Startups throughout the Center East and North Africa (MENA) raised a document $4 billion in 2023. However simply 1.2% of that enterprise capital funding went to startups based by girls — and solely a fraction of that went to women-led corporations which can be constructing with AI. Girls founders are important for creating financial alternative and stronger, extra inclusive AI options. And with the variety of feminine entrepreneurs within the area anticipated to double by 2030, investing in women-led AI corporations isn’t simply the appropriate factor to do — it’s the sensible enterprise choice.
As we speak we’re asserting the primary cohort of the Google for Startups Development Academy: Girls in AI program. Run in collaboration with the Saudi Authority for Information and Synthetic Intelligence and the Ministry of AI within the UAE, this equity-free program is designed to speed up the expansion of women-led startups constructing with AI within the Center East and North Africa.
After kicking off this system final week in Dubai with enterprise classes on go-to-market methods, progress hacking and gross sales, startup founders will proceed to work carefully with Google mentors on a complete technical curriculum. Over the following six weeks, they’ll discover generative AI finest practices, Google AI instruments similar to Google Cloud’s Vertex AI and a complete Individuals + AI Workshop collection targeted on constructing human-centered AI merchandise and options.
Be taught extra concerning the girls founders chosen for this system and the AI options they’re constructing under.
