AI for strategic decisions on peace, security, and risk
Transcend is the AI platform for governments, organizations, and companies operating in the world’s toughest conflicts and high-risk areas. We deliver fast, smart, and ethical solutions.
The Problem
Conflict response and strategic decision-making in fragile contexts are:
- • Too slow. By the time traditional analysis is complete, the situation has changed.
- • Too fragmented. Government, multilateral, and commercial actors work in silos.
- • Too costly. Delayed or uninformed decisions takes lives, time, and billions.
- • Too blind. Civic perspectives and fast-evolving local dynamics are often ignored.
In an age of rapidly evolving geopolitical complexity, the cost of bad decisions is rising—and our tools haven’t kept up.
Our Solution
Transcend is the only AI-first platform purpose-built for peace, security, and commercial risk.
We combine deep conflict expertise with powerful generative AI to equip decision-makers with fast, reliable, and mission-aligned insight—across the full spectrum of strategic response.
Our platform delivers:
Comprehensive and Rapid Conflict Analysis
Scenario Planning
Strategic Options
Stakeholder Mapping
Predictive Analytics
Civic Signal Detection
Transcend replaces fragmented analysis and slow consulting cycles with unified, actionable intelligence—ready when you are.
Who We Serve
Transcend is built for the real-world complexity of modern conflict. Our platform serves actors across the peace, security, and risk landscape—delivering tailored insights and strategic support to each mission’s unique goals, mandates, and constraints.
Government agencies
Multilateral institutions
Private sector leaders
International NGOs
Think tanks and analysts
Peacebuilders and civil society
Our Story
Transcend was founded by a former refugee, war survivor, and senior peace advisor who saw firsthand how outdated tools, bureaucratic inertia, and overwhelming complexity stall insight and progress in conflict zones.
With decades of experience in AI and conflict, we built Transcend to serve those facing high-stakes decisions—moving them from reactive responses to strategic action with the clarity, speed, and foresight needed to lead in fluid and fragile environments. At our core, we believe better decisions can make peace not just possible, but achievable.
Team
The Transcend team is made up of a mix of conflict analysts, peace practitioners, business operations leaders, and engineers committed to the vision of a world where conflict is mitigated with greater efficiency than war is waged.
Ola Mohajer
Founder, CEO
- Subject matter expert
- Refugee and war survivor
- United States Institute of Peace
- United Nations
- Columbia University
Before founding Transcend in 2023, Ola spent 15 years advancing peace, development, and trade as a policy advisor in the Canadian government, a strategist at the United Nations, and a Senior Program Officer at the U.S. Institute of Peace. She has led complex projects in Sudan, South Sudan, Zimbabwe, and Jordan, authored U.S. policy guidance and deployed tools and mediations that prioritized civilian engagement in peace processes, and worked directly with government and UN officials across Africa and the Middle East.
Ola holds a Master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University and dual undergraduate degrees in Biology and Religious Studies from the University of Calgary. She holds numerous awards for her research and work and is a frequent speaker, advisor, and author on policy strategy, AI for peace, peacebuilding, and civic inclusion.
At Transcend, she leads a team building the first AI-first platform for non-kinetic strategy—accelerating conflict analysis, surfacing diplomatic options, and amplifying local voices to help governments and organizations act faster and more wisely in the face of crisis.
- Subject matter expert
- Center for Peace Diplomacy
- Columbia University
Andrew Long-Higgins
Peace and Conflict Advisor
- Business Development, Operations
- Former CEO U.S. Raisin
- McKinsey
- Columbia University
Marcel Bock
Founding Advisor
- Machine Learning Engineer
- NLP and Large language Models
- Educational Testing Service
- University of Ottawa
Zhaoyang (Damien) Xie
Machine Learning Engineer
- Conflict Analysis
- Policy
- United States Institute of Peace
- Princeton University
Ben Clarick
International Conflict Specialist
- Data Analysis
- Policy Analysis
- Machine Learning
- Sentiment Analysis
- Columbia University
Arnav Sahai
Machine Learning Engineer
- Product developer
- Early stage startups
- Conflict research & fieldwork in South Asia
- University of Edinburgh
Arukshita Kaushal
Product and Strategy Development Lead
- Conflict analysis expert
- PeaceTech expert
- United Nations
- Columbia University
- Sciences Po Paris
Giulio Catanzariti
Political and PeaceTech Lead
Advisors
Transcend is advised by a group of CEOs, AI experts, engineers, diplomats, and senior government, military, and intelligence officials
One platform. Many missions. Aligned for insight, impact, and peace.
Our Mission
To transform how the world responds to violent conflict and risk—by equipping decision-makers with AI-powered clarity, speed, and foresight.
We believe better choices—grounded in insight and designed for peace—can save lives, safeguard investments, and create lasting stability.
Our Product
Stay Ahead of the Curve With Real-Time Insights
Harness the power of AI to access up-to-the-hour information for timely conflict analysis. Our platform enables policymakers to start making informed decisions in minutes while simultaneously offering effortless scalability to meet evolving demands from anywhere in the world.
Transform Data Into Actionable Knowledge
Traditional conflict analyses demand significant time and resources, often resulting in outdated insights due to swiftly evolving local contexts. Transcend revolutionizes this process by transforming your data into meaningful, up-to-the-hour models. With AI-powered analytics, organizations can effortlessly extract valuable insights, ensuring relevance and impact even in constantly changing environments.
Accelerate the Decision-Making Process
Our AI-powered platform revolutionizes the decision-making process, slashing timelines from months to mere minutes. Automating complex tasks and streamlining workflows extricates valuable time for critical endeavours, such as facilitating dialogue among conflicting parties and evaluating the varying pathways of making challenging decisions. With efficiency at its core, our platform empowers leaders to focus on what truly matters: forging paths forward toward resolution, ultimately saving lives and reducing fatalities.
Join Us
Inspire a new generation of leaders committed to nonviolent conflict resolution. Get involved with us today!
