The Team
Who we are
Where storytelling expertise meets AI.
Co-founder
Kylie Ahern
Chief Storytelling Officer
Award-winning science publisher with 20+ years across Cosmos, Nature Publishing Group, and beyond. Kylie spent a decade developing her research storytelling methodology through STEM Matters: 250+ projects, 100+ clients across academia, government, corporate, and philanthropy.
She didn't just inspire KylieBot. She is the product.
Background
Award-winning science publisher
20+ years across Cosmos, Nature Publishing Group, and beyond
Founder, STEM Matters
Research engagement agency, 10+ years, 100+ clients globally
250+ projects delivered
Across academia, government, corporate, and philanthropy
Co-founder & Chief Storytelling Officer, KylieBot
The methodology behind the product
Background
20+ years in digital product management
Deep AI expertise
Co-founder & Chief Product Officer, KylieBot
Co-founder
Thomas Jung
Chief Product Officer
Digital product leader with 20+ years building and scaling consumer products used by millions across SEEK, Domain, Expedia and Bupa.
Thomas brings the product discipline, technical rigour, and scaling expertise to turn Kylie's methodology into a product that works at institutional scale.
In Their Words
Why we built KylieBot
“Great research. Untold stories. That's the problem we're solving. Everyone needs impact stories — communications, philanthropy, commercialisation, government, leadership — but they're all stuck in the same bottleneck. We built KylieBot to fix that.”
“We built KylieBot to amplify human expertise, not replace it. The stories come from researchers. The methodology comes from Kylie. AI makes it scalable.”