Perspective X with Pauline Fetaui 
About Bryony Cole
Bryony Cole is the founder of Future of Sex, a media business covering sextech: the products and services that use technology in sexual health, relationships and intimacy. She hosts the Future of Sex podcast, and the business now publishes a sextech industry newsletter that includes job listings across dating, sexual wellness and women's health.
She moved into the field after a corporate technology career that included Microsoft. She has run Sex Tech Hackathons, including in Singapore, that bring together people from groups under-represented in technology, and founded Sex Tech School for people building companies in the sector.
On Perspective X with Pauline Fetaui, she talked about building the sextech industry and how AI, loneliness and constant connectivity are changing intimacy and identity.
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Key moments from Bryony Cole on Sex Tech, Self-Discovery, and the Future of Intimacy.
- 3:12Why Bryony left Microsoft to explore the edge of sex and tech
- 7:30From commune living to global stages: Breaking the “good girl” mold
- 12:50Creating an industry brick by brick (and Airbnb’ing her place to fund it)
- 18:40Show your work: What creative momentum really looks like
- 25:10Launching Sex Tech School and building a global founder community
- 32:40Startup hacks: Overcoming censorship, banking blocks, and stigma
- 39:00Sex tech vs. adult: Rebranding the category and gaining legitimacy
- 43:12Deepfakes, AI porn, and the loneliness epidemic
- 51:00Dating the algorithm: AI companions and emotional outsourcing
- 59:40Future of sex, future of self: The coming shift in intimacy and identity
In their own words.
“ChatGPT doesn't have confirmation bias, but actually ChatGPT can be a bit of an echo effect and it wants to please, and it will never actually reject you.”
Future of Sex on Day One
Future of Sex is a sextech industry newsletter written by its founder, Bryony Cole.
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