Dustin Smith

Dustin is the Co-founder and CEO of Hum, working at the cross-section of scholarly publishing and tech innovation. He leads Hum’s product vision, strategy and development, and oversees solutions that leverage AI to unify and activate first-party data, including Alchemist, Hum’s deep AI suite.

By Dustin Smith

Technology
What publishers do when everyone has AI

Dustin and BMJ’s Ian Mulvany discuss editorial judgment, research curiosity, agent-ready publishing, and where they might be wrong about AI.

Dustin Smith Sep 30, 2026
Content
Readers Want Content That Answers

Readers now expect AI to deliver answers, not links. Learn how scholarly publishers can stay visible and trusted in answer-first search experiences.

Dustin Smith Nov 03, 2025
Culture & News
The Alchemist Future

AI orchestration - not AI tools - will determine winners. Hum is building Alchemist to be the orchestration layer for publisher AI.

Dustin Smith Jul 18, 2025
Culture & News
ASM Partners with Hum to Deploy AI-based Taxonomy

American Society for Microbiology selects Hum's Alchemist Taxonomy platform to enhance content organization across 16 scientific journals. AI-powered taxonomy tags 260,000+ articles automatically.

Dustin Smith Jun 03, 2025
Culture & News
Alchemist Unbound: Hum's Vision for an AI-Powered Publishing Ecosystem

We're letting Alchemist out of the kitchen - and into every part of publishing. Learn how Hum is pioneering the future of publishing.

Dustin Smith Mar 05, 2025

Dustin Smith

By Dustin Smith

What publishers do when everyone has AI

Readers Want Content That Answers

The Alchemist Future

ASM Partners with Hum to Deploy AI-based Taxonomy

Alchemist Unbound: Hum's Vision for an AI-Powered Publishing Ecosystem