IVOW (Intelligent Voices of Wisdom) is an early stage startup ​focusing on cultural intelligence in AI. 

Our products and services address a much-needed aspect of consumer engagement: the convergence of artificial intelligence to preserve culture with the need for brands to market more authentically. 

Our Mission

Data is ubiquitous. We have a unique lens. We are technologists and storytellers enhancing consumer engagement through the lens of culture and artificial intelligence. ​Our north star is to make data culturally relevant.

CURRENT PROJECT
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​WOMEN IN HISTORY DATASET
IDEATION CHALLENGE

​Together with TopCoder, IVOW led the Women in History Data Ideation Challenge

EARLY FINDINGS

Our team has reviewed the seven winning Topcoder submissions. The results greatly expand our understanding of the possibilities and imperatives facing us as we proceed.  Learn more here.

RECENT PROJECT

Indigenous Knowledge Graph
Bringing Cultural Context to Artificial Intelligence

​With the creation of our Indigenous Knowledge Graph we use the format of indigenous food wisdom from Timor-Leste, and Native American cultures to demonstrate how creating structure around the stories of our ancestors can foster deeply inclusive cultural intelligence in machines and conversational AIs. The demo graph was also realised through the voice of Sina, IVOW's conversational AI. 

Read the interactive whitepaper on this project on Issuu or download your own PDF:
Presented as part of the 2020 progam
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.
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​Iran Davar Ardalan, Founder of IVOW