The women building AI. In one room.
The UNBOUND Collective meets for the first time on 12th November. What they say becomes the Blueprint to Action.
Women hold just 20% of AI roles in the UK, down four percentage points since 2020. 42% leave tech at mid-career. Only 28% see a clear path to the C-suite.
This matters beyond the numbers. When AI is built by one type of person, it learns one point of view. That view gets scaled, automated and built into the systems everyone relies on.
So we asked the industry to tell us who is already doing the work. Hundreds of nominations later, The UNBOUND Collective is taking shape: senior women leading AI strategy, building AI products and teams, and challenging how AI gets developed and used.
On 12th November, they meet for the first time over breakfast. Not a panel. A working session. Their experience, their evidence and their recommendations become the Blueprint to Action, a practical guide to making AI careers more accessible, more equitable and more sustainable for women at every stage.
We’re not writing this for them. We’re writing it with them.
What the roundtable will explore
Five themes give the room its shape:
- The Career Shift. How AI is changing careers and organisations, and how women can stay ahead.
- Breaking Barriers. The barriers preventing women entering, progressing and returning to AI careers.
- Building Better AI. Why diverse teams build better AI, from representation in technical roles to reducing bias in AI systems.
- Leading Change. Women leading AI across business, technology and entrepreneurship, and creating pathways for the leaders coming through.
- Building the Next Generation. Inspiring girls and young women to pursue AI through education, STEM engagement and early careers.
Hosted by
Lucy Kemp | Chief Marketing Officer, La Fosse, and Founder, UNBOUND
Lucy founded UNBOUND to tackle the structural reasons women leave tech, not just talk about them. She leads La Fosse’s marketing and community strategy, and has spent her career working at the point where technology, talent and brand meet.