{{Short description|American business consultancy company}} {{distinguish|Singularity Institute}} {{Infobox company | name = Singularity Education Group | logo = Singularity Group BW logo.svg | logo_alt = Spiraling yellow and blue dots next to the words "Singularity University" | industry = Education | founder = Peter Diamandis and Ray Kurzweil | hq_location = Santa Clara, California | key_people = | brands = Singularity University, SingularityU, SU Ventures, Futurism News (formerly), Uncommon Partners Labs | num_employees = <250 | website = {{URL|www.su.org}} }}
'''Singularity Education Group''' (using the public names '''Singularity Group''', '''Singularity University''' or '''SingularityU''') is an American company that offers executive educational programs, a business incubator, and business consultancy services.<ref name="kulkarni">{{cite news|last1=Kulkarni|first1=Nitish|title=Singularity University Launches Accelerator To Seize Academia's Innovation Monopoly|url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/09/30/singularity-university-launches-accelerator/|access-date=8 March 2016|work=TechCrunch|date=30 September 2015|archive-date=7 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307145945/http://techcrunch.com/2015/09/30/singularity-university-launches-accelerator/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="John Hagel III and John Seely Brown">{{cite magazine |author=John Hagel III and John Seely Brown |url=http://fortune.com/2013/09/16/when-the-professor-works-at-google |title=When the professor works at Google |magazine=Fortune.com |date=2013-09-26 |access-date=2014-04-28 |archive-date=2014-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707055755/http://fortune.com/2013/09/16/when-the-professor-works-at-google/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Although the company uses the word "university" in its branding, it is not an accredited university and has no academic programs or accreditation.
In 2018 the company faced allegations of sexual harassment, embezzlement, and discrimination dating to its founding.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-11-12|title=Silicon Valley's Singularity University Is Cutting Staff, CEO Exits|language=en|work=Bloomberg.com|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-12/silicon-valley-s-singularity-university-is-cutting-staff-ceo-exits|first=Sarah|last=McBride|access-date=2024-07-24|archive-date=2021-11-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121051232/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-12/silicon-valley-s-singularity-university-is-cutting-staff-ceo-exits|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-15/silicon-valley-s-singularity-university-has-some-serious-reality-problems|title=Silicon Valley's Singularity University Has Some Serious Reality Problems|last=McBride|first=Sarah|date=2018-02-15|website=Bloomberg Businessweek|access-date=2019-01-29|archive-date=2019-01-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130000132/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-15/silicon-valley-s-singularity-university-has-some-serious-reality-problems|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2023, the organization has a new management team and is relaunching its global expansion strategy.{{Citation needed|date=July 2025}}
==History== Singularity University was announced at a TED talk in 2009 by Ray Kurzweil, who co-founded the company with Peter Diamandis. Diamandis was the university’s first chairman.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite web |title=How to Live Forever and Get Rich Doing It |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/08/11/how-to-live-forever-and-get-rich-doing-it |website=The New Yorker |access-date=23 September 2025}}</ref> It was founded as a nonprofit and initially offered an annual 10-week summer program called the Graduate Studies Program (GSP) aimed at people who want to understand how they can use technology to tackle global challenges.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cadwalladr |first=Carole |date=2012-04-29 |title=Singularity University: meet the people who are building our future |url=http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/apr/29/singularity-university-technology-future-thinkers |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> Its original Corporate founding partners and sponsors included Google,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/business/13sing.html?pagewanted=all|title=Merely Human? That's So Yesterday|last=Vance|first=Ashlee|author-link=Ashlee Vance|date=June 12, 2010|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=February 25, 2017|archive-date=October 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020143916/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/business/13sing.html?pagewanted=all|url-status=live}}</ref> Nokia,<ref name="vb">{{Cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/media/peter-diamandis-says-singularity-university-raises-awareness-of-exponential-technologies-video/|title=Peter Diamandis sounds the alarm on embracing exponential technologies (video)|date=August 28, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://research.nokia.com/news/11357|title=Nokia Supports Singularity University as Fifth Corporate Founder|date=November 10, 2010|publisher=Nokia Research Center|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127224419/http://research.nokia.com/news/11357|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 January 2013}}</ref> Autodesk,<ref name="BBC">{{Cite web |date=2013-12-03 |title=Singularity University plots hi-tech future for humans |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-25000753 |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=BBC News |archive-date=2022-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225194701/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-25000753 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://investors.autodesk.