ChannelLife Australia – IWD 2024: Bridging the gender gap for women tech founders
Source: ChannelLife Australia
Technology startups happen when someone has a good idea, and often, a group of college graduates or women tech founders mastermind an innovation to address a gap or solve a pressing problem in a business. Many tech startups are bootstrapped, but as I was privy to in December 2022, some are just based on an idea.
In 2022, I listened to a pitch by a man who talked about what ChatGPT could do to an audience of 30 or more investors. As he explained its ability to write, design, and reimagine, the audience was frothing at the mouth. The pitcher’s aim was to raise $20 million to build solutions that complement ChatGPT and use GPT-3, which was the most updated version at that time. Women tech founders in the audience showed keen interest in how this innovation could be applied to their ventures. Days later, I asked one of the organizers, “How much did they raise?”. The Answer: We fell short. We raised US$12 million, but we still have some more follow-up to do.
Source: ChannelLife Australia
