeople

Easter Eggs for Adults. AI-generated prank photos hidden around a house like an Easter egg hunt. Built at Silly Hacks 2026.

Visit

Writer's Block

techpeople

The writing club where you can't stop. Set a timer, start typing — if you pause too long, your words disappear.

Visit

I also speak at events.

Looking for a speaker, advisor, or collaborator? I'd love to hear what you're building.

The intersections others miss

Where people, systems, and tech collide. And what it means for what's next.

Substackerinmagennis.substack.com

Emailhi@erinmagennis.com X@erinmagennis LinkedIn/in/erinmagennis GitHuberinmagennis

AI for Science

Open science data, tools, and workshops for researchers.

AI for Science

techsystemspeople

Explore the hub Read the article

Open POTS

techsystems

Visit GitHub Anthropic program

EDS Findings

techsystems

GitHub Anthropic program

Condition Findings Builder

techsystems

GitHub

Decentralized science

Programs, media, and protocols for open, verifiable science.

MuseMatrix

peoplesystems

VisitCase Study

DeSci Landscape Analysis

systemspeople

An industry map of decentralized science, built from surveys of 67 teams. I was lead researcher, at talentDAO in 2023.

Read it

Causality Network

techsystems

Co-founded. An open protocol for verifying scientific data, and a tamper-resistant bioreactor that signs its sensor readings at the source, built for 5 academic partners.

The DeSci Mic

peoplesystems

100+ guests, 2M+ impressions. Conversations with the builders and thinkers shaping what's next.

VisitCase Study

Proof of Analysis

techsystems

Peer review for science, by experiment type. Scientists earn reputation by submitting analytical chemistry data, stored on Filecoin and checked on chain. Built at ETHGlobal Buenos Aires.

Datavant EHR

techpeople

Tracking how often your health data is being shared.

GitHub

AI tools

Assistants, capture, and generative media.

Lever

techpeople

An always-on workplace AI assistant. Ask for help, find approved company workflows, get visual guidance, and turn repeated work into reusable skills without leaving the task.

Visit

HippocampOS

techpeople

Browser extension for intelligent content capture. Smart tagging, semantic search, profile extraction.

View Source

Smart glasses

Hands-free capture with proof it's real.

EigenSnap and EigenStream

tech

Photos and live POV video from Mentra smart glasses, with TEE attestation so anyone can check the footage is real and untouched. EigenSnap v2 is the latest version.

EigenSnap v2 EigenStream demo EigenStream

EurekaSense

techsystems

Lab documentation through smart glasses and voice, with blockchain audit trails for FDA-ready data integrity.

Visit

Hands-Free AI Lab Notebook

techpeople

Hackathon prototype. Scientists document lab work hands-free through smart glasses and voice.

Watch the demo

Crypto and blockchain

Funding, markets, and trust on crypto rails.

Pledger

techsystemspeople

Pledges you can trust. When someone promises money, Pledger shows whether the money is really there and when it will land. Built for Colosseum's Crypto World's Fair.

Visit GitHub

ImpactHook

techsystems

Uniswap v4 hook for impact funding. Milestone-gated fee routing turns trading volume into social impact.

GitHubCase Study

Pantheon

techsystemspeople

Visit GitHub

Purses

peopletechsystems

The first fashion house for crypto. A curator-economy platform where members trade, save, and build communities. Founder and creator. Built on Bags and Solana.

Visit