Money, Sex & Religion - How Design Turns Taboo to Touchpoint

{
  "id": "PP1162429",
  "track": "Tech & AI",
  "focus_area": null,
  "category": "Panel",
  "event_id": "PP1162429",
  "event_type": "panel",
  "format": "Panel",
  "genre": null,
  "subgenre": null,
  "name": "Money, Sex & Religion - How Design Turns Taboo to Touchpoint",
  "presented_by": null,
  "publish_at": "2025-11-03T16:30:00.000-06:00",
  "reservable": true,
  "reservable_id": "PP1162429",
  "reserved": false,
  "date": "2026-03-18",
  "end_time": "2026-03-18T15:30:00.000-05:00",
  "start_time": "2026-03-18T14:30:00.000-05:00",
  "message": null,
  "image": null,
  "credentials": [
    {
      "name": "Platinum Badge",
      "type": "platinum"
    },
    {
      "name": "Innovation Badge",
      "type": "innovation"
    }
  ],
  "contributors": [
    {
      "id": 89309,
      "company": "TechCrunch",
      "credential_types": [
        "innovation"
      ],
      "entity_id": 2251795,
      "name": "Dominic Davis",
      "speaker_types": [],
      "title": "Reporter",
      "image": {
        "alt_text": "Dominic Davis",
        "credit": null,
        "url": "https://images.sxsw.com/Vx7b120ECGJB3YVdcWS4lkzYNqk=/0x0:800x800/600x600/images.sxsw.com/48/53b7b967-5587-4ed2-abbb-6b09fa596a66/pcid-1637860"
      },
      "speaker_type": "Speaker",
      "details": "Dominic-Madori Davis is a senior venture capital and startup reporter at TechCrunch.",
      "links": {},
      "type": "person"
    },
    {
      "id": 77834,
      "company": "Arya",
      "credential_types": [
        "innovation"
      ],
      "entity_id": 2238786,
      "name": "Shan Boodram",
      "speaker_types": [],
      "title": "Chief Intimacy Officer",
      "image": {
        "alt_text": "Shan Boodram",
        "credit": null,
        "url": "https://images.sxsw.com/wFFRiznS9czB_G2N4h4U3zLRiL0=/600x600/images.sxsw.com/48/17af77f8-e37e-a457-2810-0afaa03b8f10/pcid-1622734"
      },
      "speaker_type": "Speaker",
      "details": "Shan Boodram is the Chief Intimacy Officer at Arya, the AI-enabled couples wellness platform. As a certified sexologist and AASECT-certified sex educator, Shan is one of the internet’s most sought-after voices on intimacy and relationships. Through Arya, she’s helping to remove the stigma, shame, and guesswork around kink, communication, and connection. She draws from over a decade of education and on-the-ground experience—including as a mother of two—to inform inclusive, empowering tools for modern love and sex.",
      "links": {},
      "type": "person"
    },
    {
      "id": 77830,
      "company": "Play Ventures",
      "credential_types": [
        "innovation"
      ],
      "entity_id": 2238782,
      "name": "Phylicia Koh",
      "speaker_types": [],
      "title": "General Partner",
      "image": {
        "alt_text": "Phylicia Koh",
        "credit": null,
        "url": "https://images.sxsw.com/Q7fo8ft0zHd27Ob8_b2Cvs7_Caw=/600x600/images.sxsw.com/48/4fcbd75b-f20b-fdca-62cf-986dc4c6f5e3/pcid-1622731"
      },
      "speaker_type": "Speaker",
      "details": "Phylicia is a General Partner at Play Ventures a leading early-stage VC fund that invests globally in gaming, consumer apps and gaming-adjacent tech. Phylicia has led investments into Alter (avatar tech company acquired by Google, Arya (AI-driven couple intimacy platform), BibleChat (fastest growing AI-powered faith app, #4 US App Store). She most recently led Alinea's $10.4m Series A (personal financial investing app for Gen Z). Before joining Play as Employee #1, Phylicia spent 9 years in marketing and growth, working with the likes of Mighty Bear Games, Voice Labs, Homage, Ethnicraft Online, as well as for the Singapore Economic Development Board.",
      "links": {},
      "type": "person"
    },
    {
      "id": 77826,
      "company": "Alinea Invest",
      "credential_types": [
        "innovation"
      ],
      "entity_id": 2238778,
      "name": "Anam Lakhani",
      "speaker_types": [],
      "title": "Co-CEO",
      "image": null,
      "speaker_type": "Speaker",
