Amplifying Women in AI: Funding Dreams, Sharing Experiments & Building Bold Futures with Jenny Kay Pollock and Reut Lazo

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This past Saturday, WOMEN x AI turned the spotlight on its own founders, Jenny Kay Pollock and Reut Lazo, for a powerful and interactive #WxAISocialSaturday. As co-hosts, they brought the community together with a triple-prompt challenge:

💬 What's the best advice you've ever received? 🧪 What's your favorite AI experiment? 💰 What would you build with $1M for an AI startup?

The responses highlighted just how creative, insightful, and mission-driven the Women x AI network truly is.

Meet the Hosts

Jenny Kay Pollock and Reut Lazo, both seasoned startup leaders and advocates for women in tech, first met in 2017 at a funded company—and have since collaborated on four projects, including the growing movement that is WOMENx AI. With 68 women already amplified through WxAI’s platform this year alone, this duo is building more than momentum—they’re building a movement.

Highlights from the Community

💬 What's the best advice you've ever received?

✨ "Play long-term games with long-term people."—Meg McWilliams shared this as her guiding advice, and the impact of building enduring relationships echoed throughout the thread.

✨ "Lead with curiosity, not certainty."—Blerina Sanocki reminded us that empathy begins where certainty ends.

🧪 Favorite Experiments:

• AI-generated headshots (Reut recommends AIHeadshotGen)

• Social media managed by ChatGPT

• Simulating negotiation styles

• Prompt chaining across models to test ethical consistency

• Corgis at a tea party to benchmark image models (yes, really!)

  
  

💰 If they had $1,000,000…

• A global platform connecting women-led AI initiatives

• AI tools supporting female founders in fundraising

• Scholarships for She Learns AI delegates

• An AI-powered plant café (complete with real-time soil, light, and hydration monitoring)

• Gossip Goblin —connecting people with AI-enhanced event matchmaking

• An AI Academy for Project Managers that reinvests in women in STEM

  
  

Quotes Worth Sharing

“Start where you are. You’ll be surprised how far that gets you.” – N. Liberty White

“If you want to move forward, don’t wait for someone else to make it happen. Own your path.” – Reut Lazo

"Real change begins with listening and reflection." – Kate Carter, MSc, MALM "Seat belts are like relationships—if they don’t click, they aren’t safe." – Imen Maaroufi Clark

"You don’t need permission to offer your services and charge the fee your time is worth." – Ruby Vitatoe

Celebrating Possibility in AI

This week’s thread wasn’t just a conversation—it was a celebration of possibility. The ideas shared revealed both the technical creativity and the social ambition driving this community forward. From funding equity to AI experiments that foster global connection, one thing is clear: when women in AI lead, they redefine what’s possible.

Join us next week for another empowering #WxAISocialSaturday! Bring your ideas, tag a friend, and let’s continue building a more inclusive and innovative AI future together.