Robert is the CEO of AskNews, building sustainable bridges between publishers and the AI ecosystem. His background in open-source software development and research, combined with being raised by the editor-in-chief of the Rocky Mountain News, gives him a unique perspective on free speech and journalism’s invaluable position in society. He splits his time between researching data diversification, bias extraction, and fact-checking methods, and working directly with publishers to protect and monetize their content in the AI era. Beyond AskNews, Robert and his team are addressing America’s growing local news desert by building tools that help journalists rapidly surface insights from local data sources.