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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 Learning Hub, and she'll walk you through purchasing options for yourself or your team. She pulls...

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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:...

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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...

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Meet Grace, Our New AI Voice Agent

John Huisman: Mar 16, 2026, 11:03:15 AM

We built something we're excited about and wanted to share it. If you visit sidecar.ai now, you'll notice something new: a research preview of our AI...

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AI Agents Shake Up the Software Market, Cybersecurity's Arms Race, & Future-Proofing Your Stack | [Sidecar Sync Episode 125]

Mallory Mejias: Mar 16, 2026, 10:12:31 AM

Summary: In this episode of Sidecar Sync, Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias unpack three major developments shaping the AI landscape for...

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The Two Problems Holding Your Association Back From AI Agents (And Neither One Is the Technology)

Mallory Mejias: Mar 13, 2026, 11:38:01 AM

Eighty percent of organizations surveyed in Anthropic's 2026 State of AI Agents Report say agents have already delivered measurable financial impact....

AI Agents Data Management AI Data Platform Change Management

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The AI Use Case That Maps Perfectly to What Associations Already Do

Mallory Mejias: Mar 11, 2026, 12:26:12 PM

When organizations across industries were asked what they plan to implement with AI agents over the next 12 months, the top answer wasn't customer...

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