Our Business

We are journalists and developers building the next generation of storytelling and intelligent inclusion. 


​​COMING SOON... 

We produce conversational AI characters that capture and share your stories on
smart devices including: Alexa, Google Home, Facebook Messenger. 

WHY CONVERSATIONAL AI?

Smart devices like Amazon’s Alexa and Google Home are increasingly becoming intelligent interaction
​systems, but these technologies are mostly cold and void of humanity.
With our Conversational AI service, we make it easy for you to become a storyteller.
Today AI struggles to be responsive to the values, goals, and principles of different communities. We now have too many examples of systems that make incorrect tradeoffs, focus on “needs” that do not really exist, or otherwise reflect the biases and perspectives of the developers rather than the people who are affected by the AI.

A closer consideration of local cultures and traditions could greatly improve the ability of non-storytelling AI to respond to people’s values and interests. Add your story to the conversation and wake up a new era of intelligent inclusion.

Interactive report
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Can Artificial Intelligence Create Culturally-Conscious Stories?
​We are pleased to announce that after a well attended symposium in Baltimore at Morgan State University in April 2018, we are releasing this interactive report as a preliminary step to engage policy makers, academics, industry, and the general public on the future of Artificial Intelligence, Culture, and Storytelling.
As the daughter of an architect and a scholar, I grew up appreciating culture and history.
In my career as a journalist in public media for 25 years, most of those at NPR News, I designed stories anchored in multiculturalism and steeped in historical context. I'm excited to launch into this next era of storytelling.
​Iran Davar Ardalan, Founder of IVOW