Public Interest Technology at SFE | Siegel Family Endowment

Public Interest Technology, or PIT for short, is an ecosystem of technologists, designers, researchers, and more that promotes the public interest in the development, utilization, regulation, and transfer of technological tools and approaches. Technology has upended the way we learn, communicate, work, civically engage, and more. Too often, tech designers and tech companies prioritize speed and scale—ignoring values like trust and equity. The emerging and evolving public interest technology ecosystem is creating opportunities to prioritize values like equity, in the tech field. 

This growing field holds massive opportunities for people excited to use technology and digital solutions to tackle the world’s most pressing challenges. From creating software that connects real time public health data to hospital systems, to building data models to map municipal climate impact, PIT elevates our digital infrastructure through cutting edge solutions designed to address today’s biggest problems in ways that are equitable, inclusive and accountable to the public.