Forbes’ 30 under 30 media list, alongside his fellow co-founders of
Knowhere – an AI-driven news platform designed to strive towards objectivity above all else. It was an idea conjured up by Barling as an 18-year-old and nurtured during his time at Durham; A philosophy text on his first year reading list led to the name ‘Knowhere’, while the Bill Bryson library was the scene of its legal incorporation.
Palatinate spoke to Barling about the early days of flying between Durham and Stanford, their exponential success in the coronavirus pandemic, and the inevitable impossibility of their goal.
The origin of an idea
Barling first conceived the idea while on his gap year, and it began to materialise after reading