Caldera helps organizations increase impact in the age of AI

Who we are

Caldera is a collective of senior advisors with deep expertise working with nonprofits, private-sector, and government clients to create sustained positive social impact.

We help our clients develop strategies for adopting AI in a way that is responsible, aligned with their mission, and grounded in creating immediate value, not hype. Chatbots are fun, but the real gains come from deeper investments in workflow automation and tooling that reduces repetitive, routinized tasks and frees up staff to do more creative work.

Featured advisors

Bryan Pon

Bryan is the strategy and AI solutions lead for Caldera. Ex-Kiva, ex-Caribou Digital, he brings 15+ years of strategy and product experience, mostly in the Global South, mostly in digital technology and off-grid energy.

With domain expertise across financial services, mobile, commerce, digital public infrastructure, and more, we help our clients fulfill their missions through the full lifecycle of ideas to impact.

As an AI-first strategy firm, we don’t just advise on AI adoption, we live it. Our operational infrastructure was designed from the ground up around AI tools and automation, enabling our senior advisors to maximize their time creating value with our clients.

Marissa Dean

Marissa leads on early stage start-ups and venture funding for Caldera. Ex-Accenture, ex-Caribou Digital, she brings over 12 years of management consulting experience around the digital economy.

Strategy

Theory of change. Investment thesis. Organizational transformation. Grant-making program. Our advisors provide a full suite of impact-oriented strategy services, including facilitated workshops and design sessions, to help leadership find their north star.

What we do

Research

Great strategy requires great insights. Our team can survey customers, landscape market competition, analyze usage and adoption trends, and more, with deep experience in both qualitative and quantitative methods.

AI adoption

Every organization needs a plan for AI—whether they want to embrace it or not, their staff are already using it. Caldera helps our clients develop an AI strategy, develop internal AI usage policies, and build AI and automation solutions that help improve impact.

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