This year a handful of us in the San Francisco hub kicked off a new project, AI: Re-coding our Future, to survey the field of AI in diversity, education, and policy and bridge the gap between experts and those new to the field. …

Corporates, startups, universities, and AI practitioners of diverse backgrounds must continue working together to close the talent gap. The growing use of data in recent years has spawned a huge need for quantitative backgrounds in the workforce. Within the next decade, AI is estimated to contribute nearly $15.7 trillion to…

SF Global Shapers hosted Empower Finance Co-Founder & CEO and Former Sequoia Capital Partner Warren Hogarth at a ShaperTalk on Tuesday, 6/25, and we wanted to share key takeaways from the event: Warren compared working for a VC firm and running a startup while explaining why he decided to start…

We’re welcoming an amazing new class of Global Shapers to the San Francisco Hub. Learn more about them below! Lingerr Marie Senghor What brought you to San Francisco? I hadn’t planned to move here, and flew out here to get a free trip and see my best friend in Berkeley. …

SF Global Shapers hosted Breakthrough Ocean Ventures founder Nishan Degnarain at a ShaperTalk on Monday, 4/22, and we wanted to share key takeaways from the event: Daniela Fernandez, the moderator and an SF Shaper, shared a quote from David Attenborough that clearly expressed the urgency of addressing climate change: the…

SF Global Shapers hosted Author & Refugee Rights Activist Sandra Uwiringiyimana at a ShaperTalk on Saturday, 3/9, and we wanted to share key takeaways from the event: Although Sandra had experienced brutal hardship at such young age, she started the discussion by saying how much she loved and loves Congo…

SF Global Shapers hosted several people who’ve been to the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos on Tuesday, 3/12, and we wanted to share key takeaways from the event: Shapers were struck by how human the people at Davos were. Despite their status and wealth, people at Davos still…

SF Global Shapers hosted several White House Presidential Innovation Fellows at a ShaperTalk on Sunday, 3/3, and we wanted to share key takeaways from the event: The White House Presidential Innovation Fellows (PIF) program gives high-performing professionals with an entrepreneurial background an opportunity work in a senior position on technology-related…

At our ShaperTalk on Tuesday, 2/19, SF Global Shapers hosted several people who attended the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos last month, and we wanted to share key takeaways from the event: Davos was founded on the idea of multi-stakeholder theory, which is the idea that everyone impacted…