TheAITeam

A proposal for Forbes | Founding partnership

Women Shaping the Future: Capital & AI

A global movement, led from the UAE, to put women at the centre of what gets funded and what gets built.

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The moment

Capital decides what exists. AI now decides how almost everything operates.

The two are being shaped at the same moment, and largely by the same narrow group of people. If women are not equal participants in both, the next economy will be built with half its insight missing. When women help shape technology and capital, whole economies benefit, not just women.

The idea

Capital to fund

Curated connections between women founders and the investors who can back them.

AI to scale

Founders matched with AI go-to-market experts to build and grow faster.

A flagship hybrid summit anchored in the UAE, designed from the outset as the first chapter of a continuing movement.

What makes it different

Most summits end when the lights go down. This one starts working when they do.

01

An intelligence layer behind every interaction

Engagement becomes actionable market intelligence — who is leaning in, on what, and when — guiding curated introductions before, during and long after the event.

02

Proven at the highest level

The platform team has run the full digital infrastructure of the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, the world's largest healthcare investment conference, for more than two decades, alongside global investment-banking, pharmaceutical and CEO-level events.

03

Measured in deals, not attendance

Success is defined by capital raised, partnerships signed and AI systems deployed, tracked through a structured follow-through period.

How it works

  1. Step 1

    Before

    Curated preparation and matching.

  2. Step 2

    The Summit

    UAE flagship, global hybrid participation.

  3. Step 3

    After

    Months of intelligence-led follow-through to signed outcomes.

Why Forbes

Forbes has long defined who matters in business. This is an opportunity to help define who builds what comes next.

  • 01Founding-partner recognition from the first edition.
  • 02A front-row view of exceptional women-led companies.
  • 03Shaping flagship conversations across regions.
  • 04Access to insight from the intelligence layer on agreed terms.
  • 05A long-term platform that grows year on year.

The team

Roisin Bennett

Roisin Bennett

Founder, TheAITeam & Marketing Mentors

An AI and go-to-market practitioner who helps founders and growing businesses turn AI into revenue. Roisin designs practical programmes, masterminds and AI-enabled GTM systems that move companies from experimentation to results.

theaiteam.co
Mary Ann Pierce

Mary Ann Pierce

Founder & CEO, MAP Digital | Founder, Women Funding Women Summits

A webcast pioneer and event-technology innovator who has powered global investment-banking, healthcare and CEO-level conferences for more than 20 years. Named one of the Top 25 Women in the Meetings Industry, she founded Women Funding Women to connect capital with women-led innovation.

mapdigital.com

Next step

A short conversation to explore the fit.

The partnership shape and the ambition for the launch edition. Full programme, platform and contributor detail available under a mutual NDA.

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