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In-person, on July 12, at an event in the San Francisco Marriott Marquis, VentureBeat will acknowledge and honor women who are leaders and influencers in AI. These winners are announced in Ethics and Responsibility for AI, AI Entrepreneurship, AI Research, AI Mentorship, and Rising Star.
The public made the nominations. The VentureBeat committee selects the winners. The winners are chosen according to their dedication to the industry, their efforts to improve the inclusion of women in the industry, and their positive impact on the community.
AI Entrepreneur AI Entrepreneur: Bringing AI from the laboratory and into the real world
The award will be presented to the woman who started companies with great promise in AI. The focus will be on things like business growth, the technology solution, and its impact on AI.
Maria Telleria, co-founder and CTO of Canvas.
May Wang, CTO of IoT security at Palo Alto Networks.
Barr Moses, cofounder, and CEO of Monte Carlo.
Kathy Hickey, head of product development at Accelerant.
Mitra Goswami, senior director of data science at PagerDuty.
Marcie Apelt, managing VP for AI and machine learning and Innovation Lab at Capital One.
Rudina Seseri is the cofounder and managing partner of Glasswing.
Deborah Yang, CEO and co-founder at Daizy AI.
Lana Feng, CEO and co-founder of Huma.ai.
Azul Garza Ramirez, CTO and cofounder of Nixtla.
Vannia Gonzalez, Senior Manager for Machine Technology and Engineering at Capital One.
Mona Rakibe, CEO and co-founder of Telmai.
Liz Tsai, CEO and founder of HiOp.
AI Mentorship: Building the next generation of Women to join AI
The award will recognize a female leader who has assisted in mentoring other women in this field. AI by providing advice and support and/or encouraging women to join AI. Area of AI.
Chenxi Wang, founder and general partner of Rain Capital.
Priya Vijayarajendran is the CTO and director of security and engineering at ASAPP.
Grishma Jena Data researcher at IBM.
Marily Nika, AI Product Lead in Meta. Meta.
Bela Labovich, vice president of engineering at Athena Health.
Zohra Ladha, the senior director for data science and analytics at Tredence Inc.
Penny Li, SVP of large-scale integration (VLSI) at SambaNova Systems.
Sujatha Sagiraju, CPO at Appen.
Fathima Minha Farook is a professional trainer, Game designer, game developer, QA tester, and professional gamer with the International Game Developers Association.
Gabriella Barros, a senior member of the technical team for modl.ai. modl.ai.
Michelle Fernandes, director of technical presales and solutions at Elucidata.
AI Research: Powering the future wave of Transformational AI
This award will recognize women who have had a major impact on the field of research on AI that has aided in the acceleration of advancement within their company or in research in academia or having an impact on AI.
Karen Myers, lab director of the Artificial Intelligence Center located at SRI International.
Mounia Lalmas-Roelleke, director of senior management and research in tech at Spotify.
Natalia Vassilieva, senior director of product management for machine learning in Cerebras Systems.
Heather Reed, data scientist at ASAPP.
Himani Agrawal, the principal manager of the data sciences department at Walmart.
Divya Saxena is a researcher assistant at the graduate level doctoral student at Florida International University.
Lisa Seacat DeLuca, senior director of engineering and product at Unstoppable Domains.
Fallon Farmer, principal data scientist at FiscalNote.
Mariko Wakabayashi, machine learning director for machine learning at OpenZeppelin.
Cindy Xu, senior staff software engineer at Zoox.
Responsibility and ethics of AI A thoughtfully designed AI that creates a more equitable and fair world
The award will be presented to women who demonstrate outstanding leadership and advancement in the ever-growing ethical AI field.
Cansu Canca Associate Research Professor at Northeastern University.
Carol McCall, chief health analytics officer at ClosedLoop.
Diya Wynn is the senior practice manager for responsible AI within AWS.
Rebecca Gorman, CEO at Aligned AI.
Jane Scowcroft, director of conversational AI and data strategy at Nvidia.
Dilek Karasoy, Director of Marketing and Product at Picovoice.
Kavya Pearlman, the cofounder and chief executive officer of XRSI, is the founder and CEO.
Namrita Mahindra, chief digital officer at Aditya Birla Chemicals.
Vidhi Chugh, VP at Wells Fargo.
Amy Okereke, senior director for digital values at Walmart.
Victoria Vassileva, director of AI performance and responsible for Arthur.
Natalie Pierce, chair of the labor and employment practice for Gunderson Dettmer.
