Marché Arends is a South African investigative journalist based in Cape Town. Her work focuses on AI accountability and labour in the Majority World. She trains journalists about reporting on AI through the Pulitzer Center's Spotlight Series and her work has been published in Tech Policy Press, The Continent, and elsewhere.

Marché Arends

Co-founder

Sushmita is an international award-winning journalist, researcher, photographer, and a former engineer based in Mumbai. She has worked on issues of climate change, infrastructure, environmental justice, forest governance and more. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, Mongabay, Tech Policy Press and elsewhere.

Sushmita

Co-founder

Kathryn Cleary is an award-winning journalist and media trainer with a passion for health, human rights, and technology. She has worked in community and nonprofit media, global development, and strategic communications. She was a 2024/25 AI Accountability Fellow with the Pulitzer Center, as well as an AI Spotlight Series community coach.

Kathryn Cleary

Co-founder

With a diverse background in healthcare, film, and project coordination, Michaela brings a wide set of skills and a unique perspective. Her passions include human-centered approaches and asking, 'But is it functional?'

Michaela

Co-founder