Palo Alto Institute Information

The Palo Alto Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit think tank dedicated to the pursuit and promotion of unconventional truths through research and education. Founded in 2005, by Palo Alto Investors, the Palo Alto Institute collaborates with innovative thinkers who take pleasure in creative and intellectual exploration and action, and benefits from being located in Palo Alto, the heart of Silicon Valley and the home of Stanford University. THINK At PAI, search leads to research. We believe in a bottoms-up approach, where open-ended exploration produces new insights. These new ideas trigger interdisciplinary deep dives into fields as diverse as medicine and humor, and combining perspectives from neurobiology to anthropology to design. TELL PAI’s T3 series of inspirational and informative talks showcases innovative thinkers and doers from both inside and outside the Institute, bringing them together with our community in an enjoyable and accessible format. We publish books and journal articles, and are developing video, blogs and other means of communicating and connecting with the world. TEACH We want to change the way people think, incorporating new knowledge and insights as they arise. We also want to catalyze positive change in our everyday lives. We’re working on ways to teach people things like how to be funnier and healthier, how to use compound thinking to make better decisions and even how to slow down one’s perception of time.