The tools exist. The data exists. What's missing is the bridge — between the people building AI and the people who need it most. Between technical capability and lived experience. Between speed-to-market and responsibility to communities. We exist to close that gap — not by slowing AI down, but by making sure the right people are in the room, asking the right questions, and directing resources toward the problems that actually matter.
Angela has spent nearly five years at Carnegie Mellon University leading sustainability, AI, and innovation programs across CMU's global campuses. With a decade of international development experience — water and sanitation in Bangladesh and the DRC, maternal and child health in India, disaster resilience across Africa and the Middle East — she brings a field-tested lens to emerging technology. She is passionate about responsible AI adoption in the social sector and actively exploring how AI can drive climate action, ocean conservation, and equitable access at scale.
Paulina is the author of Do Good Capital, a newsletter at the intersection of technology, investing, culture, and social impact. Her path from international policy to investment banking at HSBC and into venture capital — where she backed companies serving low-income and historically marginalized communities at Equal Opportunity Ventures — has given her a rare, cross-sector view of how capital can be redirected toward the communities that need it most.
Practitioners, funders, and researchers who believe AI's most important work is still ahead of us.