About She Shapes AI

AI is reshaping the world. Who shapes AI matter. We make sure you matter. 

She Shapes AI is a global ecosystem for responsible women-led AI innovation. Founded in 2024, our work brings together innovators and founders, leaders and executives, researchers and policymakers: women who build AI, decide how it's used, and think about what it means for all of us.

Our approach: look beyond the hype, ask better questions, and act with responsibility and accountability, with inclusion, ethics and human agency at the heart of what we do.

There are many ways to engage with us, in particular through:

Our Founder

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Photo by Graínne Quinlan

Dr Julia Stamm doesn't just talk about a better future. She builds it. She is the founder and CEO of She Shapes AI, a global catalyst for responsible AI innovation. A sociologist by training, she holds a PhD in philosophy and has built four organisations from the ground up. Her career spans the European Commission, the G20, non-profit leadership, and entrepreneurship. She works at the intersection of technology, governance and impact, and advises executives and organisations on human-centred leadership for the AI age.

Julia is a Fellow of the Centre for Digital Governance at the Hertie School, Berlin, and of the Royal Society of the Arts, London. She is a Founding Committee member of the AI in Media Institute, London, and a frequent keynote speaker at international conferences. Her signature AI leadership framework TRAP-PART challenges leaders to trade hype-driven certainty for genuine stewardship. Her Substack blog, Beyond the Hype cuts through the noise with grounded, evidence-led analysis. Her TEDx talk, Beyond the Certainty Trap, was praised as deserving to be "streamed on every square in Silicon Valley.”

Team & Advisors

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  • Rachel Gutierrez brings a decade of international experience in project management, partnership development, and design thinking to her role as Director of Programmes and Partnerships. Her career spans impactful roles in global organizations, where she led strategic initiatives, managed multimillion-dollar portfolios, and fostered partnerships across areas such as global health, gender equity and social inclusion, and good governance.

Rachel Gutierrez

Kristen Kent
Advisor, Content Strategies

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Anna Henry
Advisor, Partnerships

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Dr Ishita Mandrekar
Advisor, Narrative

Sinéad Andrews
Advisor, Communication & Outreach