About — Meredith Alexander Kunz

Bio

I work at the intersection of AI, innovation, strategy, and technology storytelling. At Adobe, I lead research and innovation communications, a program I built from the ground up. My team partners with researchers and engineers across the organization, in generative and agentic AI, LLMs, computer vision, video, audio, and 3D, to tell the story of their work.

Much of that work is strategy rather than communications in the traditional sense: building systems that carry technical breakthroughs into executive alignment, product influence, and public impact. I joined as Adobe Research's founding science writer, when there was no communications practice at all, and built one: the news site and technical blog, the video series, a social presence that grew more than 700%, and the messaging for keynotes by its VP and Head, including executive presentations that helped secure multi-million-dollar funding for the generative AI roadmap.

Before Adobe, I worked as a journalist and communications strategist covering technology and research. My writing has appeared in Newsweek, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Stanford Magazine. At Stanford, my work supported major interdisciplinary research initiatives and philanthropic investments of more than $10 million.

Alongside this work, I write and speak on ethics and practical philosophy. I'm co-author of Beyond Stoicism with Massimo Pigliucci and Gregory Lopez, published in 2025 and now out in Spanish, with a Chinese edition on the way. I also host The Philosopher's Compass podcast and work as a certified executive coach.

Books: Beyond Stoicism (2025) · Live Like a Philosopher, UK edition
Podcast: The Philosopher's Compass, host
Writing: The Stoic Mom, creator and author since 2016 — on Substack since 2022
Previously: Stanford University · Journalist and communications strategist covering technology and research
Education: Harvard University, A.B. History & Literature, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa · Stanford University, M.A. History · École Normale Supérieure, Paris
Affiliations: Adobe · Centre for the Study and Application of Stoicism, Royal Holloway · National Association of Science Writers
Coaching: Executive coaching, Co-Active and Stoic in approach
Credentials: Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) · Associate Certified Coach (ACC)