Varsha Bansal

Varsha Bansal is an independent journalist based in Los Angeles who investigates AI companies and how the technology is reshaping workers, communities and society. With over a decade of experience as a tech reporter, her work regularly appears in WIRED, The Guardian, TIME, Fortune, MIT Technology Review, Rest of World and more. Prior to going freelance, she worked with top Indian business dailies The Economic Times and Mint. Varsha was a Knight-Bagehot Fellow at Columbia University (2024-25) and has received multiple awards, including Freelance Journalist of the Year by One World Media and Outstanding Business Reporting by South Asian Journalists Association for her reporting on technology's impact on Indian gig workers. She was also an inaugural AI Accountability Fellow with the Pulitzer Center in 2022.