An advanced analytics firm building with data at the intersection of strategy, technology, and inclusion — based in San Francisco, California.
BY&Co is an advanced analytics firm building with data at the intersection of strategy, technology, and inclusion. We develop the data products, insights, and habits that help organizations succeed above standard norms, consistently over the long run.
Focusing on predictive analytics, intelligent automation, and natural language processing, we partner with organizations to innovate with AI, apply inclusive design principles, mitigate bias, automate processes, and be more cost-efficient. We achieve these results through our proprietary technology solutions, deep industry knowledge, and exceptional community care.
We rally with leaders and teams to take collective, positive actions, so that their organizations become a driving force for social, environmental, and economic benefit.
Our office is located in San Francisco, California.
Our mission is to advance humanity by investing financial and social capital to build diverse and inclusive artificial intelligence.
Companies of all sizes recognize the tremendous potential for artificial intelligence (AI) - that AI is no longer just a place to find answers, but it's also a place where ideas originate. In principle (and increasingly in practice), AI can help reduce the impact of humans' subjective interpretation of data and improve decision making. However, many companies still overlook the prevalence of bias by baking in and deploying biases at scale in harmful application areas. This "old world" approach to AI does not consistently create community safeguards and can perpetuate harmful forms of discrimination such as racism, sexism, and ableism.
Fortunately, every employee, regardless of their current technical knowledge or training, can become a "hacktivist" to vet the cultural inclusivity and sensitivity of the algorithms for various groups. Running algorithms alongside human decision makers, comparing results, and using meaningful transparency to help pinpoint model decisions is the "new age" of AI. A diverse AI community, as part of this type of "human-in-the-loop" AI system, would be better equipped to anticipate, review, and spot biases and engage communities affected. In order to turn AI into a more equitable tool, there is a need for a collaborative toolkit to support continuous oversight and accountability.
With this realization in mind, we built this non-technical toolkit for an increasingly broad audience - people on teams from Finance to Operations, Marketing to Engineering, and everything in between. We organized this toolkit around five core practices:
P.O.W.E.R. Up™ is an online, freely revealed knowledge base of proven, integrated tools, insights, and habits that make the biggest difference when mitigating the harms and biases of AI. It provides comprehensive guidance for both motivation and capability at the three key levels of any organization: Intentional Individual, Dynamic Duo, and Transformational Team.
Our commitment is to continuously create massive value for the organizations and communities we serve - faster tools, easier insights, and happier people - and only you, the adopters, practitioners, and leaders, can tell us whether or not we have accomplished our ongoing mission.
Our five core values embody our culture, spirit and dedication to being happy and doing what's right. They keep us aligned and help us make decisions about everything from the data science solutions we offer to the way we design our consulting services - and we've been using them since day one.