Beyond the Algorithm: Women Leading in AI #SFTechWeek
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An Evening of Conversations, Community & Celebration Hosted by AIX Ventures
Artificial intelligence is rapidly evolving—and women are shaping the future. Join us for an evening of conversation, connection, and collaboration as leaders in AI share their perspectives on the next frontier: agentic AI systems.
This event will feature a dynamic panel discussion followed by networking over food, drinks, and community vibes. Whether you’re a founder, builder, researcher, or investor, you’ll walk away inspired and more connected to the women driving real AI innovation.
🗓 EVENT AGENDA
5:00 – 6:00 PM | Arrival & Networking
Welcome drinks, bites, and casual mingling.
6:00 – 6:10 PM | Opening Remarks by Event Leads: Claire Xie, Isa D’Elia, and Lucy Chong.
6:15 – 6:45 PM | Panel: Women Innovating in Agentic AI — A conversation with leading women in AI: Dilshoda Yergasheva (Head of Financial Services, WRITER AI), Erika Bahr (Co-Founder, Daxe), Sara Choi (Partner, Wing VC), Silvia Chen (Founder & CEO, Bilrost)
6:45 – 7:00 PM | Audience Q&A
Interactive discussion with the panelists.
7:00 – 8:00 PM | Networking Reception
Drinks, food, swag, and deeper conversations with the community.
🌟 Who Should Attend?
Founders & operators building in AI
Investors backing the next wave of innovation
Researchers & engineers curious about agentic AI
Anyone passionate about diverse leadership in AI
Male and non-binary allies are more than welcome to attend!
Our Speakers:
Dilshoda Yergasheva
Global Head of Financial Services, WRITER AI
Dilshoda Yergasheva leads the financial services practice at WRITER. She works closely with product, sales, and marketing teams to help drive genAI enabled transformation at top financial institutions. A seasoned industry veteran, she has 15 years of experience as a portfolio manager and investment director at top hedge funds and investment management firms, including Wellington Management, Bridgewater Associates, and State Street Global Advisors. Dilshoda graduated cum laude from Harvard College with a degree in Applied Mathematics and earned her MBA from Harvard Business School.
Erika Bahr
Co-Founder, Daxe
Erika Bahr is the co-founder of Daxe, a seed-stage AI company building solutions at the frontier of enterprise automation. A Harvard alum with experience across startups and consulting, Erika has worked at the intersection of technology, business strategy, and organizational change. She brings a founder’s lens on the realities of scaling early-stage ventures, navigating fundraising, and building diverse teams in the AI ecosystem. Her work focuses on making AI both powerful and practical for organizations of all sizes.
Sara Choi
Partner, Wing VC
Sara Choi is a recovering founder and General Partner at Wing VC where she oversees Wing’s investments in healthcare and biotech. Wing VC is a leading early-stage tech VC whose team has partnered with 24 companies that have IPO’d or sold for over $1b. Sara has partnered with several category-defining companies at inception and Series A that are now unicorns and market leaders. Prior to Wing, Sara was a multi-time founder having most recently founded the mobile data company, Airfox, acquired in 2017. Sara holds a BA from Harvard University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. She enjoys being active in many communities in technology, media, and the arts, and runs the Healthcare x AI (HAI) community.
Silvia Chen
Founder & CEO, Bilrost
Silvia Chen is a principled, analytically minded builder whose leadership spans in-house and entrepreneurial journeys. After beginning her career at Bridgewater and evolving through Head of Product roles, she founded and exited two startups before launching Bilrost, an AI-powered platform that automates key workflows in commercial real estate financing, helping lenders close deals faster and more confidently. Her prior product initiatives unlocked over $1B in liquidity, scaled trading volume 30×, and delivered nine-figure revenue. At bilrost, she’s driving impact in smarter capital deployment, affordable housing, and disaster recovery. Outside of building, she invests as an angel, kitesurfs, trains jiu-jitsu, hits Barry’s, meditates, paints, and reads.
Hosts of the Event:
AIX Ventures is a leading seed-stage venture capital firm dedicated to funding and supporting AI-native startups. Founded and operated by top AI practitioners and experienced investors, the firm is deeply embedded in the artificial intelligence ecosystem, ensuring it remains at the forefront of technological advancement and company-building expertise. Notable investments include Perplexity, Hugging Face, Weights and Biases, Ambience and Athelas.
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Berkeley Female Founders & Funders at Berkeley is a campus-wide club across UC Berkeley’s Business School, Engineering Schools, Masters students and Alumni network. With >250 members, we launched in 2023 to unite women founders and investors on campus and the Bay Area. Our mission is to empower women-driven entrepreneurship and to narrow the persistent VC funding gap, with only 2% of funding going to female founders.
Let’s celebrate the women leading in AI — and build a more inclusive, brilliant future, together.
This event is a part of #SFTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
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