Katie Zacharia Denies NRED Board Role as AI Mining Startup Kept June 24 Release Online
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Updated · WIRED · Oct 16
Katie Zacharia Denies NRED Board Role as AI Mining Startup Kept June 24 Release Online
1 articles · Updated · WIRED · Oct 16
Summary
WIRED found Zacharia was publicly named to NRED Intelligent Mining’s advisory board on June 24, but she now says the appointment was “fake” and never approved.
NRED figures partly backed that account: incoming CEO Valentin Saitarli said talks occurred but “never materialized,” even as the release and archived website pages still listed her on Friday.
The company, formerly NovaRed Mining, had little cash earlier this year—The Globe and Mail said it held just $65,689 in January—before pivoting this month from copper-gold exploration to its AI mineral platform, MetalCore.
That shift came with an unusual advisory-board buildup featuring politically connected figures including former DHS secretary Kristi Noem, whose own appointment drew backlash in Canada.
The disclosure adds to scrutiny of Zacharia’s brief White House tenure, already clouded by questions over her legal credentials and past Beachbody affiliation before her firing after 5 days.