As part of the 20%, I would urge every adult female to try and work with AI tools. It is a hit or miss. There is a LOT of hype. But you won’t ever know what is real and what is someone’s fantasy if you don’t try yourself.
I’m 1000% on board with more women leaning into AI and aspire to join a future SheBuilds. Right after reading your article I was served a Loveable ad with 5 tech bros debating why they should have built on Loveable. No women in the shot. As a fellow growth gal, I wonder how female-forward ads might influence the 20%. Getting more women into AI means including them at every level, from ads and hackathons to VC funding and boardrooms.
as a technical woman myself, i could not agreen with this more! i think there is a huge anti-LLM rhetoric for women that seriously needs to be corrected.
for women already building, how can we support one another?
Personally what I'd like is someone I can ask a few questions to as I go through publishing for the first time, or a bit of direction to somewhere clear instructions are written with links to anything that needs downloading.
Women are historically underrepresented in tech, realistically you should not expect miracles from AI in itself to lower the barrier. The tech community as a whole however can change this. It (and that includes all of us) needs to support and celebrate the women currently working in tech more, celebrate them and provide them a platform so they can lead by example for the younger talented generation. Ambassadors and rolemodelling as a way to lower the barrier for others to enter. There is already a growing number of women building with and writing about AI, communities like @shewritesai support them and provide a platform to connect and ambassador. So it is not only necessary to bring in more women and new talent into this industry, it is equally important to support those already there.
Last month, I participated in a round table on AI: the vast majority of men in the audience and among the speakers. As if men would « dare » first and if women felt less legitimate. We really need to fix this before the gap becomes larger!
I love the idea of “mom-and-pop SaaS”. After a decade in startups, I constantly found myself questioning what the growth and stress was all for? I would love to see more, work with more, and hopefully build more companies that profitable, independent, purpose-driven and not chasing growth-at-all-costs.
That line alone really sparked something in me ❤️🔥
It’s disappointing to learn that 52% of ChatGPT users are now female, but builder tools like lovable see a different pattern.
I organised a lovable hackathon yesterday for a group of 35 women and the energy was awesome! We need to do more of this and showcase that women can do it too. I talked to many of them yesterday and they’re simply shy or excuse themselves with imposter syndrome. Hopefully lovable can change it 💓
What stands out to me: the way you frame the AI moment not just as a risk, but as a window of opportunity for women builders.
You're right, the tools may be accessible, but building and owning the systems shifts the power, and for too long women have been on the user side, not the creator side.
I’d love to see more conversations about how we change the story from “catching up” to “defining what’s next”, and where communities like yours help make that happen.
I. love. this. I don't think there is a lack of interest in AI by women @Average_Abidal. I work in tech with mostly men, and it can be intimidating to be curious, learn, or try building something that might not work because often failure is often interpreted as the result of her gender instead of simply part of the process of figuring things out. This is exactly why I choose to build in public, even when you can see all my mistakes because I'm just figuring it out, and so can you, ladies!
This sounds amazing. I have used lovable and did 80% build of a reseller commission dashboard. I think the community piece would help in getting ourselves through obstacles. No code still has a learning curve. Would love to join your next one.
This is a very valuable conversation to have. Why women are under represented in AI?
Having spent my whole career in tech, I’ve been using AI (and building) for a long time. The tailored tutor for my son? Did that on a Friday afternoon over a year ago.
It would be great to have this conversation live on 💡Product Circle ⭕️ Chat. Let me know when you’re free @Elena Verna
Agree, but the problem clearly goes beyond Lovable's user base. OpenAI just announced its new browser, Atlas, and the announcement was all white dudes. smh
As part of the 20%, I would urge every adult female to try and work with AI tools. It is a hit or miss. There is a LOT of hype. But you won’t ever know what is real and what is someone’s fantasy if you don’t try yourself.
