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Dossier · Who's Who
Meta Hirschl
NMED's Chief Data & Technology Steward, who coined "Project Velocity" and specified in internal emails how agency records would flow into Apaluma's AI system.
At a glance
- Current role
- Chief Data & Technology Steward, NM Environment Department (NMED)
- Category
- Agency staff
- Jurisdiction
- State of New Mexico
- Verification
- caveated — True with a stated limit on it
- In the record
- 2 sources · 1 connections · 0 dated entries
- Record id
- PJP71
Key facts
- Coined the name "Project Velocity" in internal emails.[2]
- Specified in those emails how the agency's records would be handed off into Apaluma's AI system.[2]
- 2025-11Appeared in Apaluma's promotional video, around November 2025, as reported by a single outlet; the video was taken down by May 31, 2026.[1]
The record
NMED's Chief Data & Technology Steward — the official who coined 'Project Velocity,' specified in internal emails how the agency's records would flow into Apaluma's AI system, and appeared in the company's promo video before it vanished.
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