Sama Adds Squarespace Executive Kinjil Mathur to Advisory Board

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- (April 19, 2022) -- Sama, the AI company delivering accurate data for ambitious AI to Fortune 2000 companies, today announces the appointment of Kinjil Mathur to the company’s Advisory Board.

Kinjil Mathur is the current Chief Marketing Officer of Squarespace, a leading all-in-one website building and e-commerce platform, and brings nearly two decades of experience and knowledge to Sama from institutions like Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Condé Nast. During her decade-long career with some of the world’s leading tastemakers, Mathur led the Digital Marketing team at Saks Fifth Avenue, a company dedicated to transforming the face of luxury fashion retail, and serves as a Committee Member on the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Fashion Trust and NYCxDESIGN. 

Alongside an extensive history as an angel investor backing women and BIPOC entrepreneurs, Mathur’s advisory experience includes membership at ORGANIZE.org, a nonprofit organization focused on increasing organ donorship across the US, Ellevest, an NYC fintech startup focused on helping women independently invest, and Spotify’s CMO Advisory Council.

“Kinjil brings an incredible combination of effective leadership and vast experience that make her a strategic addition to Sama’s Advisory Board,” said Wendy Gonzalez, CEO of Sama. “We are beyond delighted to have her support in driving our mission forward to provide the foundational data powering the world’s most ambitious AI projects.”

Sama is the trusted platform for delivering high-quality, accurate and bias-free data. Aligning purpose with profit, the company operates as a triple-bottom-line, working with the world’s most ambitious AI projects at Google, Siemens, Walmart, and other Fortune 500 companies. Included in B Corp’s Best for the World in the Workers category, Sama is also the only AI infrastructure company to be B Corp certified. Pairing purposeful work with a global impact mission recently validated by an MIT-led Randomized Controlled Trial, Sama has helped lift nearly 60,000 individuals out of poverty through upskilling and AI work.

“I’m thrilled to join Sama and begin working with Wendy Gonzalez,” said Kinjil Mathur, CMO of Squarespace. “Wendy is an exceptional leader, and I look forward to advancing Sama’s mission of leveling the playing field for people who do not share equally in the benefits of technological advancement. Sama possesses an incredibly inspirational goal with a wildly differentiated product that, when coupled with an optimized go-to-market strategy, will change the world around us.”

Sama continues to bolster its leadership team and advisory board with the recent appointments of Tony MacDonald as CFO, Molli Barnes as Senior Vice President of Global People, and former East Palo Alto Mayor Regina Wallace-Jones as Chairwoman to the company’s Board of Directors.

About Sama

Sama provides high-quality training data that powers AI technology. The company’s platform is trusted by leading companies such as Google, Siemens, GM, and Walmart, to develop accurate machine learning models. Sama specializes in image, video, language, and sensor data annotation and validation for machine learning algorithms in industries including manufacturing and robotics, autonomous vehicles, entertainment, e-commerce, retail, and agriculture. Driven by a mission to expand opportunities for underserved individuals through the digital economy, Sama has helped over 59,000 people lift themselves out of poverty. Its training and employment program were recently validated by an MIT-led Randomized Controlled Trial. For more information, visit www.sama.com.

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