Uplevyl Newsroom
Uplevyl Newsroom
Follow Uplevyl's media presence, founder appearances, and press coverage as we build the intelligence layer the world has been missing.
Media inquiries: eva@uplevyl.com
Follow Uplevyl's media presence, founder appearances, and press coverage as we build the intelligence layer the world has been missing.
Media inquiries: eva@uplevyl.com
RECENT PRESS
RECENT PRESS
RECENT PRESS
EIN PRESSWIRE
May 2026
Uplevyl Expands Platform to Deliver the First AI Knowledge Layer Built for Survivors & the Organizations That Serve Them
Uplevyl announces the launch of its first AI knowledge layer focused on survivor rights, built in partnership with Futures Without Violence. The platform transforms fragmented legal and support resources into personalized, jurisdiction-specific guidance covering all 50 U.S. states. Attorney-supervised and continuously updated, the system is free to survivors through nonprofit channels.
EIN PRESSWIRE
Uplevyl Expands Platform to Deliver the First AI Knowledge Layer Built for Survivors & the Organizations That Serve Them
May 2026
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Uplevyl announces the launch of its first AI knowledge layer focused on survivor rights, built in partnership with Futures Without Violence. The platform transforms fragmented legal and support resources into personalized, jurisdiction-specific guidance covering all 50 U.S. states. Attorney-supervised and continuously updated, the system is free to survivors through nonprofit channels.
FAST COMPANY
April 2026
Women Over 50 Outperform in Business. Why Are They Still Overlooked?
Fast Company's Josie Cox examines the compounding effect of age and gender bias on female founders, featuring Uplevyl Founder and CEO Shubhi Rao. Rao explains how familiarity bias drives capital allocation decisions and argues that when historical records are thin, qualified founders are penalized not for lack of capability, but for lack of precedent. Research cited from MIT and Boston Consulting Group shows older, women-founded ventures consistently outperform on capital efficiency.
FAST COMPANY
Women Over 50 Outperform in Business. Why Are They Still Overlooked?
April 2026
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Fast Company's Josie Cox examines the compounding effect of age and gender bias on female founders, featuring Uplevyl Founder and CEO Shubhi Rao. Rao explains how familiarity bias drives capital allocation decisions and argues that when historical records are thin, qualified founders are penalized not for lack of capability, but for lack of precedent. Research cited from MIT and Boston Consulting Group shows older, women-founded ventures consistently outperform on capital efficiency.
WOMEN MONEY POWER (SUBSTACK)
September 2025
The Chorus of Doom Is Loud
Shubhi Rao contributes to Jacki Zehner's flagship newsletter, examining the structural dynamics behind pessimism in women's economic discourse and the argument for why capital coordination, not despair, is the appropriate response.
WOMEN MONEY POWER (SUBSTACK)
The Chorus of Doom Is Loud
September 2025
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Shubhi Rao contributes to Jacki Zehner's flagship newsletter, examining the structural dynamics behind pessimism in women's economic discourse and the argument for why capital coordination, not despair, is the appropriate response.
THE TIMES (UK)
September 2025
The Most Radical Act of Feminism? Using AI
Shubhi Rao speaks to The Times about the gendered AI adoption gap and why closing it requires more than awareness. Women who use AI strategically are not catching up; they are reshaping the terms of participation in an economy being rebuilt around generative intelligence.
THE TIMES (UK)
The Most Radical Act of Feminism? Using AI
September 2025
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Shubhi Rao speaks to The Times about the gendered AI adoption gap and why closing it requires more than awareness. Women who use AI strategically are not catching up; they are reshaping the terms of participation in an economy being rebuilt around generative intelligence.
FOX59 / CISION PR NEWSWIRE
March 2025
Women Are Fleeing Social Media Platforms, Citing "Hostile Environment"
Uplevyl research, developed in partnership with SheMoney, reveals that 66% of women have strategically retreated from major social platforms and 48% have abandoned at least one entirely. The data documents a structural trust deficit that legacy platforms have failed to address.
