Our mission

Give people the power to digitally connect and interact on their own terms.

Our principles

We tackle today's digital challenges guided by the beliefs that technologies should be aligned with people's choices and values, be used to bring communities closer together and make societies more open, while supporting business growth.

Protect People's Privacy

In today's hyper-connected and polarized world, privacy is essential to keeping people safe and enabling freedom of expression.This is the reason for which privacy is the foundation of our technologies.

Connect Communities

Through our technologies, we help people build connections within and across communities and societies so they can share their opinions and have a better understanding of each other' s differences.

Promote People's Identities

We build technologies that allow individuals in communities and societies to freely express their choices and identity values while respecting others'.

Ensure Media Diversity

Our tools help media organizations power profitable business models and ensure their independence to continue shaping healthy communities and societies.

Our history

2010. Virtual Artifacts founded after acquiring Shopmedia, Inc. through a reverse takeover.

2011. Beta release of the Hibe platform. Heralded as one of top next-gen privacy technologies.

2012. Showcasing of the Hibe technology at SXSW (Austin, TX), Advertising Week (NYC, NY).

2016. Introduction of Hibe MAN , social network for mobile apps, powered by Hibe.

2018. The Hibe MAN platform is launched in collaboration with Oracle Corporation.

2019. Amazon and IBM support the Hibe Xcloud initiative through dedicated programs.

2020. Google supports the Hibe Xcloud initiative. Hibe Media and Hibe AdAura are launched.

2025. Google supports the Hibe AI initiatives targeting the news media industry.

Jean Dobey
Founder, Chairman & CEO

As an entrepreneur and Internet technology innovator with 25 years of experience, Jean always believed that the Internet — if it was used in the right way — would positively impact billions of lives around the globe. Recognizing the potential of this amazing medium in 1995, Jean immersed himself in the world of programming to gain the tools he needed to turn his ideas into reality. With his extensive knowledge of e-commerce, social media, digital advertising, online privacy, digital identities, and digital transformation, Jean has become a source for thought leadership on these topics and has provided dozens of articles and conducted numerous interviews with major media outlets, including The Guardian, Investors.com, The Huffington Post, Forrester, CEO.com, SocialTimes.com, Business News Daily and Fast Company. Jean is a former member of the Technical Advisory Board for Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL).

Our culture

At Virtual Artifacts, as we take on real problems impacting our digital societies, we foster diversity and inclusion to fuel our innovations, make better decisions and build unique technologies.

Careers at Virtual Artifacts

Contact Us

203-417 St-Pierre
Montreal (Quebec)
Canada H2Y 2M4

info AT virtualartifacts DOT com