Tórshavn · 62° N
Ólavur Ellefsen
I build technology companies, learning systems and institutions from the Faroe Islands. Right now, most of my attention is on giving people and AI agents a durable memory through Usable.
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Current focus
Making AI useful beyond the first prompt.
Usable is a shared knowledge and memory layer for people, teams and AI agents. We are building it so good context survives across tools, sessions and organisations.
Explore Usable02 / CURRENT WORK
Work with a long horizon
- 01
Usable
CEO & Co-founder
Durable organisational memory and shared context for people and AI agents.
- 02
University of the Faroe Islands
Chairman of the Board
Strengthening higher education, research and public service in a small knowledge society.
- 03
Ocean Rainforest
Co-founder & Chairman
Building a regenerative seaweed industry in the open North Atlantic.
- 04
Tøkni
Founder
Interactive software for exploring complex systems, energy scenarios and public choices.
- 05
National Gallery of the Faroe Islands
Chairman of the Board
The National Gallery is the Faroe Islands' main museum for Faroese art.
03 / WRITING
Notes from the work
What Does Fisheries Economics Look Like?
How we gave 238 IIFET research abstracts their own visual identity, and what the process taught us about turning research into something people can recognise and rediscover.
The Faroe Islands’ AI strategy needs a living memory
The pre-study is complete and the action plan is taking shape. The next challenge is to keep what the project learns retrievable—and turn that memory into a useful public record.
The Future Is for Everyone. But Who Owns the Memory?
Why universal access to AI will not be enough if the memory and context that make an agent useful remain controlled by its provider.