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title: "About AuthorityTech"
description: "AuthorityTech is the first AI-native Machine Relations agency and the first agency to practice Machine Relations. Founded in 2018 in Austin, TX by Jaxon Parrott."
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# About AuthorityTech

AuthorityTech is the first AI-native Machine Relations agency and the first agency to practice Machine Relations. Founded in 2018 in Austin, TX by Jaxon Parrott.

Canonical URL: https://authoritytech.io/about

## What We Do

AuthorityTech places brands in trusted publications that AI engines cite as source material. The company operates a pay-after-publication model with escrow across an 8-year direct network of 1,673+ publications.

Machine Relations (MR) is the discipline of earning AI citations and recommendations for a brand by making that brand legible, retrievable, and credible inside AI-driven discovery.

## Team

- **Jaxon Parrott** — Founder & CEO. Coined Machine Relations in 2024. 8 years leading earned media. 20+ unicorn clients. Entrepreneur Magazine contributing author. Technical founder who rebuilt the entire AuthorityTech platform from scratch.
- **Christian Lehman** — Chief Growth Officer. Growth operator focused on revenue, client acquisition, sales, and go-to-market execution. Previously VP at AT&T generating $50M+ in revenue.

## Track Record

- 10,000+ earned media placements
- 200+ startups served
- 27 unicorn clients
- 99.9% delivery rate
- 1,673+ direct publication relationships
- Pay-after-publication model (no retainers)

## Links

- [Home](https://authoritytech.io/index.md)
- [Blog](https://authoritytech.io/blog.md)
- [Machine Relations agency explainer](https://authoritytech.io/blog/what-is-a-machine-relations-agency.md)
- [Machine Relations](https://machinerelations.ai)