In the Press
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Feature Articles
We are thrilled to share an inspiring interview with our CEO, Cara Jones, recently featured on Unite.AI. This thoughtful discussion delves into the heart of Marinus Analytics—our mission, operations, and the driving force behind our work to protect the vulnerable and disrupt systemic exploitation.
Learn how artificial intelligence can serve as a powerful tool in combating human trafficking and how AI for good can shape the future of human rights solutions. Explore the potential of AI to revolutionize the fight for justice and safety.
Discover how Traffic Jam, our groundbreaking software, empowers investigators in the fight against human trafficking. Learn more about its innovative features and transformative impact.
Discover our partnership with AWS and how AWS Rekognition serves as a powerful tool for law enforcement in the fight against human trafficking.
Learn the story of Marinus Analytics and how AI can be a powerful tool in the battle against human trafficking.
Learn about our award in the IBM Watson AI XPrize competition and how our business can utilize AI to serve a good purpose.
articles and interviews from the past
June 23, 2021: Grand Prize Winner Announced in $5M IBM Watson AI XPRIZE Competition
June 22, 2021: CMU spinoff Marinus Analytics is the only US finalist in the IBM Watson AI XPrize competition
October 11, 2021: How AI can fight human trafficking
August 9, 2019: I started a tech company with no tech background, this is how it went
August 7, 2019: How Can Artificial Intelligence Help Stop Human Trafficking?
Jul 3, 2019: Using Artificial Intelligence to Fight Human Trafficking | Emily Kennedy | TEDxPittsburgh
July 1, 2019: AI and machine learning dominate World Economic Forum’s list of 2019 Technology Pioneers
July 1, 2019: Meet the World Economic Forum’s 2019 Class of Technology Pioneers
January 23, 2019: Dietrich College Alumna Fights Human Trafficking With AI
August 6, 2018: How Emily Kennedy and Cara Jones, Co-Founders of Marinus Analytics, are using AI to battle sex trafficking
May 22, 2018: Emily Kennedy She Tracks Down Sex Traffickers
April 13, 2018: This Startup Is Using Facial Recognition to Fight Human Trafficking
April 3, 2018: 2018 Toyota Mother of Invention Emily Kennedy, CEO of Marinus Analytics
June 28, 2017: This facial recognition technology could help stop online child trafficking
March 12, 2017: Machine Learning: A New Weapon In The War Against Forced Labor And Human Trafficking
September 21, 2016: How Artificial Intelligence Can Stop Sex Trafficking
April 10, 2016: Fighting sex trafficking: behind the app helping the FBI bust pimps
November 25, 2015: FBI cracking down on sex traffickers
NOVEMBER 17, 2015: This Girl's Senior Project Became a Law Enforcement Tool to Stop Sex Trafficking
October 15, 2015: The Young Woman Who Created A New Way to Bust Sex Trafficking Rings
February 9, 2015: Human Traffickers Caught on Hidden Internet
January 13, 2015: Carnegie Mellon Developing Online Tools To Detect and Identify Sex Traffickers
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Learn more about how Marinus Analytics placed 3rd in the international AI XPrize competition.
IBM’s AI technology for business, today announced the Grand Prize Winner in the $5M IBM Watson AI XPRIZE Challenge. Find out how Marinus Analytics placed out of the final 3!
Discover how Marinus Analytics is using Artificial Intelligence to aid law enforcement in locating missing persons and detecting organized crime in the fight against human trafficking.
Discover how Artificial Intelligence can be used to not only rescue victims of human trafficking, but to combat the system of illegal organizations and economic activities that underlie human trafficking.
Learn about what Marinus Analytics has accomplished through their partnership with Amazon Web Services.
Check out Emily Kennedy, President and Founder of Marinus Analytics, share her experience founding a tech company with one one Java programming class under her technical experience belt.
Learn about how artificial intelligence can help stop human trafficking from Marinus Analytics President and Founder, Emily Kennedy.
Learn more about the World Economic Forum Technology Pioneers of 2019 including Marinus Analytics.
Not only does CBN talk to Marinus Analytics's CEO, Cara Jones about Traffic Jam, CBN also reaches out to its users in law enforcement to learn how they've used Traffic Jam and how it has helped them.
Discover how the President and Founder of Marinus Analytics Emily Kennedy turned her senior thesis at Carnegie Mellon University into a groundbreaking technology company.
Check out WQED Pittsburgh's interview with Marinus Analytics's CEO Cara Jones to learn a bit about the value of Traffic Jam and the driving force behind Marinus Analytics.
Learn all about the issue of sex trafficking and how Marinus Analytics develops online tools to contribute to solving the problem.
Check out Marinus Analytics’s role in fighting sex trafficking and how they collaborate to rescue vulnerable victims.
Discover the inspiration that led Marinus Analytics's President Emily Kennedy to developing Marinus Analytics and its flagship tool Traffic Jam.
Head over to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to learn more about the value of Traffic Jam including its crucial tool, FaceSearch.
Check out Emily Kennedy’s journey to becoming President and Co-Founder of Marinus Analytics.
Listen to Emily Kennedy, President and Co-Founder of Marinus Analytics, talk about all of the hard work it took to build Marinus Analytics.
Learn how Artificial Intelligence can stop sex trafficking and how Marinus Analytics is contributing to the charge.
Check out this podcast where Emily Kennedy, President and Founder of Marinus Analytics, shares real life examples of how law enforcement has used Marinus Analytics’s flagship tool Traffic Jam and talks about the good and the evil of data.
Find out how big events fuel domestic sex trafficking and what Marinus Analytics is doing to help combat the issue.
Discover how the FBI is cracking down on sex trafficking and Marinus Analytics’s contribution to rescuing vulnerable victims.
Get the full story on Emily Kennedy’s journey to becoming President and CoFounder of Marinus Analytics.
Find out more about the World Economic Forum 2019 Technology Pioneers and why Marinus Analytics is among those pioneers who will shape the future.
Watch Emily Kennedy, President and Co-Founder of Marinus Analytics, talk about what inspired her to combat human trafficking.
Watch Emily Kennedy present at TEDxPittsburgh 2019 as she shares specific success stories of how Marinus's Artificial Intelligence was able to help law enforcement rescue victims.
Learn more about human trafficking and the power of AI in efforts to disrupt human trafficking.
Learn about how Marinus Analytics’s Co-Founders Emily Kennedy and Cara Jones got started and the difficulties they faced along the way.

Marinus Analytics makes it to the global AI XPrize Finals as the sole U.S. finalist.
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