      "details": "Anam Lakhani is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Alinea Invest, the Gen Z investing platform built to make wealth-building simple, social, and accessible. She oversees product and design, translating complex financial systems into beautifully intuitive tools. Alinea has attracted users by reimagining investing for a new generation - prioritizing community, values-based decision making, and long-term financial health. Anam’s background includes Wall Street internships and roles at high-growth fintech startups, giving her a rare blend of institutional knowledge and startup agility. She was named to Forbes 30 Under 30 for her role in redefining how young people think about money and investing.",
      "links": {},
      "type": "person"
    }
  ],
  "venue": {
    "accessible": false,
    "age_policy": null,
    "floor": "3",
    "id": "V0454",
    "indoor_outdoor": "INDOOR",
    "name": "Salon D",
    "parent_id": "V0403",
    "parent_venue_name": "JW Marriott",
    "venue_entry_info": null,
    "formats": null,
    "location": {
      "address": "110 E 2nd St.",
      "lat_lon": [
        30.2645713,
        -97.743198
      ],
      "city": "Austin",
      "postal_code": "78701",
      "state": "TX",
      "name": "JW Marriott"
    },
    "root": {
      "accessible": null,
      "age_policy": null,
      "floor": null,
      "id": "V0403",
      "indoor_outdoor": null,
      "name": "JW Marriott",
      "parent_id": null,
      "parent_venue_name": null,
      "venue_entry_info": null,
      "formats": null
    },
    "events": "[omitted 5 venue events]"
  },
  "description": "Sex, money, and religion are no longer taboo—they’re trending. This panel explores how behavioral UX, gamification, and human-centered design can destigmatize what used to be off-limits. From intimacy apps to investing platforms, discover how intentional design is helping users navigate vulnerable moments with confidence. Hear from sex educator Shan Boodram, Alinea’s Gen Z fintech founder Anam Lakhani, Bloomberg’s Riley Griffin, and Play Ventures’ Phylicia Koh—one of few female investors in gaming VC—on how intentional UX is turning discomfort into discovery.",
  "experience_level": "Beginner",
  "accessibility": [
    "Closed captioned"
  ],
  "accessible_venue": false,
  "add_bcl_url": false,
  "add_slido": false,
  "age_policy": null,
  "american_sign_language": false,
  "apple_url": null,
  "audio_description": false,
  "caption_url": null,
  "closed_captioned": true,
  "cpe_credit": false,
  "has_subtitles": false,
  "hash_tags": [],
  "high_sensory_experience": false,
  "live": false,
  "long_description": "Sex, money, and religion are no longer taboo—they’re trending. This panel explores how behavioral UX, gamification, and human-centered design can destigmatize what used to be off-limits. From intimacy apps to investing platforms, discover how intentional design is helping users navigate vulnerable moments with confidence. Hear from sex educator Shan Boodram, Alinea’s Gen Z fintech founder Anam Lakhani, Bloomberg’s Riley Griffin, and Play Ventures’ Phylicia Koh—one of few female investors in gaming VC—on how intentional UX is turning discomfort into discovery.",
  "meeting_url": null,
  "meeting_url_live": false,
  "mentorly_url": null,
  "mobile_audio_url": null,
  "open_captioned": false,
  "playlist_tag": null,
  "rebroadcast": false,
  "recommended_ids": [],
  "search_conversions": null,
  "short_program": false,
  "slido_url": null,
  "sort": "MONEY, SEX & RELIGION - HOW DESIGN TURNS TABOO TO TOUCHPOINT",
  "source": "Official",
  "squad_up_url": null,
  "stream_embed": null,
  "stream_id": null,
  "stream_url": null,
  "strobe_warning": false,
  "subdiscipline": null,
  "summit": null,
  "summit_display_name": null,
  "tags": [
    {
      "id": 2341,
      "name": "Gen Z",
      "created_at": "2022-02-09T11:37:50.829-06:00",
      "updated_at": "2022-02-14T12:07:59.101-06:00",
      "sort": "GEN Z",
      "alpha": "G"
    },
    {
      "id": 1636,
      "name": "Social Impact",
      "created_at": "2017-10-16T21:03:39.709-05:00",
      "updated_at": "2025-01-21T12:09:19.138-06:00",
      "sort": "SOCIAL IMPACT",
      "alpha": "S"
    },
    {
      "id": 982,
      "name": "Design",
      "created_at": "2016-11-09T15:05:12.041-06:00",
      "updated_at": "2024-02-10T20:46:02.281-06:00",
      "sort": "DESIGN",
      "alpha": "D"
    }
  ],
  "talent_attending": null,
  "title_only": false,
  "track_display_name": "Tech & AI track sponsored by IBM",
  "trailer_id": null,
  "trailer_url": null,
  "video_on_demand": null,
  "vimeo_id": null,
  "vod": false,
  "xr_project_type": null,
  "youtube_id": null,
  "related_sales_client": null
}