Julian Guthrie — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Founder & CEO of Alphy, an AI company using AI classifiers to reduce harm in human communication with its HarmCheck technology.
Founded Alphy in 2020.
Author of five nonfiction books, including New York Times bestsellers "How to Make a Spaceship" (2016) and "The Billionaire and The Mechanic" (2013).
Authored "Alpha Girls" (2019), which is being adapted for a television series.
Spent over 20 years as a journalist at the San Francisco Chronicle, with stories nominated multiple times for the Pulitzer Prize.
Served as an Advisory Board Member at the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination (2019-2020).

Biography

Julian Guthrie is the Founder and CEO of Alphy, a technology company dedicated to using AI to improve human communication. At Alphy, she co-invented HarmCheck, a system designed to detect and prevent harm in digital communication by identifying over 40 categories of harmful content, from workplace discrimination to financial services-specific issues like unfair lending. Alphy aims to provide a safety net for companies and individuals, serving as an always-on communication guide.