A recent LinkedIn Economic Graph report found that AI jobs have roughly doubled in recent years, with typical salaries far above non-AI roles. Yet women account for just 26% of new hires into AI roles in the United States, and only 13% of C-suite AI leadership roles at AI companies across 27 countries. Those numbers are usually framed as a hiring and representation problem. They are. But I think they also point to something larger: who is shaping the systems that will increas

I live in Silicon Valley, where technological change often feels immediate. New models appear, capabilities expand, and conversations quickly move from what is possible today to what might be possible tomorrow. There is an energy here that I find exciting. It is difficult not to be inspired by the creativity, ambition, and speed with which new ideas are built. But living so close to the center of technological innovation has also made me think more deeply about something else