Founder & CEO · J3D.AI · House of Collaboration · Estonian Leap (PPP) · Ex-McKinsey

Yip Thy-Diep Ta

Making peace more profitable than war - through strategic counsel, sovereign capital, and high-level convening across Europe and Asia.

Yip Thy-Diep Ta - Founder & CEO, J3D.AI Labs
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01 - About

Strategic counsel where capital, technology and corridors meet.

Yip is an entrepreneur at the intersection of capital, technology and geography - a former McKinsey consultant, Allianz strategist, and INSEAD MBA now leading a deep-tech advisory and convening practice across Munich, Tallinn, Mumbai and Dubai.

Her vision is to make peace more profitable than war - translated into operational terms: large-scale M&A discipline, sovereign capital advisory, and frontier-technology counsel for founders, corporates and governments across Europe-Asia corridors.

Strategic M&A Sovereign Capital & Fundraising AI & Collective Intelligence Corridor Strategy · Europe-Asia Web3 & Token Economy Cybernetic Governance Peace Economics Deep-Tech Investment
Headline credentials
Guinness World Record holder · Project 195
TEDx MIT Speaker · Boston
Top 100 Women in Web3
President · INSEAD Global Leadership Club
Author · Beautiful Brains & Mindful Poems
Corridor focus
China · Vietnam · India · DACH · New Nordics
02 - Work

Three flagships, one book of work.

i.

J3D.AI Labs

Founder & CEO · Advisory & AI

Strategic counsel, AI readiness scoring (VAY Score™), and capital matchmaking across Europe and Asia. Tallinn-registered, with operating bases in Munich, Mumbai and Dubai.

4
Bases · Global
5+
Strategic Corridors
ii.

House of Collaboration

Co-Founder · Davos

Annual flagship convening at Davos - invitation-only platform for AI readiness, GovTech, sovereign infrastructure, and capital deployment. Now in its third edition.

860+
Davos Delegates
70+
Countries
USD 3T
GDP in the Room
3rd
Edition · Jan 2027
iii.

Estonian Leap

Consortium Anchor · Bilateral PPP

Third in the Tiger Leap / AI Leap lineage - three strategic corridors connecting Estonia to India, Vietnam and the Philippines, with EU co-financing through Horizon Europe and Global Gateway 2027-28.

€3B
Corridor Target by 2033
200+
Delegates · 30+ Countries
100M+
Media Reach
4
Ministers Engaged
03 - Background

Career, education & institutional reach.

Career

  • Founder & CEODeep-tech advisory · AI readiness · sovereign convening
    J3D.AI Labs OÜ
  • Co-FounderLayer-1 blockchain · token economy infrastructure
    Web3 Venture
  • Co-FounderMentorship programme, with Frankfurt School of Finance & Management Blockchain Center
    DLT Talents
  • Strategy & InnovationCybersecurity, NextGenIT, enterprise transformation
    Allianz SE
  • Management ConsultantLarge-scale M&A · CEO's office mandates · digital transformation
    McKinsey & Co
  • OperatorAsia-market venture scaling · early-career foundation
    Rocket Internet
  • Mentor & Business CoachAcross global startup accelerator programmes
    Antler · Techstars · Plug&Play

Education & Training

  • MBAInternational Business · President, Global Leadership Club · 2017
    INSEAD
  • MBAMarketing · 2012-2013
    University of Pittsburgh
    Katz Graduate School of Business
  • M.Sc. & B.Sc.Business Management · 2008-2013
    University of Augsburg
  • International BusinessVisiting · 2010
    American University · DC
  • International RelationsVisiting
    Harvard University
  • Blockchain Education2020-2021
    Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
  • SIY · Search Inside YourselfMindfulness training developed at Google
    Google · SIY
  • ESG Global Competent BoardsBoard-level ESG strategy designation
    Competent Boards
  • Mindfulness PractitionerTrained in the Thich Nhat Hanh lineage · Plum Village
    Long-form Practice
Partners & Clients
Deloitte Palo Alto Networks ESMT Berlin Frankfurt School of Finance Antler MFA Estonia Allianz Telefónica Horasis ITU Security Research Labs
Selected Stages
TEDx MIT · Boston Horasis · Asia & Global Bits & Pretzels · Munich SAS Institute Technical University of Munich INSEAD Tech Talk X Davos ETHDenver Paris Blockchain Week Berlin · Global Social Business Summit Consensus 2022 DLD Conference · Munich
04 - Writings

Books, reports & whitepapers.

Book · Author2019

Beautiful Brains Change Tomorrow... Today

A manifesto for sustainable innovation. Honest conversations with change-makers including Dr. Martin R. Stuchtey, Dr. Ralf Schneider, Sylvie Barbier, Jan Dzulko, Luis Hanemann and Veronika Schweighart.

