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🗞️ Issue 52 // ⏱️ Read Time: 7 min

Hello 👋

For the past year, you've been receiving our perspectives on Responsible AI - analyses that have helped shape decisions in boardrooms, tech companies, and investment committees. This means that this is the one year anniversary of this newsletter. 🎂 

Thank you for being here. Today, we'd like to properly introduce ourselves.

The Founders of Lumiera: Who are we?

Let’s start with the basics. Lumiera was founded by two individuals driven by perpetual curiosity: Emma and Allegra. As co-founders, our complementary perspectives shape every solution we create together. Our story began in the beautiful city of Lisbon, Portugal, years ago. While we immediately recognized the potential for collaboration, life first took us to different sides of the Atlantic. Allegra was working with Chime in California's innovation hub, while Emma guided tech companies across Europe, from the snow-capped mountains of Scandinavia to bustling tech hubs in countries like the UK, France, and Germany. 

The sudden, explosive emergence of generative AI (GenAI) on the tech scene led to unprecedented rapid adoption and far-reaching impact. However, this revolution was shadowed by a blatant gap in strategic readiness across industries, highlighting the need for informed decision-making and responsible innovation. Our paths converged through Lumiera.

About Emma, our CEO

Coming from the mountains of northern Sweden, she brings both her love for downhill skiing and appreciation for nature to her leadership approach. With an international background in law and diplomacy, Emma leads our vision of transforming responsible AI from abstract principles into practical, customized implementation strategies. Her experience includes leading technological transformation and natural language processing projects at companies like Google and Klarna. She's a certified AI for Business advisor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

About Allegra, our CTO

Growing up just outside Washington, D.C., and spending much of her life visiting family in Lisbon, Allegra now calls Portugal home. In addition to being a certified AI for business advisor, she is also a passionate runner, swimmer, and photographer. Creativity and focus are core traits that guide her as a technical leader. Allegra built her career in the U.S. tech scene, driving innovation through data enablement and AI at leading companies including Chime and Cloudflare. At Lumiera, she combines strategic vision with technical expertise to drive responsible, forward-looking solutions.

So, why do we care so much about AI?

AI is fundamentally changing how organizations operate. That's where we come in. Lumiera is a boutique advisory firm that approaches Responsible AI not as a checklist exercise, but as a delicate balance of technical innovation and human wisdom.

We're founded on the understanding that responsible AI implementation requires more than just following standard principles. Think of us as your guides in this new technological landscape – helping you navigate the complex terrain between rapid advancement and responsible implementation. Our mission is to collaborate with leaders like you to make confident, responsible decisions in this new technological era, working toward our vision of a future that's truly equipped for humanity.

Do you want to know more about our take on Responsible AI? Read more about the Lumiera Foundation™ here.

What we offer: Turning insights into results

So, now that you know who we are and why we are doing this, you might wonder how we turn it into relevant actions. This is how we collaborate with our clients:

Responsible AI Strategy Development Build comprehensive AI portfolios that maximize long-term value, ensuring that investments align with both business goals and ethical principles.

Practical Implementation Support Transform strategy into action through customized policies and guidelines that work for your organization's unique context.

AI Literacy Workshops Build shared understanding and alignment across your teams through interactive sessions that make complex AI concepts accessible and actionable.

Executive Education Equip your leadership team with the knowledge they need to make confident decisions in the age of AI, from technical fundamentals to strategic implications.

Personalized Advisory Services For select individuals, we provide high-calibre, bespoke insights that address specific challenges and opportunities in implementing Responsible AI.

Looking Forward

For the past year, this newsletter has been our way of sharing insights about Responsible AI with leaders like you, and we’re only getting started!

Thank you for reading and contributing to this newsletter, by sharing your reflections, ideas and opinions with us. As we continue this journey together, we will keep sharing insights and actively collaborating with you to create a future that's truly equipped for humanity.

Until next time.
On behalf of Team Lumiera

Emma - CEO, Business Strategist
Allegra - CTO, Data Specialist

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