She said no to the publisher — then hit publish.
Join me tomorrow! On May 15, I'm hosting a "how I built a career in AI" and a preview of our AI Academy cohort programs 1:00-2:00 PM Pacific on Zoom. Register here.
📢 She Leads AI Society Members Making an Impact
|
Vikki Baptiste helps small business owners get found. A technical writer, website builder, and self-described Findability Ninja, she runs 3 Bees Digital, a women-owned agency focused on helping local businesses build a real online presence. She also hosts Chatting with AI, a podcast where she puts generative AI tools through their paces to surface practical strategies business owners can use right away.
Leslie Murdock helps leaders turn complex ideas into stories that move people to act. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, she works as an advisor with the Northern California SBDC, bringing together digital marketing, executive communications, and AI integration for founders and teams navigating fast-moving markets. She's also a Positive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience Coach — which means her approach to AI adoption goes deeper than tools and tactics.
Daniela Busse, Ph.D. has spent 20+ years at the intersection of human-computer interaction, design research, and emerging technology — leading innovation at Microsoft, Samsung, Meta, Wells Fargo, and now GEICO as VP of Technology and Product Strategy. Her Ph.D. in Computing Science from Glasgow University grounds a career that spans patents, published research, and zero-to-one product work that's been presented to the likes of Bill Gates and SAP's CEO. She also serves on the Advisory Board for San Francisco University's School of Management Strategic AI program, bringing that same rigor to how the next generation of leaders thinks about AI.
🖋️ Our Featured Artist(s)
We are excited to be currently featuring artwork from The Yellow Muse
Zine, a monthly creative challenge series.
This week's piece comes from Marisol Rios. Marisol, known as The AI Witch, is a branding expert, AI educator, and creative — an AI spiritualist and ancestral futurist. She guides neurodivergent, witchy women in unleashing their magick with AI, using it as both a sacred tool and strategic system. With 16+ years in design, a Master's in digital marketing, and roots in Mexican ancestral wisdom, she bridges ritual and tech to empower women to honor their cycles, spirits, and soul work.
🎙️ AI Readiness Project
Your AI Business Analyst Is Already Waiting, with Alice Bazdikian
What happens when a solo founder decides her AI agents need a matriarch?
In this solo episode of The AI Readiness Project, Anne Murphy addresses one of the most provocative ideas she's been developing: what it looks like to build an agentic company from a care-infrastructure-first perspective. She calls it the world's first matriarchal agentic company — and she makes a strong case for why it might be exactly what this moment calls for.
Guest Alice Bazdikian, founder of Small Business AI Coach, joins Anne to talk about her own leap into Claude Code, how she automated a months-long sales pipeline in a single weekend, and why she waited this long to get her hands dirty with AI tools. The two cover which jobs AI is already replacing — prospect researchers and financial analysts among them — what it means to be a team of one who can now do the work of ten, and why small business owners are sitting on recovered revenue if they just let AI go through their inbox.
|
Like, Follow, Subscribe: |
CREATE Conference 2026 is three days in Salt Lake City built for women in AI leadership — October 16–18. Strategy, hands-on sessions, and peers who understand the challenges you're facing. Gather with us → |
