Our vision
We want to build a future where everyone benefits from the freedoms of full personal data sovereignty, and its power to create AI tools that improve lives. As the first step, our mission is to educate organisations about the AI benefits brought by personal data sovereignty, and to make it easy for them to shift to this new future-proof data business model.
Our values
How we operate
We did not write our values on a wall in a lobby – we don’t have a lobby, or walls. But we did integrate them into our operations, how we hire people, and how we make decisions.
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Positive impact and integrity
We want the things we build to make a lasting positive impact.
But what does ‘good’ look like? And who decides this? To help us stay accountable, we created a decentralised Coop organisation. We work for profit and we are motivated by growth, but our processes are also a failsafe that protect our values and help us stay united in our responsibility over personal data sovereignty. We are not perfect, but we grow and we learn.
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Connection and inclusivity
We have learned that diversity of voices in tech development is a must if you want to build things that benefit the many, not the few. So we created a decentralised, transparent organisation where people can evaluate and challenge our work and processes. We encourage autonomy, but we introduce collaboration when space is required to pause and reflect on our work.
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Growth
We want to affect change, and for this, growth is a non-negotiable. As a Coop, we foster an environment where both stakeholders and customers are empowered to ask the question “how can it be better?” And in order to continuously address this question, we operate with enough autonomy to help people feel safe to experiment, make mistakes, and learn.
a cooperative
Become a co-owner
How we are organised
Memri is legally incorporated under a Cooperative structure. This means anyone can become member via various programs such as becoming an investor, or contributing to building products or services. Members have a voice and a vote in different decisions of the organisation. This structure ensures that the organisation stays true to it’s mission, accountable to its stakeholders, and all members benefit from the wins, not just the owners or shareholders.
How you can get involved
As a Coop, we use an RFP process to build projects with members. Project strategy, planning, scoping, budgeting and execution is a transparent process and all Coop members can upvote projects they deem to be most valuable. This process helps us stay efficient, spend our resources responsibly, while being accountable to stakeholders and empowering talented contributors.