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=117861&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1390515|title=Autodesk Increases Support for Singularity University to Corporate Founder Level|date=February 12, 2010|publisher=Autodesk|location=MOFFETT FIELD, Calif.|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130117081258/http://investors.autodesk.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=117861&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1390515|archive-date=January 17, 2013}} [http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100212005387/en/Autodesk-Increases-Support-Singularity-University-Corporate-Founder Alt URL] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510203447/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100212005387/en/Autodesk-Increases-Support-Singularity-University-Corporate-Founder |date=2015-05-10 }}</ref> IDEO,{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} LinkedIn,{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} the X Prize Foundation, ePlanet Ventures,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kenrick |first=Chris |date=2012-08-17 |title=Where science fiction meets reality |url=https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2012/08/17/where-science-fiction-meets-reality |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=Palo Alto Weekly}}</ref> the Kauffman Foundation, and Genentech.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/biotech/2012/02/singularity-university-genentech.html|title=Genentech, Singularity University ink deal|last=Leuty|first=Ron|date=February 6, 2012|publisher=San Francisco Business Journal|access-date=November 18, 2012|archive-date=February 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209064058/http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/biotech/2012/02/singularity-university-genentech.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Google subsequently ended its grant of $1.5 million annually.<ref name=":1" />
Singularity University began the process for conversion to a for-profit benefit corporation.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/2012/08/singularity-university-upgrade/ |title=Robot Professors Come With Singularity University's Massive Upgrade |magazine=Wired Magazine |date=August 22, 2012 |author=Ryan Tate |access-date=November 23, 2014 |archive-date=December 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222220748/https://www.wired.com/2012/08/singularity-university-upgrade/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2013, the new for-profit corporation incorporated as "Singularity Education Group" and acquired "Singularity University" as its trade name.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.educationdive.com/news/singularity-university-planning-to-go-for-profit/42075/ |title=Singularity University planning to go for-profit |publisher=Education Dive |date=July 20, 2012 |author=Brian Warmoth |access-date=November 23, 2014 |archive-date=November 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129075856/http://www.educationdive.com/news/singularity-university-planning-to-go-for-profit/42075/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Also in 2013, Diamandis founded Abundance360, an invitation-only program to bring together people interested in exponential and life extension technologies. Abundance360 is now a program within Singularity University.<ref>{{cite web |title=How to Live Forever and Get Rich Doing It |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/08/11/how-to-live-forever-and-get-rich-doing-it |website=The New Yorker |access-date=23 September 2025}}</ref> In 2018, Singularity announced a $32 million Series B investment round.<ref>{{cite web |title=Boeing helps lead new $32M investment in Singularity University, explores deeper partnership |url=https://www.geekwire.com/2018/boeing-helps-lead-new-32m-investment-singularity-university-explores-deeper-partnership/ |website=Geekwire |access-date=8 December 2025}}</ref>
In 2018, faculty reported frustration about the company's focus on profit.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2018-02-15|title=Silicon Valley's Singularity University Is Close to Flunking Out|language=en|work=Bloomberg.com|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-15/silicon-valley-s-singularity-university-has-some-serious-reality-problems|access-date=2021-10-07|archive-date=2019-01-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130000132/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-15/silicon-valley-s-singularity-university-has-some-serious-reality-problems|url-status=live}}</ref> The next year, it acquired ''Futurism'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Willens |first=Max |date=2019-03-15 |title=Gravity blanket seller Futurism acquired by Singularity University |url=https://digiday.com/media/gravity-blanket-seller-futurism-acquired-singularity-university/ |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=Digiday |archive-date=2019-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411203550/https://digiday.com/media/gravity-blanket-seller-futurism-acquired-singularity-university/ |url-status=live }}</ref> moved the headquarters from the NASA Research Park at NASA Ames to Santa Clara, California,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://su.org/contact/|title=Contact Us|website=Singularity University|language=en|access-date=2019-10-15|archive-date=2019-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503084341/https://su.org/contact/|url-status=live}}</ref> and added new Country Partner franchises in Brazil and Australia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://su.org/press-room/press-releases/hsm-and-singularity-university-partner-to-launch-singularityu-brazil/|title=HSM and Singularity University Partner to Launch SingularityU Brazil|website=Singularity University|language=en|access-date=2019-10-15|archive-date=2019-10-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015043220/https://su.org/press-room/press-releases/hsm-and-singularity-university-partner-to-launch-singularityu-brazil/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com.au/singularity-university-launch-points-to-big-boost-for-startups-in-asia-pacific-and-australia-2019-4|title=Singularity University launch is a big boost for deep technology startups in Asia-Pacific|last=Ross|first=David|date=2019-04-23|website=Business Insider Australia|language=en|access-date=2019-10-15|archive-date=2019-10-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015043218/https://www.businessinsider.com.au/singularity-university-launch-points-to-big-boost-for-startups-in-asia-pacific-and-australia-2019-4|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Futurism'' was sold in 2021 to Recurrent Ventures.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Recurrent Ventures Company Profile: Valuation & Investors {{!}} PitchBook|url=https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/470777-32#investments|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119192753/https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/470777-32#investments|archive-date=January 19, 2022|website=PitchBook}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cartwright |first=Maxwell Tani, Lachlan |date=2021-07-26 |title=Futurism Bought by VC-Backed Firm Seeking to Become Next Big Media Power Player |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/futurism-bought-by-vc-backed-firm-recurrent-ventures-which-seeks-to-become-media-power-player |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=The Daily Beast}}</ref> In 2022, Talespin acquired Pioneer Adaptive Learning Platform.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.su.org/blog/talespin-announces-investment-from-westriver-group-acquires-pioneer-adaptive-learning-platform-from-singularity-group |title=Talespin Announces Investment and from WestRiver Group, Acquires 'Pioneer Adaptive Learning Platform' from Singularity Group|website=su.org|publisher=Singularity Group|access-date=January 4, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.socaltech.com/talespin_gets_new_investment/s-0082966.html |title=Talespin Gets New Investment|website=socaltech.com|publisher=SocalTech|access-date=January 4, 2023}}</ref> Aaron Vaccaro has been the president of Singularity University since 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Robots and Real Voices at Upcoming Singularity Summit |url=https://www.mediaupdate.co.za/marketing/159722/robots-and-real-voices-at-upcoming-singularity-summit |website=Mediaupdate |access-date=8 December 2025}}</ref>
Between 2024 and 2025, Singularity University organized and participated in several international summits. Singularity Summit Spain was held in Madrid in November 2024. Other events were held in South Africa, Brazil, and India. The summit in India was attended by 120 B Tech, MBA, and MCA students with a focus on AI, robotics, and biotechnology.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hans India |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/mits-faculty-students-participate-in-intl-singularity-india-summit-2025-1001951 |website= The Hans India |access-date=23 September 2025}}</ref>
==Executive Program== The Executive Program is a series of five-day training programs that focus on how topics relating to technology and its impacts on business.<ref name="abc7news.com">{{cite news|title=Elite University Aims to Solve the World's Problems|url=http://abc7news.com/archive/9110171/|access-date=May 18, 2015|publisher=abc7news.com|date=May 20, 2013|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518074047/http://abc7news.com/archive/9110171/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Executive Innovation Program {{!}} Singularity |url=https://www.su.org/executive-program |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=www.su.org}}</ref>
