TATEL SUMMIT · 1878, LLC · CFEG · BLUE TARP PRODUCTIONS
We build sovereign AI — on and across island waters.
Attorneys, educators, filmmakers and builders from the U.S. Virgin Islands, building technology and AI sovereignty for the islands: island-owned data, local talent and infrastructure that grows from St. Croix to St. Thomas, St. John, Water Island and the BVI.
Main site · 01
Building Foundations. Igniting Pathways. Producer of the TATEL Summit and year-round incubator.
Visit tatel.18seventy8.com →Main site · 02
The Center for Educational Growth — the first virtual school of the Virgin Islands and home of the Technology Mill.
Visit usvicfeg.com →Main site · 03
Independent Virgin Islands filmmakers — co-producers of Film Over Gun Violence, now streaming.
Visit fogv.vhx.tv →Profiles · PDF
Who we are
TATEL is produced by 1878, LLC, a licensed U.S. Virgin Islands company in business and management consulting, computer systems, grant writing, importing and internet commerce. 1878 produces the TATEL Summit (Tech · AI · Travel · Entertainment · Law) and coordinates the legal, incentive and implementation pathway for its partners and pilots, including the student-branded Ayo Dryman Market mango product and digital point-of-sale.
Our lead, Sansara A. Cannon, Esq., is admitted in the Virgin Islands, New York and New Jersey. She has served as Senior Investigative Attorney at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, Senior Counsel to the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (CIGIE), and Special Assistant to the CIGIE Legislation Committee, with focus on AI and data governance and legal technology.
Our education partner, The Center for Educational Growth, Inc. (CFEG), is a Cognia-accredited 501(c)(3) school founded in Frederiksted in 2019 by Director Sandra Cannon after 32 years as a Virgin Islands educator and counselor. It serves St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. John and Water Island, and graduates international students every year.
With Blue Tarp Productions, CFEG founded Film Over Gun Violence in 2023. Its youth films have earned 19 festival outcomes in the 2025–26 cycle and placement on six streaming platforms, and the program is backed by the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the VI Council on the Arts.
Together we bring hotel, marina, airline, banking, technology, government and media relationships across the USVI and BVI, listed below.
AI + tech · what we build
Sovereign AI, spatial computing, legal tech and robotics, built and owned in the Virgin Islands and carried island to island.
Learners map real island sites and rebuild them as immersive XR worlds — resorts, marinas and heritage sites as explorable 3D spaces.
Island-owned data pipelines and AI policy so Virgin Islands stories, records and models stay under local control.
AI governance, IP and copyright frameworks for AI authorship, built by attorneys admitted in the Virgin Islands, New York, New Jersey, Texas, California, D.C., Georgia, Florida, Virginia and Maryland.
CFEG's Technology Mill trains learners in robotics, CAD, AI and immersive game design — talent built at home.
Student-branded products with digital point-of-sale and internet commerce, from the Ayo Dryman Market mango line.
A year-round incubator moving pilots by water across St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. John, Water Island and the BVI.
The work · Tech + AI sovereignty
We build technology the islands own. Island problems become island-built solutions, demonstrated locally first and then carried by boat, ferry and air to every shore in the Virgin Islands and beyond.
AI and data governance, creative ownership and IP protection, so Virgin Islands data, stories and models stay in island hands.
CFEG's Technology Mill trains students in robotics, AI, CAD and XR, building the talent pipeline at home instead of importing it.
Students spatially map real island locations and rebuild them as immersive XR worlds with Imagi, Lovable and NY Base Labs.
TATEL's five-island route moves by water between resorts and marinas, and a year-round incubator keeps pilots growing from shore to shore.
The Operator · USVI
Building Foundations. Igniting Pathways. A licensed Virgin Islands company working across infrastructure, finance and production.
Attorney · VI · NY · NJ
Director, TATEL Summit · 1878, LLC. CEO and Advocacy Director, CFEG. Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
Film Production · St. Croix
A St. Croix production company of independent Virgin Islands filmmakers, founded by director George W. Cannon III with Diana Dias.
Nonprofit School · EIN 66-0930067
The Center for Educational Growth, Inc. — Cognia-accredited 501(c)(3), the first virtual school of the Virgin Islands. Founded 2019 by Director Sandra Cannon (M.Ed., Delta State).
Attorney · IP + Technology
Associate Corporate Counsel, IP, at Amazon. William & Mary Law School; admitted in New York, 2020.