Read book →
Book · Co-Author2025

Mindful Poems - 100 Voices, 100 Visual Koans

Compiled by Shamash Alidina (bestselling author of Mindfulness for Dummies). 100 contemplative voices and visual koans on micro-moments of stillness.

Learn more →
Whitepaper · Publisher2025

Our World in 2125 - Foresight

Published by Yip Thy-Diep Ta. Forty-two global experts, nine visions of the future - in collaboration with the Bavarian Foresight Institute (TH Ingolstadt). Presented at Davos 2025.

Download PDF →
Allianz SE · DAX40Enterprise series

Allianz NextGenIT & Cybersecurity Think Tank

Co-author across 15+ whitepapers building the cybersecurity roadmap of a DAX40 enterprise - strategic decision-making under the NextGenIT and CISO mandate.

Request access →
ESMT BerlinRecognition

SyntAIgration - CyberBrains at ESMT

3-day intervention with 32 thought leaders across Deloitte · Allianz · Palo Alto Networks · ESMT Berlin in AI, cybersecurity, philosophy and governance. Recognised as a Deep Tech Institute initiative.

View at ESMT →
McKinsey · Co-Author2015 · 2016

Bayern 2025

Co-author of "Bayern 2025" (2015) - McKinsey study identifying change drivers for the German state of Bavaria; graduate of McKinsey Germany Marketing & Sales College 2016.

Deloitte2022

The Antifragile Web3 - a cybernetical view

Chapter contribution within Deloitte's Cybersecurity: The Supreme Discipline for Agile Organisations and Cybernetic Governance - applying cybernetic principles to Web3 resilience.

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Journal · Co-Author2016

(R)evolution of the insurance agency channel

"Efficiency gains through digitization along the sales funnel." Co-authored with McKinsey colleagues - Journal for Insurance, Vol. 67(6), 2016.

Annual Report · Joint2026

HoC Davos 2026 - Insights Report

Outcomes across AI readiness, GovTech, sovereign infrastructure and capital deployment from 860 delegates and 70+ countries at the third edition of the House of Collaboration.

Download PDF →
05 - Media

Reach, features & press.

100M+
Total Media Reach
500K+
Cumulative YouTube Views
35K+
LinkedIn Network
60+
Countries · Stages & Press
Press Coverage
The New York Times
US · ~90M monthlyDavos 2026

The new Davos houses, and what they signal about diplomacy

Read coverage →
Blick
Switzerland · DavosLead partner

Estland begrüsst Partner in Tiny Häusern

Read interview →
MFA Estonia
Estonia · SovereignEndorsement

This week in Davos - Estonian Leap

Read post →
Cointelegraph
Global · CryptoDavos

The women of crypto take over Davos

Read article →
Vietcetera
Vietnam · FeatureLong-form

Vietnamese-German Crypto Guru leads women empowerment

Read feature →
Coindesk
US · CryptoETHDenver

BUIDLing among the chaos - what devs discussed

Read coverage →
INSEAD Knowledge
EU · AcademicLeadership

Battling Covid-19 Brain - leadership in uncertainty

Read article →
Bitget
Davos · 2024Capital

USD 10M for women's welfare - Davos announcement

Read announcement →
Rallypoint PR
US · Q&ALong-form

A Q&A with Thy-Diep "Yip" Ta

Read interview →
06 - Awards

Selected recognitions.

Guinness World Record HolderProject 195 - 195 women, 195 UN countries, 528 Hz. Premiered Davos 2025, awarded Jun 2025.
World Record
Top 100 Women in Web3Listed alongside Catherine Wood (ArkInvest), Laura Shin (Unchained).
Industry · 2022
TEDx MIT Speaker"Web3 contribution for a World of Balance & Prosperity" - Boston Studio.
MIT · 2022
ETHDenver - Project Meditate to EarnHackathon winner, judged by Vitalik Buterin. Impact Track Prize + Celebrity Judge Award.
ETHDenver · 2022
Stereopsia Lumière AwardBest VR Technical Achievement, EMEA - for Mind the Brain!
Stereopsia · 2020
New Realities Award1E9 / XR HUB Bavaria / Huawei Germany competition.
XR · 2021
21 Women in BlockchainCurated list of leaders shaping decentralised finance.
Fintech Review · 2021
36 Women Revolutionising CryptoProfiled for work in education and gender equity in deep tech.
Techround · 2022
Contact

Let's collaborate.

Direct

yip@j3d.ai
+49 179 4391135

Elsewhere

LinkedIn · Calendly

Bases

Munich · Tallinn
Mumbai · Dubai

Open To

  • Technology investments
  • Fundraising mandates
  • Keynote & panel invitations
  • Sovereign delegations
  • Board & advisory seats