=== Global Impact Competition === In 2016, SingularityU The Netherlands organized a Global Impact Competition for Dutch entrepreneurs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.singularityuthenetherlands.org/gic|title=Singularity University GIC|website=www.singularityuthenetherlands.org|access-date=2016-11-24|archive-date=2016-11-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124221436/https://www.singularityuthenetherlands.org/gic|url-status=live}}</ref> Danny Wagemans, a 21-year-old nanophysics student, won the first prize to participate in the 10-week Global Solutions Program. He demonstrated how clean water and energy can be derived from urine by combining a microbial fuel cell and a graphene filter in a water bottle.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://singularityuthenetherlands.org/news/4|title=Global Impact Competition Winner - SingularityU The Netherlands|website=singularityuthenetherlands.org|access-date=2016-11-24|archive-date=2016-11-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124221436/https://singularityuthenetherlands.org/news/4|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Singularity Hub== Singularity Hub is a science and tech media website published by Singularity University.<ref name="About Us">{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://singularityhub.com/about/|website=Singularity HUB|publisher=Singularity University|access-date=2015-05-19|archive-date=2015-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629181831/http://singularityhub.com/about/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was founded in 2008<ref name="About Us"/> with the mission of "providing news coverage of sci/tech breakthroughs that are rapidly changing human abilities, health, and society".<ref name="Singularity University">{{cite news|last1=Kleiner|first1=Keith|title=Singularity Hub Acquired! Now Part Of Singularity University|url=http://singularityhub.com/2012/11/14/singularity-hub-acquired-now-part-of-singularity-university/|agency=Singularity HUB|publisher=Singularity University|date=November 14, 2012|access-date=May 19, 2015|archive-date=May 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520190959/http://singularityhub.com/2012/11/14/singularity-hub-acquired-now-part-of-singularity-university/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was acquired by Singularity University in 2012, to make content produced by Singularity University more accessible.<ref name="Singularity University"/>
In March 2018, Singularity Hub released 695 articles via Creative Commons license CC BY-ND 4.0.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://singularityhub.com/about|title=About - Singularity Hub|work=Singularity Hub|access-date=2018-03-21|language=en-US|archive-date=2017-11-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171119102327/https://singularityhub.com/about/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==SU Labs== SU Labs is a seed accelerator by Singularity University, targeting startups that aim to "change the lives of a billion people."<ref>{{cite news|title=La Singularity University, ovni 3.0 de la Silicon Valley|url=https://mobile.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2015/03/13/la-singularity-university-nouvel-ovni-de-la-silicon-valley_4593042_3234.html?xtref=https://www.google.com/|access-date=May 18, 2015|issue=The World Economy|newspaper=Le Monde|date=March 13, 2015|archive-date=December 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151213062100/http://mobile.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2015/03/13/la-singularity-university-nouvel-ovni-de-la-silicon-valley_4593042_3234.html?xtref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2011, a Singularity University group launched Matternet, a startup that aims to harness drone technology to ship goods in developing countries that lack highway infrastructure. Other startups from SU are the peer-to-peer car-sharing service Getaround, and BioMine, which uses mining technologies to extract value from electronic waste.<ref name="Mountain View Voice">{{cite news|title=Where science fiction meets reality|url=http://www.mv-voice.com/story.php?story_id=8037|newspaper=Mountain View Voice|date=August 24, 2012|access-date=November 18, 2012|archive-date=October 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025093554/http://mv-voice.com/story.php?story_id=8037|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Controversies ==
=== 2018 Bloomberg Businessweek expose === A 2018 investigative report by ''Bloomberg Businessweek'' found many issues with the organization, including an alleged sexual harassment of a student by a teacher, aiding of theft by an executive, and allegations of discrimination. It also noted that Naveen Jain, an early member of the company, was convicted of insider trading in 2003.<ref name=":1" />
=== COVID denialism === In February 2021, ''MIT Technology Review'' reported that a group owned by Singularity had held a "mostly maskless" event in Santa Monica in violation of the local stay-at-home order that became a superspreading event.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guo |first=Eileen |date=2021-02-13 |title=He started a covid-19 vaccine company. Then he hosted a superspreader event. |url=https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/02/13/1018374/peter-diamandis-covid-superspreader-a360-conference/ |access-date=2021-08-13 |website=MIT Technology Review |language=en |archive-date=2024-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805205100/https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/02/13/1018374/peter-diamandis-covid-superspreader-a360-conference/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The event was led by Singularity co-founder Peter Diamandis. In a follow-up article, ''MIT Technology Review'' reported that after COVID-19 started spreading among attendees, Diamandis tried to sell them "fraudulent" treatments that a professor of law and medicine at Stanford University called "quackery".