MY JOURNEY

Hey!

I’m Maria, the other half of the Mindstream writing team.

If AI news feels messy, overwhelming, and slightly unhinged… Well, that’s because it is.

But that’s why we’re here. We write Mindstream so you don’t have to doom-scroll through 47 tabs, 10 Discord leaks, and whatever Elon’s posting this week.

You get the headlines, the context, and the stuff that actually matters, in 5 minutes or less.

I have two degrees in International Affairs; AI wasn’t originally my subject, but I needed to learn it fast. That’s what drew me to Mindstream.

Picture me, scrolling LinkedIn when I got the message that would change my life: We want to interview you.

I started here as an all-round marketing gal, but quickly became Matt’s second in command, writing the newsletter every day alongside him. And by alongside, I mean halfway across the world. From my home country of Lebanon.

Mindstream continued to grow and grow — and eventually, I learned HubSpot was acquiring us. As part of the deal, they offered to move me to the UK to be closer to the rest of the team!

But it wasn’t that simple. Things got kind of crazy in Lebanon. Bombs dropped. The airport closed. I wasn’t sure if I’d ever make it to the UK.

Eventually, normality returned, and I moved to the UK in February 2025!

If you’d told me two years ago that I’d be writing about AI, for 200,000+ people and moving to the UK to do it, I would’ve laughed in your face. 

And yet… here we are. Somehow, I get to do the thing I’ve always loved: writing. 

I didn’t plan a career in tech. I just learned how to take something messy and make it make sense, and that’s exactly what you’ll find here, every single day.

So, friends, welcome to the chaos. Let’s make sense of it together. 

If you’re like I used to be, and need to get up-to-date on AI, this will help, I promise!

- Maria