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Olivia Lin

Co-founder, Studio 1 Labs

Healthtech

Olivia Lin co-founded Studio 1 Labs, the Markham healthtech company behind a sensor-woven intelligent bedsheet, in 2015 after finishing a PhD in cognitive psychology. As executive director, Lin led scientific validation and analytics and the development of AI for predicting health emergencies. Lin met co-founder Edward Shim at the University of Waterloo.

Olivia hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Olivia co-founded Studio 1 Labs, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

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Did Olivia Lin co-found Studio 1 Labs?

Yes. A CENGN success story published February 14, 2018 names Dr. Olivia Lin as co-founder, with a PhD in cognitive psychology, leading development of AI for health emergency prediction, and says Lin and Edward Shim founded the company. In a CAREhER interview published May 19, 2019 Lin is introduced as executive director and co-founder, and says the company was co-founded in 2015, right after Lin's PhD.

How did the founders split the work?

In a BetaKit article published January 25, 2018, Lin said Shim's strengths were hardware and bringing people together, while Lin focused on scientific validation and analytics. The article also describes early user testing in which parents were wary of the fabric, and a pivot to senior long-term care.

How did the company connect to Taiwan?

The CAREhER interview of May 19, 2019 says Lin grew up in Canada, was named to Girls in Tech Taiwan's 40 under 40 in 2019, and discusses why Studio 1 Labs expanded its work to Taiwan. In it, Lin also recalls meeting Shim at the University of Waterloo.

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