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WxAI Events

Upcoming WxAI Events

WOMEN x AI creates spaces for women and nonbinary people to learn about AI, build meaningful relationships, and step into greater visibility and leadership. We host in-person events across the San Francisco Bay Area and in select cities, as well as online events for our global community.

Our programming is designed for women at every stage of their AI journey, from Changemakers and Disruptors to Titans, and includes practical AI education, executive and board leadership sessions, Founder Demo Days, expert conversations, networking gatherings, and cohort-based learning experiences.
 

11/4/26, 4:00 PM
What Actually Matters & AI in Venture | Fireside Chat with Lolita Taub
Remote

​How is AI changing the rules of startup fundraising? Join WOMEN x AI for an exclusive virtual fireside with Lolita Taub, GP at Ganas Ventures and author of What Actually Matters.

​Focusing on Chapter 5 of her book, Lolita will break down why AI cuts both ways for underrepresented founders, how automated pattern-matching subtly creeps into early-stage deal screening, and actionable ways to counter it.

​We’ll even pressure-test a couple of her book's live AI prompts in real time. Following a 20-minute discussion and a 10-minute audience Q&A, we’ll extend the session into interactive small-group breakouts and a community debrief to discuss AI’s evolving role in venture.

​Don't miss out on this high-impact strategy session!

11/12/26, 5:30 PM
Let's Shape the Future of AI
Hybrid

As AI reshapes the tech industry, how do we ensure women have the opportunity to lead, build, and benefit from what's next?

Join WOMEN x AI on November 12 for an evening of connection, conversation, and collective action.

We're bringing together women working across AI and technology, founders, executives, community leaders, and allies to explore: How do we create more pathways for women to lead in AI? What opportunities are emerging as the industry evolves? And how can our communities work together to open more doors?

PANELISTS

Nidhi Vyas, Google DeepMind
Tatyana Mamut, Cofounder & CEO, Wayfound; Sauce Labs board member
Telle Whitney, Cofounder of the Grace Hopper Celebration
Sireesha Pulipati, Staff Data Engineer, Recommendations, Shopify

Hear perspectives on building AI, leading companies, and creating more opportunities for women to shape what comes next.

SMALL-GROUP CONVERSATIONS

Following the panel, join a 30-minute facilitated conversation to identify concrete actions, useful connections, and opportunities to collaborate.

- Visibility, Influence & Content Creation, led by Angela Elle Sun and Quenifer Lung.
- Allyship & Collective Action. Explore how we can support one another and create change together.
- AI Builders, led by Saumya Bhatnagar.
- Founders & Funding, led by Natalie Pan.
- AI Leadership & Decision-Making, led by Marilena Stavrides, Ph.D.
- AI Access & Adoption, led by Alison McCauley.

Groups will share brief takeaways, followed by a Women's Ambition Project segment with Kristina McMillan and time to keep connecting.

EVENT DETAILS

📅 Thursday, November 12, 2026
🕠 5:30–8:30 PM PT
📍 Silicon Valley AI Hub, Menlo Park, CA + Virtual

Whether you're building AI products, leading organizational adoption, exploring your next career move, or creating opportunities for others, we'd love to have you in the room.

EVENT COHOSTS

🧡 Women in Big Data (WiBD) is a global nonprofit advancing women's careers in data, AI, and technology through mentorship, education, networking, and leadership opportunities. Its Bay Area chapter connects professionals and industry leaders to foster learning, collaboration, and career growth.

💜 WOMEN x AI strives to empower women to lead, innovate, and help shape the future of AI. Visit us at womenxai.com.

MEET OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS

We're proud to bring together organizations creating opportunities for women across AI, technology, leadership, and entrepreneurship.

Our community partners include Women in Security and Privacy (WISP), Advancing Women in Tech (AWIT), Funding Breakthrough Lab (FBL), Talent AI Lounge, TechWalk, and Echoes in AI.

Thank you to Snowflake and the Silicon Valley AI Hub for sponsoring this event.

Past WxAI Events
October 31, 2026 at 12:00:00 PM
AI in Action Women Building What Is Next
In Person

​Join WOMEN x AI and TechCon Global for an in-person gathering at Google Huddle for women building, leading, and using AI.

​We’ll move beyond the headlines to talk about what it takes to build useful AI products, find early traction, and adopt AI responsibly. You’ll hear a candid fireside conversation, see short demos from women founders, and join small-group discussions designed to spark useful ideas and genuine connections.

​Whether you’re a founder, product leader, investor, or AI practitioner, come ready to share what you’re working on, ask questions, and meet people who can help you take your next step.

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October 10, 2026 at 11:00:00 AM
WOMEN x AI Fall Retreat 2026
In Person

Join WOMEN x AI for an intimate, interactive AI leadership and educational retreat designed for women who want to strengthen their AI capabilities, expand their leadership, and turn what they are learning into meaningful action.

