Overview

Women-led businesses with high-growth potential are stepping into a new era — and AI is opening powerful opportunities to scale, innovate, and lead.

The momentum is undeniable. According to the Gender Index Report 2025, female-led companies increased turnover growth from 14.8% in 2023 to 24.6% in 2024, now outpacing male-led firms. Women entrepreneurs are driving performance at unprecedented levels.

Yet high-growth success is still not evenly distributed. Only 10.6% of female-led firms are classified as fast-growth, compared with 73.6% of male-led companies. Access to funding, technical expertise, partnerships, talent, mentorship, market expansion, and visibility continues to shape how far and how fast women-led businesses can scale.

About the event

Building on the success of last year’s event hosted by Google, the Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in the Age of AI is committed to unlocking opportunities for women entrepreneurs across the UK.

This event has been designed to empower women entrepreneurs by providing practical solutions to the challenges they often face. Its purpose is to foster an environment where women business leaders can thrive by unlocking access to investment, building representation in AI, and bridging the gap to vital capital and networks beyond major business hubs.

The event also aims to:

• Support women founders to secure the investment they deserve.
• Champion greater representation of women in AI innovation.
• Connect entrepreneurs in all regions to valuable funding and networks.

Why attend?

This is more than an event. It’s a growth platform for women building the future of innovation. Participants can benefit from:

• Actionable insights on scaling and entering new markets through engaging panel session.
• Taking part in our investor pitch event.
• One-to-one discussions focused on your growth plans.
• Direct engagement with investors and awareness of government funding opportunities.
• Access to AI support, innovation programmes, platforms, and talent pathways.
• High-value networking with founders, innovators, and change-makers.

Who should attend?

• Women founders, owners, and business leaders with high-growth ambition, interested in exploring or scaling AI.
• Entrepreneurs seeking funding, partnerships, and market expansion.
• Innovators ready to increase their visibility and impact.
• Male allies supporting women’s entrepreneurship.

If you are interested in attending this event, please submit an expression of interest. The team will contact you by 10th March to inform you whether you have been allocated a space. Submission of expressions of interest will remain open until the event reaches capacity.