Gaia Dempsey is the Founder and CEO of 7th Future, a consultancy that partners and co-invests with technology leaders and communities to build and launch scalable innovation models dedicated to advancing Augmented Reality, AI, IoT, and blockchain technologies. 7th Future projects accelerate entrepreneurship while supporting the development of scalable technology infrastructure, combining technical and practical skill-building related to AR, IoT, manufacturing and leveraging engagement with educational institutions, industry, and government stakeholders.

Prior to 7th Future, in 2010, Gaia co-founded DAQRI, an augmented reality hardware company that delivers a complete professional AR platform to the industrial and enterprise market.