The AI world is being built. Look who's missing.
Women hold just 20% of AI roles in the UK. That number is falling.
La Fosse is searching for the ten women shaping the future of AI. Together, they will write the Blueprint to Action: the document the industry has been missing.
This is not an opinion. It is a structural fact.
When AI is built by one type of person, it learns one point of view. That view gets scaled, automated and imposed on everyone.
Women now make up 20% of AI roles in the UK, down four percentage points since 2020. 42% leave the tech industry at mid-career. Only 28% see a clear path to the C-suite.
The UK loses an estimated 2 to 3.5 billion pounds every year from a career framework that pushes women out at the moment they should be leading.
The technology that defines our future is being built without us.
Ten women. One blueprint. Built to change what comes next.
UNBOUND, La Fosse’s women in tech initiative, is bringing together ten of the most influential women in AI in the UK.
Not a panel. Not a list. A working group of senior women already shaping the future of AI, co-authoring the document the industry needs.
The Blueprint to Action will set out what has to change to make AI careers more accessible, more equitable and more sustainable for women at every stage. It will be published in Q4 2026.
A platform to lead the conversation. Not just join it.
Each of the ten women will:
Tell their story
Featured in a filmed vodcast series, sharing expertise and vision for AI.
Shape the Blueprint
Join an in-person working roundtable with senior leaders to co-author the report.
Lead the conversation publicly
Profiled across La Fosse’s channels, PR and the UNBOUND community. Speak at the flagship panel event.
Women doing the work. Not waiting for permission.
We are looking for women who are:
- Leading AI strategy, implementation or governance inside their organisation
- Building AI products, platforms or teams
- Championing ethical, inclusive or responsible AI practices
- Pioneering AI adoption from a non-traditional tech background
- Challenging how AI is developed, deployed or used
Rising star or established leader. Industry-shaping or industry-disrupting. If you are doing the work and you have something to say about how AI is being built, you should be in this room.
Put yourself forward. Or someone you think should be here.
Nominations and self-nominations are open. If you think you should be in this room, back yourself.