Overview
Alexis Tryon is the founder of Dewey Labs [1][3], an AI lab building answer engines trained on expert content [2]. Tryon holds a BA in Communications from the University of Pennsylvania [11]. Prior to founding Dewey Labs in 2023 [3], Tryon served as founder and CEO of Artsicle from 2010 to 2017 [9], founder and principal at Extra Yarn from 2014 to 2022 [6], and held roles including entrepreneur in residence at prehype from 2018 to 2021 [7] and VP of Strategic Initiatives at TheMuse.com from 2017 to 2018 [8]. Tryon was also a founder in residence at Resolute Ventures from 2021 to 2022 [5]. Currently, Tryon serves as a board member at Lemontree Foods [4][13].
Profile introduction
The organizations with the best expert content, newsrooms, nonprofits, publishers, healthcare systems, foundations, creator brands, are sitting on archives worth millions and audiences who now expect to ask a question and get an answer. Generic AI isn't the solution. It hallucinates, strips out attribution, and sends readers everywhere but back to the source. Dewey is the AI lab building a better option, so expert knowledge remains the gold standard. We build Answer Engines trained only on an expert's content, that sound like them, cite only their work, and turn their archive into an active,…
Career history
- Founder2023 to presentDewey Labs
- Board Member2023 to presentLemontree Foods
- Founder In Residence2021 to 2022Resolute Ventures
- Founder & Principal2014 to 2022Extra Yarn
- EIR2018 to 2021prehype
- VP Strategic Initiatives // Interim Head of Marketing2017 to 2018TheMuse.com
- Founder // CEO2010 to 2017Artsicle
- Jack of All Trades2014 to 2016Teachers Pay Teachers
Education
BA, CommunicationsUniversity of Pennsylvania
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