Despite AI’s rapid growth, women account for only about 25-30% of the global AI workforce, underscoring a skills gap that’s hampering many sectors. Our recent joint study with Microsoft and WEF adds another layer: While women lead 50% of impact enterprises, they represent just 25% of AI‑driven impact ventures
Helping to ensure that women have access to developing this fundamental business skill strengthens the talent pipeline, broadens the range of challenges AI can address, and helps reduce potential bias in the systems and products being built. When more voices contribute, organizations and economies benefit from a wider set of ideas, perspectives and entrepreneurial potential
As the stories below show, women are developing meaningful solutions to some of humanity’s toughest challenges. But structural barriers are holding them back. Uneven access to skills, networks and capital can make it hard to advance important solutions. Despite their potential, women-led startups receive only 2% of global venture funding
Organizations and ecosystem partners have a vital role to play in supporting emerging AI for good founders. By collaborating to share skills, platforms, networks and market access we can collectively help turn curiosity into capability – and capability into confidence
