jay vidyarthi

Founder, Still Ape + Trainer & Curriculum Designer, Healthy Minds Innovations

Jay Vidyarthi is an attention activist and the founder of Still Ape - the world's first UX design studio focused exclusively on mindfulness, compassion, and wellbeing. The vision is a society where access points to self-care and collective transformation are as diverse as the people who need them. He also teaches mindfulness, inspiring people to reclaim their freedom of attention in the face of constant distraction.

As a human-centered designer, Jay helped create Muse: the brain sensing headband, Sonic Cradle, the Healthy Minds Program, Brightmind, and 40+ more mindful technologies. He helped start the Mindful Society Global Institute and serves on its advisory council. He’s taught design at major institutions and his work and ideas have been recognized and featured internationally (Harvard, MIT, CHI, UN, UToronto, Mindful.org, NYU Stern, Forbes, Vice, World Happiness Week, Fast Company, TED, TransTech200, UX Awards, etc).