By Jenny Kay Pollock and Reut Lazo, Co-Founders and Co-CEOs of WOMEN x AI (WxAI). Get clearer. Get connected. Shape what happens next. What happens when you bring women together, give them space to learn something new, and invite them to help one another move forward? On October 10, 2026, we hosted our in-person WOMEN x AI Fall Leadership Retreat. We designed the day around three things: strengthening AI capabilities, building deeper connections, and turning new perspectives

AI fluency is more than knowing how to prompt. Use these five questions to decide when to use AI, what to trust, and where human judgment matters most.

AI is making it easier to prepare for a job search. You can use it to research companies, compare roles, sharpen your positioning, draft outreach, prepare for interviews, and organize what you are learning along the way. Those are real advantages, especially in a process that can quickly become repetitive and exhausting. But when people have access to the same tools, the baseline rises. More candidates can produce polished materials. More people can tailor an application quic

AI can make a job search faster, but faster is not always better. Here are five ways to use AI to evaluate opportunities, improve your positioning, strengthen your network, and stand out without sounding like everyone else using AI.

At WOMEN x AI’s AI Career Lab: Your Next Move on September 23, 2026 we brought AI tools, hiring experts, and community into the same room to help women take a practical step toward their next opportunity. What stayed with us was how women helped eachother in real time. They shared tips and leads, offered résumé reviews, and helped each other think through what to do next. Our hiring panel brought candid answers to the questions in the room. Use AI to decide which opportunitie

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. A good startup pitch night shouldn’t just tell a founder whether investors liked the idea. It should help them understand: 🎯 What landed? ❓ What created questions? ✏️ Where does the story need to get sharper? 🚀 What might you want to

At the beginning of every WOMEN x AI (WxAI) event, we say the WxAI Promise together: I promise to be curious. I promise to share what I know and ask when I don’t. I promise to hand her the mic. And I’m ready to learn AI, in community. The promise helps us set an intention for the time we are about to spend together. It welcomes new members, explains the culture we are building, and reminds all of us that a strong community depends on participation. The WxAI Promise sets the

AI Generated Photo Promoting the Event Hosted during JPM Week 2026, Bridging the Gap for Greater Investment connected women healthcare founders with venture capital investors. 📍 San Francisco | 📅 January 12, 2026 🤝 Hosted by WOMEN x AI and Pier 70 Ventures 💼 Sponsored by CLA 🩺 Focus: Women Healthcare Founders & Venture Capital JPM Week is one of the most important gatherings in global healthcare, bringing together founders, investors, pharmaceutical companies, health s

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

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

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 ch

A Glossary of Common AI Terms & Concepts by Tamara Gracon , Joanna Ridgeway , Paula Fontana , Jenny Kay Pollock and Reut Lazo . Here’s a quick guide to help you stay current in the AI era. From AGI to LLM, we’ve got you covered with clear, simple definitions of the terms you’ll hear most often in today’s conversations about artificial intelligence. 📘 Download the printable version A - C Agentic AI – AI that can set and work toward goals on its own, making decisions and ada

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

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We are thrilled to share that Jenny Kay Pollock, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of WOMEN x AI, has been recognized as a Finalist for the Women in...

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