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FRONTIER
COLLECTIVE

Discovering where AI creates value for your work, while protecting processes worth doing.

We help newsrooms, academic programs, and other mission-driven organizations find their own line of exploration, grounded in decades of experience in newsrooms and classrooms.

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8
countries where I’ve developed and led projects on online verification
10,000+
students trained through the Knight Center’s online AI course
20+ yrs
at the intersection of information and technology, from The New York Times to the Associated Press
Tow-Knight AI Fellow, CUNY · Future Today Institute’s “Ones to Watch” · Page Center Board Member · ComNet23 Keynote Speaker
How We Work

Three ways to work together.

Education

Workshops, keynotes, and curriculum-based training that build fluency and upskilling at universities and offices. From one-hour executive briefings to semester-long academic programs, including the signature talk, “Challenging AI and Protecting Your Process.”

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Strategy Consulting

An audit of where AI creates value in your organization and where it doesn’t. Plus, evaluation frameworks to test if a given tool is reliable, safe, and worth the investment before you commit it to a budget line.

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Board & Advisory

Ongoing, sustained counsel on innovation strategy as AI and technology evolves.

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Our Principles

How we think about this work.

01

Not every process needs AI

The most valuable thing we can tell a client is where to leave a process alone, rooted in the latest research.

02

Sometimes the job is to protect the process from AI

Some processes — reporting, teaching, creative judgment — are the product. We understand the difference between where AI frees people up and where it replaces what your organization is actually meant to provide.

03

Pragmatic, evidence-based

Cost and efficiency claims get checked against real numbers before they go on a roadmap. We verify vendor claims and ensure clients get what they paid for and expected.

04

Building confidence

The goal is to help everyone at your organization build technical competency to test and try new tools and approaches to their work.

About

Experience on the Frontier

Frontier Collective Founder Aimee Rinehart has more than two decades at the intersection of information and technology — from the early web era at The New York Times to leading generative AI strategy at the Associated Press. “I help organizations navigate technological disruption while staying true to their mission.”

Credentials
Founding Advisory Board Member for the Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology at the University of Florida
Workshops and classes taught at Columbia University, Indiana University, University of Montana, University of Texas Austin, The New School, New York University, and University of Florida
Coaching at CUNY Newmark for the AI leaders lab and executive program

Let’s talk about the frontier.

Tell us about your organization and where AI is showing up.

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Discovering the frontier together.
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