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From Startup to Exit
Ensuring Data Transparency for Gen AI models. A Conversation with Jai Jaisimha and Rob Eleveld, The Transparency Coalition
Artificial intelligence has the potential to be a powerful tool for human progress if properly trained, harnessed, and deployed. Policies must be created to protect personal privacy, nurture innovation, and foster prosperity. The Transparency Coalition (https://www.transparencycoalition.ai/). a non-profit, is focused on creating tools, systems, and policies that hold AI developers and deployers accountable for the legal and ethical creation and operation of AI systems. Listen to the two founders of Transparency Coalition, Jai Jaishima and Rob Elevelde as they articulate the strategy they have deployed to hold developers like Open AI, Microsoft, Google and Meta accountable.
Jai Jaishima is a Seattle-based technology entrepreneur with expertise in AI enabled product development and data science. Jai has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering with a focus on AI/Image Processing/Information Retrieval from the University of Washington. Over a nearly 30 year career, Jai has founded or held leadership roles at four start-ups that leveraged AI/Machine Learning to build software applications. He was CTO at Hitch Works Inc., acquired by Service Now in 2022, which deployed AI/Large Language Models (LLMs) to help employees and their employers take a skills-based approach to work and career progression. Jai was also CEO and Founder at Appnique which developed privacy preserving advertising technology solutions using AI/LLMs. At Microsoft, AOL and RealNetworks, Jai led pioneering initiatives in the digital distribution of music and video content that also ensured that user privacy was respected and the rights of creators and copyright holders were protected. He has also worked for Medio and Amazon.
Rob Eleveld hails from Grand Rapids, Michigan. After college, he spent 5 years on active duty as a submarine officer in the United States Navy, serving aboard the fast attack submarine USS Batfish. Across a 25-year career in tech software and data companies, Rob is a 4-time CEO of early-to-mid stage companies in software and data beginning in 2000 with Vykor Inc., which he co-founded and led. Over the past 10 years at Whitepages Inc., he served in executive roles and eventually became CEO in 2016. Rob led the spinoff of the enterprise unit, rebranded Ekata Inc. in 2019, which Mastercard acquired in 2021. Rob has a BA in Engineering Sciences from Dartmouth College and an MBA as well as an MS in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Stanford University.
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