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Leigh Higginbotham Butler

Meet the founder of Akina, the Google for Black women

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…

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