Full List | 2025 Honorees — 100WAI

THE 2026

100 WOMEN

IN AI HONOREES

A portrait of a smiling individual with a scarf, accompanied by text: "01 FEI-FEI LI, Stanford, CA, AI Visionary & Diversity Champion, OPERATOR."

A professional woman with long dark hair against a neutral background. Text overlay: "O2, Mira Murati, San Francisco, CA, Led Development of ChatGPT at OpenAI, Technologist."

Portrait of an unidentified woman with brown hair, wearing a black top. The image has text overlay: "03 Daniela Rus, Cambridge, MA, MIT CSAIL Director & Robotics Trailblazer, Researcher" in gray and yellow text.

Portrait of a woman with long hair, a beige background, and overlaid text: "04 Daniela Amodei, San Francisco, CA, Co-Founder & President, Anthropic, FOUNDER" in yellow and white letters.

Portrait of a person with text indicating they are a technologist and philanthropist, from San Diego, CA. The number '05' is prominently displayed.

Portrait of a person wearing red glasses and earrings with decorative hairpins. Text reads: '06 Joy Buolamwini, Cambridge, MA, Algorithmic Bias Activist & AJL Founder, Researcher.'

Portrait of a person smiling, labeled "07," with text indicating they are a founder in Tel Aviv, Israel, and creator of a stealth AI model. Details in bright yellow text.

Portrait of a smiling woman with long hair, next to text reading: '08, May Habib, San Francisco, CA, Founder & CEO of Writer (Enterprise AI Unicorn), FOUNDER.'"

Person with curly hair smiling, wearing a scarf and earrings, text reads "Timnit Gebru, San Francisco, CA, Ethical AI Research Leader, Researcher." Background features greenery.

Portrait of a person in a blue top with red flowers, framed by bold text and graphics highlighting their achievement as a CEO in AI cybersecurity. The background includes horizontal lines, and the text mentions their accomplishment of building a $500

Portrait of a woman with blonde hair and a smile, labeled as an investor. Text includes "Anna Barber," "Los Angeles, CA," and "Partner at M13 and Former Techstars LA Managing Director." Number 11 in yellow is displayed.

Portrait of a smiling woman with long hair and gold hoop earrings, alongside text indicating she is a technologist from New York, NY, known for popularizing decision intelligence at Google. The number 12 is displayed prominently.

Woman with blue eyes and an updo hairstyle, wearing a floral blouse and blue earrings, smiling slightly; text includes "13," "Margaret Mitchell," "Seattle, WA," "Ethical AI Advocate, Co-led Google's AI Ethics Team," and "Researcher."

Portrait of a smiling woman with long dark hair, wearing a pink top, labeled as "14," "DITI SOOD," and "Founder," with text indicating "Co-founder & CEO of Bolo AI" and location "San Francisco, CA." The background is blurred greenery.

Portrait of a person in a red jacket with a blue background, featuring text about being a pioneering data privacy researcher. The image includes the number 15 and the location, Cambridge, MA.

Portrait of a person with glasses and long hair smiling, with text: "17, San Francisco, CA, AI Governance Leader & Policy Advisor, Founder."

Smiling person with curly hair, text "18" in yellow, "Hilary Mason, New York, NY" and "Data Science Pioneer & Startup Founder, FOUNDER" in white and yellow on a dark background.

Smiling woman in patterned shirt labeled as a founder and rocket scientist from Palo Alto, CA, with number 19 prominently displayed.

Woman smiling, wearing a necklace and a light-colored blazer. Text: '21, Clara Shih, San Francisco, CA, Enterprise AI Transformation Leader, Technologist.'

Portrait of a woman with light brown hair wearing a lanyard, against a blurred background. The text "92" and "Operator" in bold yellow are displayed. Other text shows a name and titles related to Google Cloud AI in Mountain View, CA.

Woman with dark hair, wearing a light scarf, smiling in front of a blurred graph background. Text includes "23," "Founder," "Baltimore, MD," and "Healthcare AI Innovator Saving Lives."

A professional portrait of a woman labeled as "Sally Daub," a tech founder from Toronto, Ontario, with a background in AI and hardware. The number "24" and the word "Founder" are highlighted in yellow.

Portrait of a smiling woman with text highlighting her as an influential AI-focused venture capitalist in San Francisco, labeled 'Investor.' Number 25 is prominently displayed.

