Dr Denise Xifara is the co-founder of Nupinion, a startup dedicated to improving how people engage with news. She is passionate about leveraging big data to gain insight from global news content. Her work at Nupinion is focused on using AI to meaningfully aggregate and display news, evaluate political slant and credibility, identify echo chambers and support democratic decision-making by improving access to quality journalism. Previously Dr Xifara worked as a data scientist and collaborated with startups, building chatbot and blockchain applications. Her background is in statistics, having completed a PhD in statistical genetics at Oxford University.