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.

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Everyone's Talking About OpenClaw. Here's What Actually Matters for Your Association.

Mallory Mejias: Mar 30, 2026 11:36:54 AM

If you've been anywhere near AI news in the past few weeks, you've probably seen the name OpenClaw. NVIDIA's CEO compared it to the arrival of Linux. It became the most-starred project in GitHub history — crossing 250,000 stars in weeks, a milestone...

Sidecar Sync episode 127 cover featuring Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias

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A New Era of AI Education with the ‘AI Learning Hub’ & The Rise of OpenClaw | [Sidecar Sync Episode 127]

Mallory Mejias: Mar 27, 2026 12:43:33 PM

Summary: In this episode of Sidecar Sync, co-hosts Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias dive into the explosive rise of OpenClaw—an open-source AI...

AI Agents Sidecar Sync Podcast Open Source OpenClaw

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Your Members' Expectations Are Being Set by Amazon, Not Your Peers

Mallory Mejias: Mar 25, 2026 6:30:00 AM

Your members don't compare your website to other association websites. They compare it to every other digital experience they have in a day —...

Member Services Innovation Experimentation

A table-top comparison of two conceptual sketches for an AI audio agent. On the left, a crumpled napkin shows a rough hand-drawn flowchart. On the right, a neat engineering blueprint transforms the sketch into a technical, labeled architectural diagram of deep neural networks and NLP engines.

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From Hackathon to Live Product in 60 Days: A Playbook for Association AI Experiments

Mallory Mejias: Mar 24, 2026 6:30:00 AM

In late January, a group of 14 people gathered at a beach house in Florida for six days. They worked 16 to 18 hour days, mostly self-directed, with...

AI Agents Member Services Innovation AI Audio

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How We Built Grace: The Tech Stack Behind Sidecar's Voice AI Agent

Mallory Mejias: Mar 23, 2026 11:44:51 AM

Sidecar recently launched Grace, a voice AI agent that lives on our website. You can talk to her about Sidecar's offerings, ask questions about the...

AI Agents Member Services AI Audio

Sidecar Sync episode 126 cover featuring Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias

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Meet Grace: Sidecar’s New AI Agent Takes the Stage | [Sidecar Sync Episode 126]

Mallory Mejias: Mar 20, 2026 9:33:03 AM

Summary: In this episode of Sidecar Sync, Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias pull back the curtain on one of Sidecar’s most ambitious experiments...

AI Agents Sidecar Sync Podcast AI Audio

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The AMS Replacement Can Wait. Here's Where Associations Should Actually Be Investing.

Mallory Mejias: Mar 20, 2026 9:09:37 AM

Ask a room full of association leaders what's standing between them and meaningful AI adoption, and a version of the same answer comes up repeatedly:...

Artificial Intelligence AI Data Platform Member Services Legacy Systems

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The Cybersecurity Threat Just Got Smarter. So Should Your Association.

Mallory Mejias: Mar 17, 2026 6:30:00 AM

There's a version of the current AI story where associations aren't really in the picture. The disruption is happening at the enterprise level, the...

Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity

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Your Vendors Are Under Pressure. Here's What to Do About It.

Mallory Mejias: Mar 16, 2026 11:23:43 AM

Earlier this year, a JP Morgan report flagged something that should get the attention of anyone running an association: the S&P 500 software index...

AI Agents Legacy Systems Vendor Relationships

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