Woman wearing a hard hat with the text 'trunk tools' on it, smiling, with the number 28 and the words 'Founder, New York, NY, Construction AI Platform Founder' displayed.

A person with glasses smiling, overlaid with text: "29," "Niki Parmar," "San Francisco, CA," "Transformer Co-Inventor Revolutionizing NLP," and "Researcher."

Portrait of a woman with long hair smiling, wearing a sleeveless top, against a dark background. Text overlay includes '30', 'HAYAH ODEH', 'San Francisco, CA', 'Co-Founder of Replit Coding Platform', and 'FOUNDER' in bright yellow.

Portrait of an individual smiling, labeled with the number 31. Text includes "San Francisco, CA," "Retail AI Engineering Trailblazer," and "OPERATOR."

Portrait of a person with long black hair and text indicating their name, location San Francisco, CA, and involvement in AI-powered security. The number 32 and the word "OPERATOR" are prominently displayed in bright yellow.

Portrait of a person speaking, highlighted with "33" in large yellow text. Includes details: "Founder," "Trisha Kothari," "San Francisco, CA," and "Fighting Fraud with AI (CEO of Unit21)."

Portrait of a smiling woman with text reading "35, Lake Dai, Palo Alto, CA, Tech Exec Turned AI Investor & Educator, INVESTOR."

Woman in front of computer servers, text overlaying reads: "36, Kim Hazlewood, San Francisco, CA, Leading Advanced AI Research at Meta, RESEARCHER."

Portrait of a smiling person with light hair. Number 37 in large yellow text. Text: Jill Greenberg Chase, San Francisco, CA, AI-Focused Venture Capital Partner, Investor.

Smiling person outdoors with text "38," "Sara Hooker," "San Francisco, CA," "Democratizing AI Research & Access," "Researcher."

Portrait of a person with long brown hair wearing a blue shirt, smiling. Large yellow number 39 and text indicating they are a founder from San Francisco, CA, involved in modernizing hardware development.

Woman portrayed as a technologist, ex-Tesla leader in climate AI solutions, from Miami, FL, with the number 40 highlighted.

Portrait of a smiling woman with long dark hair. Large yellow number 41 and the word "FOUNDER" in bold. Text: "Varsha Rao, San Francisco, CA, Serial Tech CEO Bringing AI to Wellness."

A woman wearing a hijab looking thoughtful with text indicating she is a startup founder and an LLM expert from the Bay Area, CA. The number 42 is prominently displayed.

Woman smiling, wearing a floral top, with text indicating she's a founder in San Francisco, associated with e-commerce and AI.

Portrait of a person in a light blue outfit featured in a design layout with text reading "46," "Nilo Rahmani," "Reston, VA," "Twin Founders Tackling Tech Reliability," and "Technologist."

Portrait of a woman smiling, wearing a blazer, with text overlay indicating she is a biotech founder using AI for drug discovery, located in San Francisco, CA. Number 48 and the word 'FOUNDER' are highlighted in yellow.

Smiling person with dyed hair, marked with the number 49 and the word 'Researcher' in bold yellow text; additional text reads 'Kiana Ehsani, Seattle, WA, Pushing Frontiers of Vision & Embodied AI'.

Portrait of a woman with long hair and a green turtleneck, text overlay includes "52," "Nadia Masri," "Data Entrepreneur Empowering Inclusive AI," "Founder," "New York, NY."

Monochrome portrait of a woman with short hair. She appears thoughtful and wears an earring. The image includes large yellow text with the number '53'. Additional text reads: 'Jiani Zeng, San Francisco, CA, Designer Merging AI with the Physical World

Portrait of a woman with long black hair, wearing earrings, and smiling. Text reads: '54, Aparna Bhatnagar Sinha, Washington, DC, Driving AI in Finance & Investing, Operator.'

Black and white portrait of a person with long hair, wearing a dark top and necklace, set against a blurred background. Large yellow number "55" is displayed, with text indicating a role as an investor in London, UK. "INVESTOR" is highlighted in yell

Black and white portrait of a smiling person with text indicating they are a product leader in AI productivity software from San Francisco, CA. Number 56 and the word 'Operator' are highlighted in yellow.

Portrait of a smiling person with short hair wearing a dark blue outfit, alongside the text: "57, Katia Walsh, New York, NY, Global Executive Applying AI in Industry, Technologist."

