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WOMEN x AI Demo Day Recap: What Founders Are Building Right Now

  • Writer: Jenny Kay Pollock
    Jenny Kay Pollock
  • 6 days ago
  • 3 min read

Seven female founders stand in a row, smiling, against a moss-covered wall. Office setting with casual attire. Green, black, and patterned elements.
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!


What We Saw

A clear shift is happening. AI is moving from experimentation to infrastructure. And the founders building right now are solving specific, high-value problems.

Key Trends from the Demo Day

1. AI is filling real labor gaps

One company

focused on accounting workflows is targeting mid-market and enterprise teams preparing to go public. This isn’t about replacing accountants. It’s about addressing a growing shortage and reducing audit risk.

2. Vertical AI is driving adoption

The strongest companies were deeply focused:

  • Accounting and financial compliance

  • Consulting workflows and data analysis

  • Fundraising and investor matching

These are not generic tools.

They are built for specific buyers with clear ROI.

3. AI is reshaping services

Intriq AI is building autonomous agents for the consulting industry, targeting the manual data work that happens before insights are generated.

Early traction includes:

  • Paid users

  • Billions of rows processed

  • Pilot programs with major firms

The takeaway: services industries are being rebuilt with AI at the core.

4. Agentic systems are becoming real products

Several founders are building beyond single tools into systems:

  • Event coordination platforms for conferences

  • Creator assistants for social commerce

  • Fundraising platforms evaluating founder readiness

These systems are designed to act, not just assist.

5. Distribution is a differentiator

The companies gaining traction had clear distribution:

  • Partnerships with conferences and ecosystems

  • Integration into existing platforms

  • Community-driven growth

Product alone is not enough.

6. AI is expanding access

SprintFit is focused on improving access to capital for women and underrepresented founders.

Instead of broad marketplaces, they’re building:

  • Founder readiness scoring

  • Investor matching

  • Thesis-driven connections

The focus is on who gets seen, not just efficiency.

Meet the Female Founders Who Demoed

We heard from seven founders building across AI:

  • Chandrika Maheshwari — Quivly AI

    AI for accounting workflows and audit risk reduction for enterprise finance teams

    Female founder speaks into a microphone on stage demoing her AI product.


  • Erin Kim — Mesh (YC W25)

    Turns spreadsheets into agentic systems, helping teams unify fragmented financial and operational data across tools, teams, and formats



    A female founder speaks into a microphone at a podium with "convex" logo. A presentation slide is in the background. She appears focused.


  • Meg McWilliams — Mixies

    Agentic platform for event coordination across conferences and IRL communities

    A female founder speaks at a podium to an attentive audience. A projection shows tech event critique text, set in a modern conference room.


  • Jessica Liew — Intriq AI

    Autonomous AI agents for consulting workflows, focused on data collection and analysis



    A female founder speaks into a microphone at a "Women x AI" event. Background shows a banner with text about networking and career advancement.


  • Kruti Baires — SprintFit

    AI-powered fundraising platform supporting women and underrepresented founders

    A woman speaks into a mic at a podium with "convex" text. A "WOMEN x AI" banner and guitars are in the background. Indoor setting.


  • Dhivya Vijayakumar — Velvee

    Your AI shopping assistant, the missing layer between inspiration and purchase


  • Anjali Kakkadpatel — Aligned Rewards

    AI-powered platform that unifies goal tracking, performance management, and rewards into a single system to reduce tool fragmentation and improve organizational alignment

    A woman speaks at a podium with a mic, flanked by a "Women in AI" banner and screen showing "Aligned Rewards" text. Guitars in the background.

    You can see the slides from all of the demos here:


You can access the google slides directly. Why This Matters

AI is moving into high-stakes workflows:

  • Finance

  • Consulting

  • Hiring

  • Fundraising

The strongest companies are:

  • Specific

  • Outcome-driven

  • Embedded in real workflows

This is where AI adoption is happening.

Final Thought

If AI is part of your product, your workflow, or your investment strategy, this is the level to pay attention to. Not headlines. Not tools. What’s actually being built by founders.

AI Titans Tools Council

We shared our current Battle Tested AI Tools from the AI Titians Tools Council at the end of the demos. If you're looking to adopt new AI tools this is a great place to start because we walk you through what works and what doesn't work for each tool.

Teal infographic listing 30+ AI tools in categories like General Assistants, Vibe Code, and Research. Includes logos and tool names.

About WOMEN x AI

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