Through facilitated learning, hands-on AI exercises, peer discussion, reflection, and community connection, participants will explore how AI is changing the way we work and lead, identify where they want to grow, and translate those insights into concrete next steps.

​Participants will leave with practical tools, stronger connections, and a personalized 90-Day Catalyst to guide their next phase of AI learning and leadership.

​This is not a conference built around sitting and listening. WOMEN x AI creates spaces where women learn AI in community, share what they know, experiment together, and help one another move forward.

​Designed for: women professionals, leaders, operators, technologists, founders, and other women navigating leadership and work in the age of AI.

​Format: In-person, interactive learning retreat hosted by WOMEN x AI.

October 2, 2026 at 1:00:00 PM
AI Advantage (Online)
Online

AI Advantage is WOMEN x AI’s live, five week cohort designed to help professionals build practical AI skills, confidence, and judgment through hands on learning. You’ll experiment with AI tools, learn alongside an incredible community, and apply what you’re learning to real work.

Bring something you’ve been meaning to move forward. It could be a product, workflow, research project, dashboard, training, business idea, or something else entirely. Use the cohort to make real progress.

September 23, 2026 at 5:30:00 PM
AI Career Lab: Your Next Move
In Person Networking

​Use AI. Activate your network. Create your next opportunity.

​Your next career opportunity may start with a better question, a stronger story, or the right connection.

​Join WOMEN x AI for an interactive evening focused on using AI and community to navigate what’s next in your career. We’ll bring together women leaders, founders, recruiters, hiring managers, and members of the WxAI community for practical conversations, hands-on learning, and meaningful connections.

​You’ll learn how to use AI to strengthen your job or board search, research roles and companies, sharpen your positioning, improve your LinkedIn presence, prepare for interviews, make stronger asks, and approach referrals more effectively.

​We’ll also explore opportunities beyond the traditional job search, from consulting and advisory work to pivots, introductions, and connections that can create momentum.

​Whether you’re actively searching, quietly exploring, considering a pivot, or simply thinking about what’s next, come ready to learn, connect, and help another woman move forward.

​📍 San Francisco | September 23, 2026
🕠 5:30–8:30 PM

​Free to attend, with an optional Support WxAI ticket.
based commercial real estate firm built for what’s next. With roots dating back to 1965, IPG pairs decades of market intelligence with the energy, creativity, and speed of an entrepreneurial team. We work with trailblazers in technology, AI, and life sciences to turn bold visions into high-performing spaces. From site selection and dealmaking to design and construction, IPG brings strategy, precision, and serious hustle to every project. Because when ambitious companies are ready to make their next move, IPG knows where—and how—to make it happen.

September 16, 2026 at 4:00:00 PM
AI Agent 101 Workshop
Hands-On Workshop

​Build and test an AI agent with us. Leave with one working agent and the framework to build the next one yourself.

​AI agents are everywhere. But hearing about them and knowing how to build one are two very different things.

​On September 16, WOMEN x AI will take you step by step from understanding agentic AI, to recognizing where agents are useful, to building and testing one yourself.

​You’ll learn:

​🤖 What makes an AI agent different from a prompt or chatbot
🧭 How to recognize when a task would benefit from an agent
🎯 How to give an agent a clear goal, context and the right tools
🛠️ How to build, test, troubleshoot and improve an agent
🧠 Where human judgment still matters

​We’ll move between practical instruction, live building and small-group support so you can ask questions and work through challenges as you build.

​No coding, technical background or perfect idea required.

​Already experimenting with agents? You’ll strengthen how you scope, test and improve what you build.

​You’ll leave with:

​✨ An AI agent you built and tested
✨ A practical framework for identifying future agent opportunities
✨ Step-by-step instructions to help you build your next one
✨ Greater confidence turning a repetitive task into a useful AI workflow

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September 15, 2026 at 5:30:00 PM
HER Silicon valley pitch: AI edition
In person

Join us for an evening of pitching, networking, and connecting with the Silicon Valley investment community at Silicon Valley AI hub.

​This is an opportunity to put your startup in front of VCs, angel investors, and experienced venture professionals, receive feedback, and connect with a community of ambitious women building the future.

Join us to see what innovative startups are building in the age of AI.

​Who is this for?

​This event is designed for female founders and co-founders building AI startups who are ready to showcase their companies, meet investors, and expand their Silicon Valley network.

​Whether you’re raising now or preparing for your next round, we invite you to apply to pitch (link below).

​What to Expect

​✨ Networking & Welcome: Meet fellow female founders, investors, and members of the Silicon Valley ecosystem.

​🎤 Pitch Competition: 6 founders will pitch their startups live in front of an audience of investors and experienced venture professionals.