Woman smiling with text indicating she is a technologist named Maria Zhang from Palo Alto, CA, focused on building empathetic AI agents.

Smiling person in front of bookshelves, text overlay "64 Brooke Wenig, San Francisco, CA, Educating and Enabling Enterprise ML Teams, Technologist."

Portrait of a woman smiling against a brick wall with text showing the number 66, her name, location as San Diego, CA, her work, and title as Founder.

Close-up of a smiling woman with brown hair, wearing a red leather jacket. The number 67 is displayed in large yellow font, with text indicating a professional title related to AI analytics in automotive and mobility. The word "Operator" is in yellow

Portrait of a woman wearing a headscarf with overlay text: "68, Maryam Fazel-Zarandi, Toronto, Canada, Advancing AI in Augmented Reality & Social Media, RESEARCHER."

Portrait of a smiling woman with dark hair against a blurred background, number 69 in yellow, and text indicating her as a community builder in New York, NY.

Portrait of a person with short curly hair on a blue and pink background, overlaid with the text '70,' 'GELYN WATKINS,' 'Washington, DC,' and 'Empowering Black Talent in AI.' The word 'BUILDER' is at the bottom in yellow.

A woman smiling, labeled as a data entrepreneur focused on product sustainability, based in San Francisco, CA. The word 'Founder' and the number 71 are highlighted in yellow.

Portrait of a person with long dark hair and a light blouse, number 72 in yellow, text indicating a founder in retail tech specializing in AI-based personalized shopping in San Mateo, CA.

Portrait of a woman with dark hair. Text: '73,' 'Alison Alvarez,' 'Pittsburgh, PA,' 'Energy Data Entrepreneur Using AI for Utilities,' 'FOUNDER.'

Portrait of a person with text indicating 'Founder,' name, location, and mention of applying AI to extend pet health with FidoCure.

Portrait of a smiling woman labeled as 'Jamie Sonneville' with bold yellow text displaying '75'. Additional text includes 'Rochester, NY' and 'Founder Bringing AI to Agriculture (Agri-Trak)'. The word 'Founder' is prominently highlighted at the botto

Portrait of a smiling woman with long hair and hoop earrings against a white background, featuring text: "77, Heather Shoemaker, Cheyenne, WY, Pioneer in AI-Powered Language Translation for Support, Founder."

Portrait of a person smiling, with text displaying the name Jyoti Ponnapalli, located in Dallas, TX, working in Applied AI for a telecom company. The number 79 and the word 'Operator' are highlighted in yellow.

Portrait of a woman with glasses smiling, wearing a gray top. Text overlay includes number 80, name "Maggie Henry," location "Brooklyn, NY," description "Clean Energy Entrepreneur with AI-Driven Platform," and title "Founder."

A woman with long hair smiling, set against a cityscape. The image includes text that reads "83", "Namee Oberst", "Boston, MA", "Making Enterprise AI Integration Plug & Play", and "Founder".

Portrait of a woman with curly hair smiling, accompanied by text: "85" and "FOUNDER" in yellow, "Yasmin Dunsky, Tel Aviv, Israel, Building AI Co-Pilots for Site Reliability Engineers." Background shows an out-of-focus cityscape.

Close-up of a person; text overlay includes "86," "Rashmi Agrawal," "Boston, MA," and "Pioneering AI for Pharmaceutical Discovery."

Smiling person with long hair, labeled as an investor for AI startups, from New York, NY, with the number 91.

Woman smiling with the number 92, text mentioning "Founder" and "Automating Office Work with AI (Co-Founder of Scribe)."

Black and white portrait of a smiling person with text overlay: "94, Liu Jiang, Los Angeles, CA, Investor, Storyteller, Architect of Culture-Forward Futures, INVESTOR" in yellow numerals and letters.

Portrait of a smiling woman with long hair, accompanied by the number 95 and the text: 'Lizzie Matusov, San Francisco, CA, Founder Making Engineers More Efficient.'

Portrait of a smiling woman with text indicating her name, location San Francisco, CA, and her role as a venture investor driving ethical AI in fintech. The number 96 and the word 'INVESTOR' are highlighted in yellow.

Portrait of a smiling woman with long hair, wearing a blue top and pearl earrings, next to text saying "97" and "Founder."

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