Akina
Meet the founder of Akina, the Google for Black women
Leigh Higginbotham Butler is the creator of Akina, a CaaS (Community-as-a-Service) app and platform that employs culturally appropriate AI and machine learning technologies. In 2020, Butler established a safe space after failing to find one for herself on how to discuss the nation’s civil unrest with her Black boys. Her first idea was to create…