FOX59 / CISION PR NEWSWIRE
Women Are Fleeing Social Media Platforms, Citing "Hostile Environment"
March 2025
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Uplevyl research, developed in partnership with SheMoney, reveals that 66% of women have strategically retreated from major social platforms and 48% have abandoned at least one entirely. The data documents a structural trust deficit that legacy platforms have failed to address.
TECH BUZZ NEWS
April 2025
Jacki Zehner Joins Uplevyl to Champion Women's Voices in AI and Tech
Announcement of Jacki Zehner's formal role at Uplevyl as Lead Investor and Chief Engagement Officer, formalizing a partnership between two of the most prominent voices in women's capital allocation and gender-focused technology.
TECH BUZZ NEWS
Jacki Zehner Joins Uplevyl to Champion Women's Voices in AI and Tech
April 2025
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Announcement of Jacki Zehner's formal role at Uplevyl as Lead Investor and Chief Engagement Officer, formalizing a partnership between two of the most prominent voices in women's capital allocation and gender-focused technology.
BUSINESSWIRE
January 2025
Future Forward Accelerator by Uplevyl Aims to Upskill 1,000 Female Innovators for the AI + Digital Age
Uplevyl announces the Future Forward Accelerator, a self-paced AI and digital leadership certification program designed to build AI fluency among professional women at scale.
BUSINESSWIRE
Future Forward Accelerator by Uplevyl Aims to Upskill 1,000 Female Innovators for the AI + Digital Age
January 2025
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Uplevyl announces the Future Forward Accelerator, a self-paced AI and digital leadership certification program designed to build AI fluency among professional women at scale.
BLOOMBERG
November 2024
Why Are Women Less Likely to Use AI?
Bloomberg examines the persistent gender gap in generative AI adoption, noting that women are 20% less likely than men to use these tools, with Uplevyl positioned as part of a broader effort to close a gap that compounds economic disadvantage over time.
BLOOMBERG
Why Are Women Less Likely to Use AI?
November 2024
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Bloomberg examines the persistent gender gap in generative AI adoption, noting that women are 20% less likely than men to use these tools, with Uplevyl positioned as part of a broader effort to close a gap that compounds economic disadvantage over time.
FORBES
April 2022
The Trailblazer Paving the Way for Modern Female Leadership
Forbes profiles Shubhi Rao's journey from engineering to executive leadership at Alphabet, Ford, and Tesco, and her founding thesis at Uplevyl: that technology built without women will perpetuate the structural disadvantages it claims to solve.
FORBES
The Trailblazer Paving the Way for Modern Female Leadership
April 2022
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Forbes profiles Shubhi Rao's journey from engineering to executive leadership at Alphabet, Ford, and Tesco, and her founding thesis at Uplevyl: that technology built without women will perpetuate the structural disadvantages it claims to solve.
SILICON HILLS NEWS
November 2021
Uplevyl, a Women's Empowerment and Networking Platform, Launches in Austin
Silicon Hills News covers the launch of Uplevyl in Austin, Texas, documenting Rao's initial vision for a women-first platform designed around professional advancement, digital fluency, and equitable technology.
SILICON HILLS NEWS
Uplevyl, a Women's Empowerment and Networking Platform, Launches in Austin
November 2021
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Silicon Hills News covers the launch of Uplevyl in Austin, Texas, documenting Rao's initial vision for a women-first platform designed around professional advancement, digital fluency, and equitable technology.
PR NEWSWIRE
November 2021
Tech Company, Uplevyl, Aims to Transform the Lives of All Professional Women
Official launch announcement, establishing Uplevyl's founding mission: to close the gap between the pace of technological change and women's ability to lead within it.
PR NEWSWIRE
Tech Company, Uplevyl, Aims to Transform the Lives of All Professional Women
November 2021
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Official launch announcement, establishing Uplevyl's founding mission: to close the gap between the pace of technological change and women's ability to lead within it.
VIDEO APPEARANCES & TALKS
VIDEO APPEARANCES & TALKS
VIDEO APPEARANCES & TALKS
INTERVIEW
June 2025
Bloomberg Technology: Addressing AI's Impact on the Gender Gap
Shubhi Rao joins Bloomberg Technology's Caroline Hyde for a live interview on the structural gender gap in AI adoption, the economic stakes of that gap, and what closing it requires from investors, builders, and policymakers.
