Alyona Medelyan, PhD

Hi! I'm Alyona, and I'm originally from Crimea, Ukraine. I discovered AI back in 1998 at uni and have been specializing in this field for 25+ years. My PhD in extracting meaning from text was sponsored by Google. In 2015, I co-founded Thematic, a Y Combinator company that helps enterprises understand and act on customer feedback. I'm CEO at Thematic and in my spare time I teach business women AI skills. I live with my husband and two kids in Auckland, New Zealand.