X-Lab Celebrates One Year Anniversary, Spins out as an Independent Tech Tank

WASHINGTON, DC ­– New America congratulates
X-Lab director and founder Sascha Meinrath on X-Lab’s spin out as an
independent tech tank starting in April.

X-Lab,
a project incubated at New America over the last year, will be housed at the
New Venture Fund, a 501(c)(3) public charity that works to achieve a healthier,
more equitable world through a diverse array of technology, conservation,
education, global health, and other philanthropic initiatives.

“Today,
Washington needs bold leadership that can chart a course through the
increasingly complex tensions that new technologies are creating,” stated Sascha
Meinrath, X-Lab’s founder and director. “I’ve been honored to work with many of
the smartest technical minds on the planet, launching both New America’s Open
Technology Institute and now X-Lab. X-Lab is conceptualized from the ground up to
provide a fundamentally new kind of collaborative environment for the next
generation of tech policy visionaries.”

Meinrath
previously founded New America’s Open Technology Institute in 2008, and led its
rapid growth to become one of the leading technology policy organizations in
the nation’s capital. He stepped down as OTI’s Director and New America’s Vice-­President
in 2014 to launch X-Lab, the latest in a series of innovative projects he’s
curated and developed at New America.

“The
Open Technology Institute is a vital and exciting part of New America, one that
is helping to shape our future at the intersection of policy and technology in
a wide range of fields,” stated Anne­-Marie Slaughter, President of New
America. “Sascha founded and built OTI over a number of years, for which we are
deeply grateful. We expect great things from him as he spins out his new
venture.”

More information
about X-Lab can be found here. Information about
New America’s Open Technology Institute can be found here.