INTERVIEW
Bloomberg Technology: Addressing AI's Impact on the Gender Gap
June 2025
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Shubhi Rao joins Bloomberg Technology's Caroline Hyde for a live interview on the structural gender gap in AI adoption, the economic stakes of that gap, and what closing it requires from investors, builders, and policymakers.
PANEL
October 2025
Women Economic Forum Global, New Mexico: The Art of Intelligence
Shubhi Rao joins a global panel at WEF New Mexico on the theme of women redefining creativity and intelligence for a sustainable future. The conversation covers how gender data gaps distort AI systems and what it takes to build a counter-narrative from within the technology.
PANEL
Women Economic Forum Global, New Mexico: The Art of Intelligence
October 2025
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Shubhi Rao joins a global panel at WEF New Mexico on the theme of women redefining creativity and intelligence for a sustainable future. The conversation covers how gender data gaps distort AI systems and what it takes to build a counter-narrative from within the technology.
PANEL
May 2025
Aspen Institute x Women in the Economy: The Potential and Peril of AI for Women
In partnership with the Aspen Institute's Financial Security Program, Shubhi Rao examines how AI could either close or deepen economic inequality for women, with a focus on workforce displacement, caregiving economics, and the capital decisions that will determine the outcome.
PANEL
Aspen Institute x Women in the Economy: The Potential and Peril of AI for Women
May 2025
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In partnership with the Aspen Institute's Financial Security Program, Shubhi Rao examines how AI could either close or deepen economic inequality for women, with a focus on workforce displacement, caregiving economics, and the capital decisions that will determine the outcome.
TALK
April 2025
Innovate State Speaker Series, MSU Burgess Institute: Leading Women in the Age of AI
Shubhi Rao delivers a keynote at Michigan State University's Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, arguing that AI fluency is not a technical credential but a prerequisite for economic participation, and that women's absence from AI development teams is a structural risk, not a diversity statistic.
TALK
Innovate State Speaker Series, MSU Burgess Institute: Leading Women in the Age of AI
April 2025
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Shubhi Rao delivers a keynote at Michigan State University's Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, arguing that AI fluency is not a technical credential but a prerequisite for economic participation, and that women's absence from AI development teams is a structural risk, not a diversity statistic.
INTERVIEW
March 2025
Smithsonian American Women's History Museum: "We Do Declare" Women's Voices on Independence
The Smithsonian features Shubhi Rao as part of its "We Do Declare" series, exploring women's relationship to systems of power, technology, and institutional authority. The conversation examines how historical erasure and algorithmic bias operate on the same logic.
INTERVIEW
Smithsonian American Women's History Museum: "We Do Declare" Women's Voices on Independence
March 2025
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The Smithsonian features Shubhi Rao as part of its "We Do Declare" series, exploring women's relationship to systems of power, technology, and institutional authority. The conversation examines how historical erasure and algorithmic bias operate on the same logic.
LINKEDIN LIVE
March 2025
SheMoney Conversation with Jacki Zehner & Rebekah Tromble: The Future of Women & Social Media
Shubhi Rao, Jacki Zehner, and Rebekah Tromble examine why women are leaving social platforms in growing numbers and what a safer, more equitable digital infrastructure would actually require to build and sustain.
LINKEDIN LIVE
SheMoney Conversation with Jacki Zehner & Rebekah Tromble: The Future of Women & Social Media
March 2025
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Shubhi Rao, Jacki Zehner, and Rebekah Tromble examine why women are leaving social platforms in growing numbers and what a safer, more equitable digital infrastructure would actually require to build and sustain.
PANEL
December 2024
NACD Texas Tricities: Governing in the Age of AI
Shubhi Rao joins a National Association of Corporate Directors panel examining how boards should approach AI governance, with particular attention to the responsibilities of directors when AI systems produce outcomes that harm underrepresented populations.
PANEL
NACD Texas Tricities: Governing in the Age of AI
December 2024
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Shubhi Rao joins a National Association of Corporate Directors panel examining how boards should approach AI governance, with particular attention to the responsibilities of directors when AI systems produce outcomes that harm underrepresented populations.
