She is the CEO and Co-Founder of Iris.ai, one of the 10 most innovative artificial intelligence companies in 2017 according to Fast Company. Iris.ai is aiming to build the world’s first ‘AI researcher’, and currently offering research discovery tools for Academia and the Chemical industry. Anita is also Faculty in Artificial Intelligence at SingularityU Nordic, and a sought after speaker both locally at the Nordic Executive programs and at the range of international Singularity Summits. She has been a member of several boards including the Ulstein Group, Katapult Group and NORA Startup (Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Research Consortium).

Anita was announced by Forbes to be one of the World’s Top 50 Women in Tech in 2018, and among the Inspiring Fifty Nordics in 2017 and 2019. She throughly enjoys her time on stage, has done two TEDx talks and is a 500 startups, SU Global Grand Challenges Awards and TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield alumni.