scienceOct 2026New
HeartBot chatbot helps women recognise heart disease
HeartBot, an AI chatbot built by a University of California team led by nurse scientist Yoshimi Fukuoka, answers women's questions about heart disease.
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scienceOct 2026New
CPSC names Beth Puchek Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission appointed its Chief Data Officer, Beth Puchek, as Chief AI Officer.
scienceOct 2026New
Illinois names Tamara Roust chief AI officer
The Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology tapped Tamara Roust, previously the state's chief data officer, as chief AI officer.
businessOct 2026New
Stella & Dot founder Jessica Herrin raises $5M for AI marketing startup Marklo
Marklo AI founder Jessica Herrin raised $5M for an AI marketing startup, Crunchbase News reports.
scienceOct 2026New
Lila Ibrahim is Google's first Chief AI Readiness Officer
Lila Ibrahim is Google's first Chief AI Readiness Officer, CNBC reports in its Changemakers podcast.
scienceSep 2026New
Evvy raises $40M Series B for AI women's health diagnostics
Women's health startup Evvy, co-founded by CEO Priyanka Jain, raised $40M to build AI-led diagnostics for women's health.
businessAug 2026New
Cahill names Kelly Graves first Chief AI Strategy and Innovation Officer
Cahill Gordon and Reindel named Kelly Graves its first Chief AI Strategy and Innovation Officer and promoted her to partner.
businessNov 2025
Annie Liao on being a female solo founder of an AI startup
Annie Liao, 24, founder of the AI startup Build Club in San Francisco, writes about working to be taken seriously as a female solo founder.
business2025
Mira Murati launches Thinking Machines Lab
OpenAI's former chief technology officer founded her own AI company, Thinking Machines Lab.
business2022
Meredith Whittaker becomes president of Signal
AI researcher Meredith Whittaker became president of the Signal Foundation.
business2021
Daniela Amodei co-founds Anthropic
Daniela Amodei co-founded the AI company Anthropic and became its president.
music2021
Holly Herndon launches Holly+
Musician Holly Herndon released Holly+, an AI model of her own voice that others can sing through.
science2021
Margaret Mitchell joins Hugging Face
AI ethics researcher Margaret Mitchell joined Hugging Face.
science2021
Timnit Gebru founds the DAIR Institute
Timnit Gebru founded the Distributed AI Research Institute, an independent home for community-rooted AI research.
science2018
Daphne Koller founds insitro
Daphne Koller founded insitro, which uses machine learning to discover new medicines.
art2018
Stephanie Dinkins makes Not the Only One
Artist Stephanie Dinkins built Not the Only One, an AI trained on her family's stories.
science2016
Joy Buolamwini founds the Algorithmic Justice League
Joy Buolamwini founded the Algorithmic Justice League to raise awareness of bias in AI.
art2015
Sougwen Chung draws with robots
Artist Sougwen Chung began drawing in collaboration with robotic arms trained on her own style.