Dacia Donohue · AI leader, builder & writer

Clarity for the ineffable.

I lead AI and process innovation in regulated banking, build intelligent tools of my own, and write about what happens when AI meets real life. The through-line is simple: technology should make people feel more capable.

About my work with AI →
— welcome in.

At work

Leading AI and process innovation in regulated banking—where security, governance, legacy systems, and the people doing the work are part of the build.

In the studio

Building products and agent systems for problems that need to be solved, including ManaLens with my son and Clarineffable for the way my brain actually works.

In public

Writing Speak Human and creating plain-language AI guides for people who are curious, cautious, or starting late.

Twenty years across fintech and software, a master's in AI, and a daily practice of building with the models—not just talking about them.
§ 01 · What I'm building

Three things, made on purpose.

Each of these started as a personal problem. None were supposed to be a "product." They just needed to exist.
iOS · shipped

Talk Unplugged

Conversation starter cards for families who actually want to talk.

On the App Store · 2025
Available on the App Store
Web · beta

PowerDeckAI

Commander bracket analysis for Magic players who just want the answer.

Live in beta · 2025
Live beta accepting testers
App · in use daily

Clarineffable

A second brain built around the mess, not against it.

Runs my life · 2024–
Used daily since 2024
The rest

See the full portfolio →

Client software, volunteer work for DI Colorado, and ManaLens—the Magic: The Gathering scanner my son and I are testing on our phones.

everything I'm making →
Intelligent tools should make people feel more capable. That's it. That's the whole thing.— the one-sentence version

Say hi.

Most of my inbox is people telling me which metaphor hit. I like that. Tell me what you're building, or what question to ask.

dacia@clarineffable.com →

Or keep looking.

The about page is the longer story — how I think, what vibe coding actually looks like, why I named a company after a contradiction.