We started this for our own team. Then everyone wanted in.

Conversa Labs was founded in 2023 by three engineers and a wildlife biologist who needed a better way to talk across time zones, vehicles, and satellite uplinks. We built the editorial-aware AI because generic chatbots couldn't catch up our producer in the morning without losing our voice.

What we believe

A few principles that show up in every release.

  • Your voice is the product. Editorial guidelines should travel with the content, not live in a hidden system prompt.
  • AI defers to your team. The summary that violates your guidelines is worse than no summary.
  • Field-ready by default. If it works on satellite at 1.5 KB/s, it works in the boardroom.
  • Open where it counts. Public read endpoint, documented schemas, no vendor lock-in for AI integrations.

The team

Distributed across Nairobi, London, São Paulo, and the back of various Land Cruisers.

MC
Maya Chen
Co-founder · Field Science
JP
Jon Patel
Co-founder · Mobile + Media
PO
Priya Okonkwo
Head of Editorial
LA
Dr. Lin Asare
Research Lead
RS
Rafael Souza
Engineering Lead
HK
Hana Kowalski
Design

Profile avatars on this page are typographic initials by design. We do not use AI-generated photographs of team members.

Careers

We're a small team. We hire slowly. Open roles are listed in the careers feed.

  • Senior Backend Engineer · remote · open
  • Applied AI Researcher · remote · open
  • Customer Success (EMEA) · London or remote · open
  • Conservation Field Liaison · Nairobi · open