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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Why Constraints Are Your Association's Secret Weapon for AI Innovation

Mallory Mejias: Feb 17, 2026 2:25:34 PM

I recently bought a home, and like anyone staring down empty rooms and a budget that isn't infinite, I went deep — books, YouTube channels, design blogs, the whole rabbit hole. And one concept kept coming up that surprised me. The best designers...

Artificial Intelligence Innovation Algorithmic Sovereignty

Sidecar Sync Podcast episode cover 120 featuring Amith Nagarajan, Mallory Mejias, and Benjamin Rosman

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From Deep Learning Indaba to Algorithmic Sovereignty with Benjamin Rosman | [Sidecar Sync Episode 121]

Mallory Mejias: Feb 17, 2026 10:08:57 AM

Summary: If you think the future of AI is being decided only in Silicon Valley or Beijing, this conversation will stretch your perspective. Amith...

Sidecar Sync Podcast Innovation AI Education Algorithmic Sovereignty

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The Infrastructure Gap Holding Your AI Strategy Back

Mallory Mejias: Feb 12, 2026 6:30:00 AM

Associations are adopting AI at a pace that would have been hard to imagine even two years ago. Content generation, member service tools, internal...

Data Management AI Data Platform

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Big AI Is Coming for Your Industry: What Claude's Vertical Plugins Mean for Associations

Mallory Mejias: Feb 11, 2026 6:30:00 AM

On January 30th, Anthropic released a set of domain-specific plugins for Cowork, their enterprise AI product. The plugins target legal, finance,...

AI-Assisted Software Development Anthropic Domain Specific AI

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Agent Swarms: What It Means When AI Can Build Its Own Team

Mallory Mejias: Feb 10, 2026 10:03:59 AM

Most association professionals have a working mental model for AI at this point. You give it a task, it works through it, and it gives you something...

AI Agents Open Source

Sidecar Sync Podcast episode cover 120 featuring Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias

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Kimi K2.5’s Swarm of Agents, Claude Goes Vertical, and AI Data Centers in Space | [Sidecar Sync Episode 120]

Mallory Mejias: Feb 5, 2026 3:12:59 PM

Summary: In this high-octane episode of Sidecar Sync, Amith and Mallory cover an ambitious trio of AI developments with massive implications for...

AI Agents Sidecar Sync Podcast Open Source AI Infrastructure Demand AI-Assisted Coding

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Trust Is the Real AI Casualty

Mallory Mejias: Feb 4, 2026 6:30:01 AM

When people talk about AI risk, they tend to focus on dramatic scenarios. Mass unemployment. Superintelligent systems escaping human control. Robots...

Artificial Intelligence AI Trust Deepfakes

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The Purpose Crisis: What Happens When AI Changes the Meaning of Work

Mallory Mejias: Feb 3, 2026 1:49:26 PM

Most conversations about AI and employment follow a familiar script. Jobs will be lost. Workers will need to reskill. Organizations should invest in...

Artificial Intelligence Member Engagement Future of Work

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You Don't Need to Be a Tech Expert to Lead Through AI

Mallory Mejias: Feb 2, 2026 1:22:02 PM

There's a question lurking in the back of many association leaders' minds right now: Who am I to lead an AI initiative?

Artificial Intelligence Leadership Strategy

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