​💬 Feedback & Connections: Hear perspectives from investors and connect with potential mentors, partners, and supporters.

​🥂 Networking & Snacks: Continue the conversation, meet new people, and build meaningful connections. Light snacks will be provided.

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August 19, 2026 at 4:00:00 PM
Vibe Code Hands-on Virtual Workshop | By WOMEN x AI
Remote

​Come curious. Leave with a working prototype.

​Join WOMEN x AI for a hands-on virtual workshop designed for non-technical leaders who are ready to try vibe coding in a supportive community.

​You’ll hear from WxAI community members who have used vibe coding to support their work, business, and ideas, then choose a guided build track and create your own simple prototype.

​No coding experience is required. This workshop is about building confidence, practicing with AI, and leaving with something you created.

This workshop is designed for vibe code beginners, but all levels of AI experience are welcome.

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June 5, 2026 at 12:00:00 PM
The AI Rabbit Hole 2026 — AI Bubble Tea Party
In person

Presented by MadHats and DVC, join us in San Francisco for a unique tea party of innovation where founders, engineers, researchers, and investors gather to explore the next frontier of artificial intelligence.

Be sure to join us early at 9:00 AM for the Women in AI breakfast panel, featuring an incredible lineup of leaders including Marina Davidova, Anastasia Zemskova (JetBrains), Shub Shrivastava (Google), Meg McWilliams (Mixies), and our very own Jenny Kay Pollock (WOMEN x AI). Afterward, explore cutting-edge main stage sessions on agentic data, world models, and compute infrastructure with trailblazers from Anthropic, Databricks, and Perplexity, before wrapping up the day with our outdoor VC reception on the lawn.

June 4, 2026 at 9:00:00 AM
Snowflake Summit 26 | DevDay
In person

Join WxAI at the Moscone Center in San Francisco as we dive into the next frontier of data engineering and autonomous multi-agent AI architectures at Snowflake's premier developer event.

Attendees will have the opportunity to visit the WxAI booth in the expo hall, meet our engineering team, and explore workflows to scale reliable AI applications.

Don't miss our exclusive AI Hub popup networking session at 1:30 PM the perfect mid-day spot to connect, swap ideas, and collaborate with data leaders and fellow developers.

April 9, 2026 at 5:30:00 PM
WxAI Demo Day 2026
In person

Sponsored by Convex, this curated Demo Day will feature 10 early-stage founders presenting live, in-market solutions across healthcare, enterprise, consumer tech, and emerging AI applications.

Attendees will have the opportunity to experience cutting-edge demos, connect with investors and industry leaders, and engage in meaningful conversations that spark collaboration and support.

March 19, 2026 at 5:30:00 PM
AI Board Governance Compass Deep Dive
In person

Board directors, executives, and governance-focused leaders gathered at Snowflake’s Silicon Valley AI Center for AI Board Governance in Practice, a WOMEN x AI workshop hosted in partnership with the Silicon Valley AI Hub.

Participants explored AI oversight, risk, organizational readiness, and stakeholder impact using the AI Board Governance Compass, a practical framework designed to help boards evaluate readiness across four dimensions: Individual, Board, Organization, and Stakeholder.

Through discussion, readiness scoring, and a boardroom-style case study, attendees moved from AI awareness to practical AI oversight, identifying governance gaps, priorities, and next steps for board-level action.

February 20, 2026 at 3:00:00 PM
AI Advantage: Essentials for Leaders Cohort Spring (Online)
Remote

5-week, cohort-based online learning experience designed to take women leaders from AI-curious to AI-confident. Executives gain the clarity, tools, and confidence to apply AI to real business work.

Participants learn what AI is (and isn’t), strengthen their LinkedIn presence, research opportunities faster, elevate presentations and communications, and complete a capstone project alongside a trusted peer network.

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February 15, 2026 at 10:00:00 AM
Celebrate 1 Year of WxAI
In person

Join us for an intimate in-person gathering to celebrate one year of WOMEN x AI. We’ll kick things off with, share community stories, hear a short keynote, and host an AI in Action panel and networking.

January 12, 2026 at 11:00:00 AM
JPM: Bridging the Gap for Greater Investment
In person

A curated gathering of women VCs and healthcare leaders focused on closing the investment gap for women-led healthcare.

Hear from women VCs on what they’re investing in for 2026, followed by live pitches and demos from healthcare founders.

Can't Make it to a WxAI Event?

A good alternative is to tune into our WOMEN x AI podcast available on Spotify and everywhere you get your podcasts, it often includes live recording of our events.

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If you want the full video experience check out the WOMEN x AI YouTube Channel. When we're able to we record our events we share them here.

Some great video events examples are the
AI Startups and Venture Capital and Insights from AI Product Builders event recordings.

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