Why Women Defining AI
We started Women Defining AI to make AI approachable and accessible for a broader group of women & nonbinary individuals in our networks and communities
When we first got together to create an “AI community” in 2023, our goal was simply to connect womxn and share AI knowledge from their own explorations.
During a time when interacting with AI models & technology felt more natural than ever (use natural conversation!) and traditional coding & building was significantly easier for nontechnical people to just get started, it was frustrating to see incredible, smart, capable womxn around us opting out. So we created a spot to build in public — to encourage more womxn to experiment, share, and collaborate on all things AI.
What started as a “study group” rapidly transformed into a vast support network & source of both encouragement and expertise for now over 600 members, actively engaged in the Slack. And we’ve only scratched the surface of what’s possible.
The benefits are beyond AI, beyond community. We are creating a movement around amplifying and supporting women & nonbinary individuals in tech.
Becoming a member
A membership subscription gets you access to everything we do in the community.
Community and Networking:
You get an invite to our private Slack community where members connect, share ideas, collaborate on projects, and take our popular micro-learning courses.
Some of our most popular discussions are #share-demos-and-examples, and #share-guides-articles-more, or our newly created regional groups like #geo-sf and #geo-nyc.
And we host informal Community Huddles and Book Clubs to connect & discuss as a community.
Access to our growing repository of AI micro-learning modules:
We host a very popular micro-learning and projects-based course designed to get everyone hands-on quickly with AI, in only 10-15 minutes a day.
Our Slack community now hosts both a self-paced version that you can start at your convenience, or a cohort experience (Spring/Fall cohorts) that you can join to learn together with other members.
Current modules include:
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Advanced GenAI Use Cases (15 lessons)
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Build a personal AI assistant, no-code (10 lessons)
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Create AI automations, no-code (10 lessons)
Modules in development:
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AI prototyping, AI-assisted coding
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AI agents 101
A space to collaborate & learn-by-doing:
Cut through the AI noise by getting tactical experience with AI through various WDAI programming. If there's an idea you don't see, there is always an opportunity to launch it with us!
This includes:
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Monthly Show Not Tell demo series where members showcase an AI tool, use case, etc. that they have found valuable
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Adhoc Build TogetHER lunch & learn sessions where small groups spend an hour building something together
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Regional Chapter in-person events/meetups
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And many more member-led events like our Quarterly AI strategy huddles