Exaptive

Exaptive is an ecosystem for creating knowledge from data, enabling developers and facilitating innovation through cognitive networks.

Exaptation is the biological phenomenon by which traits originally adapted for one purpose are co-opted for a different purpose, often with great evolutionary implications. Feathers, for example, thought of as a tool for flight, originally evolved because they trapped heat. Exaptive, Inc. was founded on the belief that this phenomenon applies equally to human insight and innovation, such as Gutenberg inventing the printing press after seeing a wine press at work in a vineyard. By creating a software environment in which such conceptual boundary-crossing is possible through the repurposing of data, algorithms, and visualizations, we envision a cross-disciplinary playground with unmatched potential for discovery, creativity, and innovation.