# Better Together Agency

> Better Together Agency is a Washington, D.C.-based, Black woman-founded communications and marketing firm serving mission-driven companies, nonprofits, advocacy groups, foundations and public agencies. Its unusual edge is the loop between practice, research and product: the agency runs public relations, crisis, community engagement and digital campaigns; studies consumer experience of bias in generative AI; and turns those findings into consulting, training and TogetherAI, a private communications platform trained on each client's own materials.

- **Founded:** 2023
- **Headquarters:** Washington, United States
- **Founders:** Catharine Montgomery (Founder and CEO)
- **Products:** Communications Strategy and Brand, Public Relations and Reputation, Community Engagement and Campaigns, Responsible AI and Digital Services, TogetherAI
- **Notable:** Launched as MXP Ventures' first U.S. agency in January 2023., Its Dreaming in Color podcast campaign drove 62,793 targeted digital clicks; 68% of new listeners discovered the show through social media and 77% visited the website after listening., Won a 2024 PR Daily Social Justice/Advocacy Campaign award and a PRNEWS Nonprofit Award for the Dreaming in Color podcast campaign.

## Products & services

- **Communications Strategy and Brand** — Research, audience analysis, communications planning, campaign timelines, brand positioning, message development, visual identity and performance reporting.
- **Public Relations and Reputation** — Media relations, public affairs, crisis planning and rapid response, media monitoring, reputation counsel and spokesperson training.
- **Community Engagement and Campaigns** — Listening sessions, town halls, coalition building, events, social media, organizing, paid media and digital campaign management.
- **Responsible AI and Digital Services** — AI policies and governance, staff training, workflow and bias reviews, website work, SEO, answer-engine optimization, generative-engine optimization and AI citation audits.
- **TogetherAI** — A private, organization-specific communications and marketing platform that drafts from approved client materials, checks every output for bias and keeps client data out of public-model training.
- **Biases in Generative AI Impact Report** — Annual consumer research on how people experience bias in generative AI and how that affects trust, purchasing and communications practice.

## Achievements

- Launched as MXP Ventures' first U.S. agency in January 2023.
- Its Dreaming in Color podcast campaign drove 62,793 targeted digital clicks; 68% of new listeners discovered the show through social media and 77% visited the website after listening.
- Won a 2024 PR Daily Social Justice/Advocacy Campaign award and a PRNEWS Nonprofit Award for the Dreaming in Color podcast campaign.
- Received 2024 recognition from Ragan, PRNEWS, the Stevie Awards and the Female Voice Awards for agency, entrepreneurship, social impact and inclusion work.
- Published a second annual generative-AI bias study in 2025 based on a survey of 1,010 U.S. adults.
- Launched TogetherAI in March 2026 with SOC 2 Type 2 examination and Google CASA Tier 2 verification.
- Catharine Montgomery was named a 2026 Ragan Top Women in Marketing AI and Innovation Leader.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Opened its third annual U.S. survey on how people experience bias in generative AI.
- **2026-07** — Catharine Montgomery was named an AI and Innovation Leader in Ragan's 2026 Top Women in Marketing awards.
- **2026-03** — Launched TogetherAI for small nonprofits, startups, advocacy groups and enterprise communications teams.
- **2025-06** — Released the second annual Biases in Generative AI study, reporting that 33% of surveyed consumers would abandon a product over perceived AI bias.

## Links

- Website: https://thebettertogetheragency.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thebettertogetheragency
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BetterTogetherAgency

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Last updated: 2026-09-21