Tired of talk that goes nowhere? This Seattle startup is using AI to turn civic debate into action

Merrill Keating, left, and Doña Keating are the mother-daughter co-founders of AI startup Convexus. (Photo courtesy of Merrill Keating) While much of the debate around artificial intelligence centers on the technology’s threat to jobs and society, one Seattle-area startup is turning that anxiety on its head — using AI not as a source of conflict, but as a tool to help resolve it. Convexus is a civic technology platform designed to help local governments, nonprofits, and community groups move pas