Our Mission
Our mission is to empower, educate, and inspire women to excel in the field of Artificial Intelligence by providing a supportive community, access to resources, and opportunities for professional growth.
Meet Our Team
Claire Xie
Claire is the founder of the Women in AI Club, an organization dedicated to connecting, empowering, and elevating founders, builders, and investors in the artificial intelligence space. Through her leadership, the club fosters a supportive community that advances women’s roles and contributions in AI.
Before establishing the Women in AI Club, Claire served as a Lead Data Scientist at DoorDash and Google, where she specialized in B2B and B2C growth analytics. Her expertise in data science contributed to significant growth strategies and insights that propelled business development and user engagement at both companies.
Claire’s passion for technology and commitment to diversity in the tech industry drive her mission to create opportunities and support networks for women in AI. Her work continues to inspire and empower women to lead and innovate in the rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence.
Meet The Board Members
Charlene Li
A transformative strategy and leadership expert, Charlene is a New York Times bestselling author who has led organizations and leaders through significant disruptions, with a portfolio that includes work with 14 of the Dow Jones 30 companies. Her expertise spans research, writing, and weekly LinkedIn streams focused on innovation and the impact of generative AI on the future of work. Through tailored keynotes and workshops, she inspires audiences to embrace actionable change, highlighting empathy and relationships as core leadership qualities. She also offers selective advisory and coaching services, supporting top leaders and organizations in achieving transformative goals with a stakeholder-centered approach. With clients like Adobe, SAP, and the US Navy, her work consistently drives impactful change across industries.
Jeff Herbst is the Co-Founding Managing Partner of GFT Ventures, with three decades of expertise in venture capital, operations, business development, and M&A. Before GFT, he served as NVIDIA’s Vice President of Business Development for 20 years, where he fostered a comprehensive ecosystem of accelerated computing applications in AI, data science, autonomous machines, and graphics. During his NVIDIA tenure, Jeff established the Nvidia GPU Ventures program, overseeing over 40 global investments and 20 acquisitions valued at over $8 billion. He also spearheaded the Nvidia Inception accelerator, which now includes over 8,000 AI, data science, and high-performance computing startups. Earlier in his career, Jeff led business development for the Altavista search engine and was a partner at Wilson Sonsini in Palo Alto. He holds a JD from Stanford University and a BS with honors in Computer Science and Economics from Brown University.