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guo |first=Eileen |date=2021-03-11 |title=First he held a superspreader event. Then he recommended fake cures. |url=https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/03/11/1020725/diamandis-fraudulent-covid-treatment-peptides-amniotic-fluid/ |access-date=2021-08-13 |website=MIT Technology Review |language=en |archive-date=2024-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714014602/https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/03/11/1020725/diamandis-fraudulent-covid-treatment-peptides-amniotic-fluid/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The superspreading event was covered widely by publications including the ''New York Times'',<ref>{{Cite news|last=Fortin|first=Jacey|date=2021-02-16|title=Technology Executive Apologizes After Dozens of Event Attendees Contract Covid-19|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/us/peter-diamandis-covid-ca.html|access-date=2021-08-13|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2022-11-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118024633/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/us/peter-diamandis-covid-ca.html|url-status=live}}</ref> the ''Washington Post'',<ref>{{Cite news|title=A coronavirus vaccine entrepreneur held an indoor conference. Now dozens of attendees have the virus.|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/16/peter-diamandis-summit-coronavirus-outbreak/|access-date=2021-08-13|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> and the ''Los Angeles Times''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-17|title=Why a California scientist hosted superspreader event amid a deadly COVID-19 surge|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-02-17/california-scientist-superspreader-event|access-date=2021-08-13|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|archive-date=2023-05-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530081206/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-02-17/california-scientist-superspreader-event|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Reese Jones ties to OneTaste === A 2025 trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York convicted OneTaste founder Nicole Daedone for forced labor conspiracy. Prosecutors charged Daedone with procuring women for her boyfriend, Singularity University associate founder Reese Jones. Jones himself was not charged.<ref name="Pullano 13 May 2025">{{cite web |last1=Pullano |first1=Nina |date=13 May 2025 |title=Bay Area 'sex cult' workers forced to service wealthy clients sexually: Witnesses |url=https://www.courthousenews.com/bay-area-sex-cult-workers-forced-to-service-wealthy-clients-sexually-witnesses/ |access-date=14 May 2025 |website=Courthouse News Service}}</ref> A sentencing memorandum states that Daedone and her co-conspirator "direct[ed] victims to serve as 'handlers' for OneTaste’s main investor, Reese Jones, including cooking for him, sexually servicing him each day and performing other labor." The memorandum states that Jones received the services after he invested at least $800,000 in the company and subsidized the luxurious lifestyle of Daedone.<ref name=":12">{{Cite Pacer|plaintiff=United States of America|defendant=Cherwitz|case-title=United States of America v. Cherwitz|title=The Government’s Sentencing Memorandum as to Defendant Nicole Daedone|doc-number=482|date=2025-12-10|pacer-number=495225|case-state=NY|case-district=ED|case-division=1|case-year=2023|case-type=cr|case-sequence=00146|access-date=2026-02-17}}{{source-attribution}}</ref>
A statement by Eros Platform, a successor to OneTaste, states that Jones "was instrumental in the establishment of OneTaste Inc.". It does not deny that Daedone procured sexual partners for Jones, but says that he provided "a safe and entirely consensual adult environment for personal exploration and development."<ref>{{Cite web |title=OneTaste: The Truth About Reese Jones |url=https://erosplatform.com/blogs/onetaste-the-truth-about-reese-jones |access-date=2026-02-21 |website=Eros Platform |language=en}}</ref>
The OneTaste company (and its successors) center around events teaching the practice of "orgasmic meditation". The company's live demonstrations of the technique involved women allowing strangers (often men) to touch their genitals. Several witnesses in the trials claimed their participation in these demonstrations was coaxed to benefit paying male participants.<ref name=":12" /> Communal houses sponsored by OneTaste required residents to engage in the orgasmic meditation practice and to change partners frequently.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Huet |first=Ellen |title=Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |year=2025 |pages=63, 66, 85, 89, 117 |type=Kindle}}</ref> Several media reports about the company label it a cult.<ref name="Ensor May 2025">{{cite web |last1=Ensor |first1=Josie |date=7 May 2025 |title=OneTaste 'orgasm and masturbation cult' was forced-labour, trial told |url=https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/onetaste-orgasm-cult-trial-nicole-daedone-rachel-cherwitz-q5rjwvdrq |access-date=10 May 2025 |website=The Times |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Ensor May 20252">{{cite web |last1=Ensor |first1=Josie |date=7 May 2025 |title=OneTaste 'orgasm and masturbation cult' was forced-labour, trial told |url=https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/onetaste-orgasm-cult-trial-nicole-daedone-rachel-cherwitz-q5rjwvdrq |access-date=10 May 2025 |website=The Times |language=en}}</ref>
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