AI-Powered Women Seattle Chapter Event: From Corporate to Founder, Powered by AI
About This Event
Women with decades of corporate experience are making bold moves, leaving powerful titles to build companies that are faster, leaner, and deeply purposeful, all powered by AI.
This isn't a pivot. It's a next chapter.
This evening brings together Seattle women who did exactly that. They'll share what the leap really looked like, how AI changed the way they build, and what they wish someone had told them before they started. Then the floor is yours.
Whether you're thinking about your next chapter, already building, or just want to be in the room when this conversation happens, this evening is for you.
Schedule
6:00 pm - Doors open, networking and welcome drinks
6:30 pm - Welcome from AI-Powered Women Chapter Leader Sally Revell
6:45 pm - Panel Discussion
7:20 pm - Open AMA: Your questions, answered honestly
7:45 pm - Closing reflection and community connections
8:00 pm - Informal networking continues
Meet the Panelists
Jayanthi Lakshmanan, Founder, Zelyn Health
After nearly three decades across Microsoft, GE Healthcare, and Ford, Jayanthi left corporate life to build Zelyn Health. Starting with perimenopause and menopause, Zelyn creates a private space where women can make sense of health changes over time, using clinically informed AI to help them see their own patterns and move toward clearer decisions - one woman, one conversation at a time.
Tricia Smith, Founder and CEO, The Jule Group®
Twenty years in talent and operational strategy. Then she became a nonprofit Executive Director and saw the gap: incredible leaders drowning in systems built for a different era. She left to fix it. The Jule Group helps nonprofit EDs and small business founders architect sustainable operations and adopt Al responsibly.
Eva Kapitany, Founder and CEO, feedfwrd
25 years at Microsoft, Nordstrom and ServiceNow, and Eva knew exactly what was broken. She left to fix it. Feedfrwd tackles one of the biggest gaps in corporate culture: real, continuous user feedback tied to what moves the needle. Her company, her design, AI as the engine.
Dominique Simmonds, Founder, CX Spark, has advised product teams across startups and big tech including Microsoft. Her work has shaped 1M+ revenue data and Al products. After years of seeing product teams face the same challenges in customer development, she now works with founders using a unique blend of UX research, CX strategy, and data science to define what determines whether a startup survives; what to build, why, and for whom.
Sally Revell, Founder and CEO, GenerativeHuman.ai
25 years in tech, the last 10 deep in AI at AWS and Google. Now Sally coaches the leaders navigating the AI era, helping them stay grounded when everything is accelerating. She's also building a startup to solve long-distance elder care. As Seattle Chapter Leader for AI-Powered Women, she brings both roles to the stage tonight: moderator and lived example.
What the Panel Will Cover
The Leap - What made you finally say yes to yourself? The identity shift, the fear, and the moment you knew.
Building with AI - How AI didn't just end up in the product. It changed how the whole company got built.
The Honest Truth - What success actually feels like. What's still hard. What nobody tells you.
Bring Your Questions
The AMA is real. Come ready to ask what you actually want to know:
"I have an idea but I'm still at my company. Where do I start?"
"How do you handle financial uncertainty, especially with a family?"
"How do I use AI to validate my idea before I quit?"
"What does your corporate network actually do for you as a founder?"
About AI-Powered Women Seattle
The AI-Powered Women Seattle Chapter brings women together to learn, connect, and lead with courage in the age of AI. Guided by curiosity, care, and human-centered values, we create space for meaningful conversation, practical learning, and authentic leadership. We are part of the broader AI-Powered Women movement founded in Boston, working to expand its reach and impact globally. This chapter is volunteer-led and free to attend.
Your next chapter isn't something you wait for. It's something you build.
Come build it with us.
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Thank you to food and beverage sponsor for their support: Empire of Light. https://www.empireoflightcollective.com