LINKEDIN LIVE
December 2024
SheMoney LinkedIn Live with Jacki Zehner: Stay AI Relevant, Boost Your Salary & Safeguard Your Career
A practical, data-led conversation on how professional women can close the AI adoption gap in their own careers, negotiate from a position of digital fluency, and protect their economic security as automation reshapes job categories.
LINKEDIN LIVE
SheMoney LinkedIn Live with Jacki Zehner: Stay AI Relevant, Boost Your Salary & Safeguard Your Career
December 2024
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A practical, data-led conversation on how professional women can close the AI adoption gap in their own careers, negotiate from a position of digital fluency, and protect their economic security as automation reshapes job categories.
TALK
2024
SheMoney Summit 2024: Generative AI & the Future of Financial Health
Shubhi Rao presents at the SheMoney Summit on how generative AI is restructuring the economics of financial advice, and what it means for women who have historically been underserved by financial systems and financial technology alike.
TALK
SheMoney Summit 2024: Generative AI & the Future of Financial Health
2024
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Shubhi Rao presents at the SheMoney Summit on how generative AI is restructuring the economics of financial advice, and what it means for women who have historically been underserved by financial systems and financial technology alike.
INTERVIEW
Ongoing
Weekly Walk with Casey Renner & Shubhi Rao
An informal but substantive conversation series in which Shubhi Rao discusses the intellectual foundations of Uplevyl, the personal experience of building an AI company as a woman of color over 50, and the argument that the two are not separate topics.
INTERVIEW
Weekly Walk with Casey Renner & Shubhi Rao
Ongoing
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An informal but substantive conversation series in which Shubhi Rao discusses the intellectual foundations of Uplevyl, the personal experience of building an AI company as a woman of color over 50, and the argument that the two are not separate topics.
FURTHER COVERAGE
FURTHER COVERAGE
FURTHER COVERAGE
MSU ENGINEERING NEWS
March 28, 2024
Innovate State: Leading Women in the Age of AI
Michigan State University's College of Engineering covers Shubhi Rao's campus appearance as part of the Innovate State Speaker Series, documenting the university's recognition that AI leadership and gender equity are inseparable strategic priorities.
MSU ENGINEERING NEWS
Innovate State: Leading Women in the Age of AI
March 28, 2024
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Michigan State University's College of Engineering covers Shubhi Rao's campus appearance as part of the Innovate State Speaker Series, documenting the university's recognition that AI leadership and gender equity are inseparable strategic priorities.
DMEC WORK MAGAZINE
2024
Is All Well in the State of Work? by Dr. Patti Greene
Uplevyl Innovation and Research Advisor Dr. Patricia Greene contributes to DMEC's Work Magazine, examining organizational readiness for AI transformation through a gender-conscious lens.
DMEC WORK MAGAZINE
Is All Well in the State of Work? by Dr. Patti Greene
2024
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Uplevyl Innovation and Research Advisor Dr. Patricia Greene contributes to DMEC's Work Magazine, examining organizational readiness for AI transformation through a gender-conscious lens.
UN GLOBAL COMPACT
2024
Uplevyl Proudly Joins the United Nations Global Compact as a Signatory
Uplevyl formalizes its commitment to the UN Global Compact's principles, aligning its AI development and business practices with international standards on human rights, labor, and anti-corruption.
UN GLOBAL COMPACT
Uplevyl Proudly Joins the United Nations Global Compact as a Signatory
2024
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Uplevyl formalizes its commitment to the UN Global Compact's principles, aligning its AI development and business practices with international standards on human rights, labor, and anti-corruption.
AUTHORITY MAGAZINE
December 2021
Women Mentoring Women Is the Best Way to Inspire Change
An early-stage profile of Shubhi Rao in Authority Magazine, documenting the career trajectory and founding philosophy that led to Uplevyl, with a focus on mentorship as a structural rather than individual lever for women's advancement.
AUTHORITY MAGAZINE
Women Mentoring Women Is the Best Way to Inspire Change
December 2021
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An early-stage profile of Shubhi Rao in Authority Magazine, documenting the career trajectory and founding philosophy that led to Uplevyl, with a focus on mentorship as a structural rather than individual lever for women's advancement.