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businessNov 2026New
After helping build Claude Code at Anthropic, Cat Wu announced that she is joining OpenAI to lead product management for Core Products. She wants to build agents that support people and teams while keeping users in control.
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businessNov 2026New
OpenAI announced Jill Hazelbaker as its incoming Chief Corporate Affairs Officer. The former Uber leader will lead global communications and corporate positioning, helping people understand AI.
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businessOct 2026New
Kate Rouch joined Spin Master's board, bringing experience at OpenAI, Coinbase and Meta to a company making toys, entertainment and digital games.
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scienceOct 2026New
HeartBot, an AI chatbot built by a University of California team led by nurse scientist Yoshimi Fukuoka, answers women's questions about heart disease.
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businessOct 2026New
Barclays appointed group chief of staff Anita Tanna as its first chief artificial intelligence officer.
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scienceOct 2026New
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission appointed its Chief Data Officer, Beth Puchek, as Chief AI Officer.
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scienceOct 2026New
OpenAI's Head of Life Sciences Joy Jiao described work with PerturbAI on AI agents that help researchers interpret biological data and connect it with scientific literature. The work supports hypotheses for scientists to investigate.
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scienceOct 2026New
The Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology tapped Tamara Roust, previously the state's chief data officer, as chief AI officer.
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scienceOct 2026New
Lila Ibrahim, chief AI readiness officer at Google DeepMind, was named in Computer Weekly's 50 Most Influential Women in UK Tech 2026.
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scienceOct 2026New
Jade Leung, vice-chair of the AI Security Institute and security adviser to the government AI taskforce, was named in Computer Weekly's 50 Most Influential Women in UK Tech 2026.
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scienceOct 2026New
Laura Gilbert was named in Computer Weekly's 50 Most Influential Women in UK Tech 2026 for her work leading AI.
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scienceOct 2026New
Rosemary Francis, a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, founded a network for AI founders this year and is its chief technology officer.
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businessOct 2026New
Suzanne Ashman, managing partner of the £500m Sovereign AI Fund and formerly a general partner at LocalGlobe, was named one of Computer Weekly's Women in Tech to Watch.
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businessOct 2026New
Tommie Edwards, CEO of PeopleXYZ and co-founder of the AI training and mentoring platform Tech1M, was named one of Computer Weekly's Women in Tech to Watch.
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scienceOct 2026New
Zahra Shah, board adviser at NexaQuanta and co-founder of the AI privacy platform Seers, was seventh in Computer Weekly's 2026 list.
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businessOct 2026New
Marklo AI founder Jessica Herrin raised $5M for an AI marketing startup, Crunchbase News reports.
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scienceOct 2026New
Lila Ibrahim is Google's first Chief AI Readiness Officer, CNBC reports in its Changemakers podcast.
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scienceSep 2026New
Women's health startup Evvy, co-founded by CEO Priyanka Jain, raised $40M to build AI-led diagnostics for women's health.
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businessSep 2026New
Fidji Simo joined Nscale as an independent director, bringing experience scaling consumer technology to the AI infrastructure company. Nscale also confirmed that she continues advising OpenAI.
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businessAug 2026New
Cahill Gordon and Reindel named Kelly Graves its first Chief AI Strategy and Innovation Officer and promoted her to partner.
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scienceJun 2026
Health tech startup Ovum, shown with Dr Ariella Heffernan-Marks, raised $4M in seed funding to expand its AI-powered women's health platform.
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businessApr 2026
Hilary Maxson became Oracle's Chief Financial Officer on 6 April 2026. She brings finance leadership experience from Schneider Electric to Oracle's expanding cloud infrastructure business.
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