She Builds with AI: Women Shaping the Future
She Builds with AI: Women Shaping the Future – Formerly the LuxeAI Highlights
This is the podcast for women at the forefront of AI & Emerging Tech: founders, consultants, creatives, and changemakers redefining what’s possible in business and beyond.
Hosted by Julia Lach, Fortune 500 Project Manager, AI Consultant & Speaker, this show explores how women are building with AI & Emerging Tech: launching startups, leading transformations, designing intelligent systems, and shaping the future with purpose and precision.
From fashion and beauty to retail, consumer goods, digital consulting, and beyond, each episode explores current trends or spotlights bold voices blending innovation, strategy, and impact.
Inquiries to hello@julialach.de
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Episodes
17 episodes
Owning The Intelligence Your Company Creates - With Shanea Leven of Empromptu AI
Your AI prototype is impressive, the demo gets applause, and then production happens. Suddenly you’re dealing with weird edge cases, shifting outputs, unclear ownership, and a stack of tools that don’t quite add up to something your company can...
Gender Data & The Future Of Women-Centered AI — With Shubhi Rao of Uplevyl
AI doesn’t fail women because it’s “bad at math.” It fails when the data behind it leaves women out, flattening real lives into a default user that never had to navigate widowhood, caregiving, fragmented healthcare, or high-stakes rights decisi...
Closing The AI Gap: Women, Power, And AI At Work And Beyond — With Erica Anderson Rooney
AI is already shaping who gets hired, who gets promoted, and who gets seen, and that should change how we talk about “learning AI.” I sit down with Erica Rooney, executive coach, keynote speaker, and author of Glass Ceilings and Sticky Floors a...
Scaling Enterprise AI With Trust And People First — With Noe Ramos of Agiloft
Most companies can spin up an AI pilot. Far fewer can scale AI in a way that people trust, leaders can measure, and teams actually want to use. That gap is where AI operations lives, and it is exactly what we unpack with Noe Ramos, VP of AI Ope...
How AI Is Rewriting Fashion Content Production For Premium Brands — With Jill Asemota of Parallel Pictures
The cameras stopped, the planes grounded, and fashion’s content machine stalled. That shock didn’t end creativity, it rewired it. We sit down with founder and creative director Jill Asemota to trace how a career spanning fashion journalism, ath...
AI Agents & the Future of Personal Shopping - Part III & End of Year Thoughts
Imagine telling your assistant, I need a new phone and plan, please handle it—then watching it compare carriers, apply credits, and schedule delivery while you sip coffee. That’s the promise of agentic commerce, and in this episode we unpack ho...
AI Agents & the Future of Personal Shopping - Part Ⅱ
Shopping just crossed a line: the bot doesn’t only recommend, it remembers, compares, and buys with your permission. We unpack a pivotal year where AI agents went from reactive chat to proactive concierge, reshaping how intent turns into a purc...
Fixing Online Shopping: The Future of AI Fashion Search & Discovery — With Chang Liu of Plush
What if your shopping search could think like you do: mood, context, and all the tiny details that make an outfit feel right? In this epidsde I sit down with Chang Liu, co‑founder and CEO of Plush, to unpack how she transformed a personal frust...
Robots You Can Wear: Making Technology Fashionable — With Maia Hirsch
What happens when you merge robotics with fashion? Maia Hirsch is answering that question with breathtaking creations like dresses that bloom open when you shake hands with the wearer. As a PhD student researching wearable robotics and human-ro...
Style Meets AI: Building a Social Wardrobe – With Caroline Lakshmanan of Cloud Closet
Ever screenshotted an outfit and saved it in your Notes app? You're not alone, and today’s guest turned that very habit into a fashion tech startup.In this episode, I’m joined by Caroline Lakshmanan — co-founder & CEO of Cl...
AI Agents & the Future of Personal Shopping - Part Ⅰ
Personal shopping is getting a major upgrade — meet your new AI stylist. In this solo episode, I explore how intelligent agents are revolutionizing the way we discover, try, and buy products across fashion, beauty, and retail. From Google’s gen...
Democratizing Innovation and Creativity with AI
Can a small, independent brand truly compete with giants? What if the future isn’t defined by size or budget, but by agility and vision? In this solo episode, I explore how independent fashion, beauty, travel, and lifestyle brands a...
Neo Luxury 2025 – Where Craftsmanship Meets Code
Luxury is evolving and in this episode, we explore how. This episode unpacks the rise of Neo Luxury: a movement that blends timeless craftsmanship with digital innovation, conscious consumption, and emotional intelligence.&nb...
AI-driven Sustainability in Fashion — With Samira Salifu of Masari Tech
In this episode, I talk with Samira Salifu, co-founder & CEO of Masari Tech, a rising fashion tech startup with a powerful mission to make shopping smarter and more sustainable.Samira shares her unexpected journe...
2024’s Tech Hits & Misses / What´s next?
In this episode, we dive into the defining tech moments of 2024 that reshaped the fashion and retail industries. From the transformative consolidation of e-commerce giants to the evolution of AI applications that blur the lines between personal...
Interviewed by INLUXURY
In my recent interview with the incredible team at INLUXURY, I shared my thoughts on how AI is shaping the future luxury. We talked about the delicate balance of embracing innovation while staying true to the heritage and exclusivity that defin...
