Maryam Farooq is the COO & Co-Founder of Aggregate Intellect ( https://ai.science/) - a collective intelligence platform that helps AI practitioners build their products faster & better. Prior to Aggregate Intellect, she founded NYAI (New York Artificial Intelligence - nyai.co) in Jan 2016. She served as the New York Managing Director and the Global Director of Client Experience for Machine Colony, a company that worked with governments and large enterprises to help them adopt AI at scale. Prior to Machine Colony, she worked for several tech start-ups focusing on sales, business development, product & operations. She has a deep interest in emerging technologies (especially for social good), permaculture & regenerative design, travel, and fostering connections and collaboration with the global AI community. She is a part-time digital nomad, and currently splits her time between New York, Pittsburgh, Toronto, Costa Rica, and wherever I can find good internet