Mallory Mejias

Mallory Mejias is passionate about creating opportunities for association professionals to learn, grow, and better serve their members using artificial intelligence. She enjoys blending creativity and innovation to produce fresh, meaningful content for the association space. Mallory co-hosts and produces the Sidecar Sync podcast, where she delves into the latest trends in AI and technology, translating them into actionable insights.

Sidecar Sync Episode episode 135 cover featuring Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias

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Proactive Gemini Workflows, AI Mode’s Search Overhaul, & Antigravity-Powered Wearables | [Sidecar Sync Episode 135]

Summary: In this episode of the Sidecar Sync, Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias unpack Google I/O 2026 and what it signals for the future of AI-powered work, search, and member engagement. They explore Google’s push toward proactive, agentic AI...

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Sidecar Sync Episode episode 134 cover featuring Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias

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Enterprise Platforms Prepare for AI Agents & Diffusion LLMs Prove Their Production Value | [Sidecar Sync Episode 134]

Summary: In this episode of Sidecar Sync, Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias dig into two major shifts happening beneath the surface of AI: how...

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Sidecar Sync Episode episode 133 cover featuring Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias

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Dark Databases & the State of AI Video | [Sidecar Sync Episode 133]

Summary: In this episode of the Sidecar Sync, Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias dig into the hidden world of “dark databases”—messy, undocumented...

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Sidecar Sync Episode episode 132 cover featuring Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias

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Claude's Design Coup & The Curse of Work Slop | [Sidecar Sync Episode 132]

Summary: In this episode of the Sidecar Sync, Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias dive into Anthropic’s latest moves with Claude Opus 4.7 and the new...

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The Quiet Shift Reshaping Event Teams: From Planner to Builder

If you work on the events side of an association, the math probably looks familiar. Budgets have been flat for years. Costs — venues, catering, AV,...

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The 17-Year Overnight Success: A Framework for Spotting What's Next

Here's a story you may have heard a version of: a small team launches a free app in the App Store. Two weeks later, Apple calls — unannounced,...

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How Siri’s Co-Creator Predicts the Next AI Wave with Adam & Noah Cheyer | [Sidecar Sync Episode 131]

Summary: What happens when you put a Siri co-creator and longtime AI pioneer together with a next-generation events strategist? Adam...

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What's Coming for Association Knowledge Bases: Faster, Smarter, More Accurate

More associations are building AI-powered knowledge assistants every month. The pitch is compelling: members get instant answers drawn from your...

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Why Smart Associations Don't Use One AI Model. They Use Five.

Most AI conversations in associations start with the same question: which model should we use? Claude or ChatGPT? Gemini or something open-source?...

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