WxAI

Written by Jenny Kay Pollock, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of WOMEN x AI (WxAI) and Founder of Luminizing Growth. Through her work with executives, founders, and AI practitioners, she helps organizations navigate AI-driven transformation and adoption. The Women in AI breakfast panel explored what it takes to move AI from breakthrough technology to real-world business impact. For the past few years, much of the AI conversation has centered on new models, benchmark results, and breakt

By Summer Poletti, Founder and CRO of Rise of Us, Host of Revenue Remix podcast and frequent WOMEN x AI (WxAI) speaker. "The event is the seed. Everything else is the harvest." - Summer Poletti The Room Before the Panel Started I walked into Templo Mayor Hall at San Diego State University's campus on a Saturday afternoon with my exec assistant, who everyone noticed “happens” to look exactly like me. Right down to the colorful highlights. We were, as several peop

Moha Shah shares insights on AI governance, responsible AI adoption, and board oversight for business leaders.

Written by Jenny Kay Pollock, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of WOMEN x AI (WxAI) and Founder of Luminizing Growth. Through her work with executives, founders, and AI practitioners, she helps organizations navigate AI-driven transformation and adoption. The best part of every event is reconnecting with longtime community members and welcoming new faces into the WOMEN x AI ecosystem. The hype surrounding AI right now is palpable. Walking the floor of Snowflake Summit 2026 Dev Day, you

The number of AI tools available to leaders is growing rapidly. New platforms promise speed, automation, and transformation. Most deliver some value. Few deliver sustained impact. The challenge for executives is not knowing how to evaluate all of these AI tools . Why Tool Evaluation Matters AI tools are not neutral. They influence: how teams work how decisions are made how information flows through the organization Choosing the wrong tools creates inefficiency and can open th

Female Founders Presenting at WxAI and Convex Demo Day Last night in San Francisco, we hosted the WOMEN x AI Demo Day in partnership with Convex. Seven founders got up and showed what they’ve actually built. Products in motion. Early traction. Real feedback. This is where you go beyond the headlines and the hype and start to see what’s real in AI. 📸 A big thank you to Natasha Renée, of Featured Founders who helped us capture the evening. Check out the Demo Day gallery! Wha

Artificial intelligence discussions often blur the line between AI governance and AI ethics. For boards of directors, that distinction is not semantic. It is structural. AI ethics defines principles. AI governance defines accountability. Understanding the difference between AI governance and AI ethics is essential for directors who carry fiduciary responsibility. What Is AI Ethics? AI ethics refers to the principles that guide how artificial intelligence should be designed an

For our in person AI Board Governance in Practice event on 3/19/2025 we used the following resources. We also wanted to extend a huge thank you to the Silicon Valley AI Hub for hosting us and sponsoring the event. The AI Board Governance Compass Is comprised of four quadrants individual, board, organization and stakeholder. Each of them has 4 sub components for a total of 16 elements that boards should score themselves on. Associated Scoring Sheet The AI Board Governanc

Panelists Speaking on the AI Landscape in 2026 Last night WOMEN x AI hosted a conversation titled: AI Landscape in 2026: What Matters and What Doesn’t. This was not a trends panel. It was a judgment panel. The room was full of founders, investors, operators, and executives trying to answer one question: What deserves our attention now — and what is noise? Here’s what we discussed: 1. AI Is Moving From Interface to Infrastructure Many leaders still treat AI like a feature. A

Prompt-generated image via ChatGPT By Moha Shah , Venture Capital Leader & Innovation Operator | AI, Mobility, Climate, & Fintech/Insurtech | Fortune 100 to Startups In the World Economic Forum’s 2025 Future of Jobs Report , 85% of employers surveyed plan to prioritize upskilling their workforce. New AI tools and AI-first startups are launching each week, and it can feel overwhelming. During the latest Generative AI wave , tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Sora

Prompt-generated image via Freepik By Moha Shah , Venture Capital Leader & Innovation Operator | AI, Mobility, Climate, & Fintech/Insurtech | Fortune 100 to Startups The Boston Consulting Group forecasts that the market size for AI agents will reach $52.1 billion by 2030. This signals that AI agents will transform the future of work by autonomously completing workflows with orchestration across business functions and teams. While AI tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemin

What We Learned from 12 Months of Collaborating with AI Last week, the WOMEN x AI community gathered at the Snowflake Silicon Valley AI Hub for A Year of AI: Women x Innovation — a reflection on what actually changed in AI in 2025, and what leadership will require in 2026. It was a Thursday night right before the holidays and the room was packed. That alone said a lot. But what stayed with us most was not the tools. It was the tone of the conversation. Grounded. Curious. Huma

In early October, the WOMEN x AI Titans Tools Council an expert-led roundtable of AI builders, founders, and operators came together once again to share what’s working in their real-world workflows. This quarter, our Council tested 39 battle-tested tools , spanning everything from research copilots and meeting notetakers to AI-driven recruiters and design generators. Each tool was explored through hands-on use, uncovering what accelerates progress and what still needs human j

Community, Costumes & Claude: How AI Got Spooky This Week This weekend’s #WxAISocialSaturday was equal parts spooky, strategic, and social, thanks to our host Summer Poletti (rhymes with spaghetti), a fractional revenue leader and GTM strategist known for transforming underperforming sales orgs and elevating women into revenue and executive roles. Summer brought her signature blend of AI-savvy and human-first leadership to a festive Halloween-themed session full of AI art,

Photo by Reut Lazo What does the future of law look like in an AI-powered world? That question shaped one of the most thought-provoking events of SF Tech Week. On October 7, an audience gathered at Werqwise for the Aparti.AI Salon, hosted by Anna Naidis, CPO and Co-Founder of Aparti.AI , and supported by WOMEN x AI. Reut Lazo attended and had a great time learning at the intersection of AI and legal, in community. The evening brought together legal experts, founders, and in

Photo by Jenny Kay Pollock What happens when fashion, health, and technology share the same runway? On October 10, that question came to life at Fashion × Tech: Fashion, Consumer, and Creator, a highlight of SF Tech Week 2025. Hosted in San Francisco and co-organized by WOMEN x AI, the evening gathered nearly 300 guests for a celebration of creativity, entrepreneurship, and innovation at the intersection of AI and consumer culture. The Scene SF Tech Week Photo by Jenny Kay Po

Boards everywhere are realizing that AI isn’t just a technology topic, it’s a governance topic. The decisions being made today about...

We’re excited to present Anna Kovalova, CEO at Anbosoft as this week’s AI Spotlight. Let’s dive into our interview with Anna and see...

We are thrilled to feature Kee Jones , Founder and CEO of RESET , in this week’s Women x AI Spotlight! Kee’s journey into AI is a...

How Women in AI Are Building Bold Futures—Together This past #WxAISocialSaturday, the Women x AI (WxAI) community showed once again why...