I’m 1000% on board with more women leaning into AI and aspire to join a future SheBuilds. Right after reading your article I was served a Loveable ad with 5 tech bros debating why they should have built on Loveable. No women in the shot. As a fellow growth gal, I wonder how female-forward ads might influence the 20%. Getting more women into AI means including them at every level, from ads and hackathons to VC funding and boardrooms.
as a technical woman myself, i could not agreen with this more! i think there is a huge anti-LLM rhetoric for women that seriously needs to be corrected.
for women already building, how can we support one another?
Personally what I'd like is someone I can ask a few questions to as I go through publishing for the first time, or a bit of direction to somewhere clear instructions are written with links to anything that needs downloading.
I can offer user testing in return :)
Women are historically underrepresented in tech, realistically you should not expect miracles from AI in itself to lower the barrier. The tech community as a whole however can change this. It (and that includes all of us) needs to support and celebrate the women currently working in tech more, celebrate them and provide them a platform so they can lead by example for the younger talented generation. Ambassadors and rolemodelling as a way to lower the barrier for others to enter. There is already a growing number of women building with and writing about AI, communities like @shewritesai support them and provide a platform to connect and ambassador. So it is not only necessary to bring in more women and new talent into this industry, it is equally important to support those already there.
Thank you Elena for highlighting this gap (i really like the way you write it and the actions you take to help!)
Do you have an idea why women don’t dive into IA?
I wish I knew. My best guess is that women are more conservative and become part of later majority, not initial innovators.
Last month, I participated in a round table on AI: the vast majority of men in the audience and among the speakers. As if men would « dare » first and if women felt less legitimate. We really need to fix this before the gap becomes larger!
Hi Elena, maybe you’d like the She Writes AI digest put together by 2 amazing women on Substack. https://open.substack.com/pub/shewritesai/p/2025-10-19-weekly-shewritesai-digest?r=cgulf&utm_medium=ios
I love the idea of “mom-and-pop SaaS”. After a decade in startups, I constantly found myself questioning what the growth and stress was all for? I would love to see more, work with more, and hopefully build more companies that profitable, independent, purpose-driven and not chasing growth-at-all-costs.
That line alone really sparked something in me ❤️🔥
Hi Elena, thanks for this email.
It’s disappointing to learn that 52% of ChatGPT users are now female, but builder tools like lovable see a different pattern.
I organised a lovable hackathon yesterday for a group of 35 women and the energy was awesome! We need to do more of this and showcase that women can do it too. I talked to many of them yesterday and they’re simply shy or excuse themselves with imposter syndrome. Hopefully lovable can change it 💓
Greetings from Amsterdam 🇳🇱
Marta
What stands out to me: the way you frame the AI moment not just as a risk, but as a window of opportunity for women builders.
You're right, the tools may be accessible, but building and owning the systems shifts the power, and for too long women have been on the user side, not the creator side.
I’d love to see more conversations about how we change the story from “catching up” to “defining what’s next”, and where communities like yours help make that happen.
I. love. this. I don't think there is a lack of interest in AI by women @Average_Abidal. I work in tech with mostly men, and it can be intimidating to be curious, learn, or try building something that might not work because often failure is often interpreted as the result of her gender instead of simply part of the process of figuring things out. This is exactly why I choose to build in public, even when you can see all my mistakes because I'm just figuring it out, and so can you, ladies!
Would love to join on march 8!
This sounds amazing. I have used lovable and did 80% build of a reseller commission dashboard. I think the community piece would help in getting ourselves through obstacles. No code still has a learning curve. Would love to join your next one.
Hi Elena, I would love to volunteer, support, and join on March 8th
This is a very valuable conversation to have. Why women are under represented in AI?
Having spent my whole career in tech, I’ve been using AI (and building) for a long time. The tailored tutor for my son? Did that on a Friday afternoon over a year ago.
It would be great to have this conversation live on 💡Product Circle ⭕️ Chat. Let me know when you’re free @Elena Verna
https://luma.com/productcircle
Would love you support Mar 8
Agree, but the problem clearly goes beyond Lovable's user base. OpenAI just announced its new browser, Atlas, and the announcement was all white dudes. smh
hahaha why do you hate yourself so much?!
Why do you think love is a zero sum game?