Community
Self is supported by a global community of developers, researchers, entrepreneurs, and organizations exploring cutting-edge approaches to identity, privacy, and trust. The future won’t be built by a single company, which is why we’re investing in the people and ideas helping define the next generation of the internet.
Company Timeline
Self was founded on the conviction that the internet needs better ways to establish trust and preserve privacy. Since then, we’ve shipped products, expanded to support 127+ countries, partnered with global leaders, and served 15+million users. Here’s a look at some of the key moments along the way.
2024
The beginning
Self Labs starts as a collaboration with OpenPassport, leading to the two projects joining forces early the following year
Initial Audit & App Launch
Self app and SDK launch: the first audited, production-ready zk passport offering in the market
google partnership
Google announces integration of Self for Proof of Human and AI use cases
seed raised
Self announces $9M+ seed round
FEB
2025
self Agent id
Self launches Self Agent ID
LOAM acquisition
Self acquires Loam, an AI company specialized in agentic workflows
self enterprise
Launch of Self Enterprise
Leadership behind Self
Self is built by a team of founders, researchers, engineers, and designers with experience building products used by billions of people worldwide. Our team has led AI, engineering, and product organizations at Google, Uber, Facebook, Microsoft, Pytorch, GoDaddy, and more category leading companies, while contributing to advances in identity, cryptography, and large-scale systems.
We’re united by a shared belief that trust and privacy must be foundational to the future of the internet.
Rene Reinsberg
Co-founder & CEO
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Rémi Colin
Co-founder & VP Engineering
Marek Olszewski
Co-founder & CTO
Birju Shah
Co-founder & COO
Jon Lewis
Head of Design
Grace Richards
Head of People
Sepandar Kamvar
Research
Eric Nakagawa
Co-founder & Open Source
Florent Tavernier
Co-founder & Researcher
Backed by the best
We’re proud to be supported by a group of world-class investors and industry leaders with deep experience building transformative technology companies. Their partnership helps us scale our vision of a more trusted and privacy-preserving digital future.
Including Casey Neistat, Diogo Mónica, Packy McCormick, Mike Xenakis, and others.
Claude Donze
Partner, Greenfield Capital
Backing Self Labs is deeply personal to me. I grew up online - on obscure forums, in-game worlds, and late-night teamspeak calls with other humans. I have built lifelong relationships on the internet. As agents blur every boundary, the human signal is fading. What made the internet alive is disappearing, and that is what Self exists to protect. Self is building the protocol for fully private, verifiable identity
