Lanai Open Garage Session | Reimagine Democracy: Changing Who Has Influence
Join Lexi Reese, Co-Founder and CEO of Lanai, for a fireside chat with Ali Partovi, Neo CEO, Sway & Code.org Cofounder, and Claire Shorall, Cofounder & CEO, Sway, on on building a new system for democratic influence.
Ali Partovi has consistently spotted transformative talent before others - from early investments in Facebook and Dropbox to identifying Cursor's founder as an 18-year-old MIT student. Claire Shorall moved from transforming computer science education in Oakland schools to organizing for the Harris presidential campaign in Pennsylvania, where she witnessed firsthand the gap between citizens and meaningful influence.
Now they're building Sway, a platform that applies network principles to reimagine who has power in our democracy. Just as social networks transformed how we connect personally and professionally, Sway aims to transform how civic influence flows—creating a system where ordinary citizens can build coalitions around shared values rather than relying on traditional power brokers.
Who Should Attend
This session brings together builders and thinkers from multiple spheres:
Enterprise tech leaders seeking inspiration beyond business applications
Founders and investors at the technology/civic innovation frontier
Engineering talent who code with broader purpose
Civic changemakers interested in network-powered influence
Why Attend
This is not your grandma's panel. It's an off-the-record, small-room conversation with two visionaries who are applying technology principles to one of society's most fundamental systems: democracy itself.
Can network technologies genuinely redistribute power, or will they just create new gatekeepers?
What happens when you verify real voters instead of allowing anonymous accounts?
How do you design against polarization when conflict drives engagement?
Hosted by Lanai
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